Taped, seam-tensioned true bucket floor offers clean angles and usable space of a catenary cut without requiring seam sealing
Heavy-duty floor has an unmatched 5-layer waterproof coating for superior protection
Continuos pole sleeves increase structural integrity and ease pitching
Sixteen exterior guy points with attached guy lines and an internal guy system provide stability in extreme storms
Two large doors provide easy access and good ventilation; non-vestibuled back door lets you enter and exit without crawling over gear
Continuous pole sleeves increase structural integrity and ease pitching
Adjustable ground tensioner allows pitching on unlevel surfaces and includes loops for ski or trekking pole staking
Internally adjusted top vents with mesh screens assure spindrift melts onto fly sheet; vent doors come together come together to form a top gear loft
Polyurethane windows, cold crack tested to -60 degrees F, improving living conditions by offering more visibility
Cone venting placed adjacent to window alleviates fogging or freezing and provides cross-drafting and climate control choices
Reflective guy line loops/guy lines and glow-in-the dark zipper pulls help to locate and adjust tent in the dark
Color-matched canopy and fly sheet webbing speed fly sheet orientation
Super wind-resistant profile withstood 80 mph winds from front and side in 1998 C-130 testing. Fly-only pitching with fly sheet, poles and a matched TNF footprint (sold separately) provides a summer weight-saving shelter option. Minimum weight includes tent, poles and rainfly. Includes all guylines, stakes, stuff sacks, and Seam Grip™ and pole repair sleeve. Minimum weight based on tent, poles and rainfly. |
Reviews
| dug | Untitled Review | | 
Voted 4/5 | In recent years TNF has made some unwelcome changes to the Mountain. (Now called Mountain25) Such as door configurations, non-funtional venting added which all adds up to extra weight and possbility of failure. That said it remains an absolutely bomber tent. I have had my older model in numerous gales, and blizzards and it barely ripples. Set up is somewhat time consuming but easy to figure out with color coded poles and sleeves. The poles as with all shock corded nesting poles will freeze together in the set up position, so have a little care when taking the tent down. Just breath on the joints momentarily to un-stick them. The one thing I really like with the newer models is the built in gear loft for overhead storage. I bought an add on for my '99 version and never used it after the first time because of lack of head space. The new ones do not decrease head room. | | Posted Jan 9, 2002 12:13 pm |
| andrew | Untitled Review | | Voted 3/5 | Just bought a MTN 25 to replace a 3 year old Terra Nova Quasar. I've set it up in the garden for 8 hours in the rain just to get used to pitching. So far I've found about 3 or 4 leak points despite the taped seams, mountain testing it this weekend so will update the report.
Have to say never had any leakage since day 1 with the Terra Nova so the initial impressions are worrying. Appears its built for US and high Snow conditions..NOT horizontal rain in Scotland !
Updated Jan 04, After using it in Scottish Winter conditions twice I have to say that despite it being the most wind stable tent I've used it's disappointing in many other respects. The rear entrance and fly is hard to tension and sits too high off the deck to stop windblown rain and snow. It's slow and complex to pitch, the front entrance is too low for comfortable cooking and internally its cramped for headroom unless you sit up dead centre. The build quality is OK but it still has the feeling of a mass produced product. Have since switched back to a Terra Nova Ultra Quasar and the difference is 'night and day' with fabulous reliability, bombroof build, light weight and supremely confortable to live in and store gear. | | Posted Jun 14, 2002 6:08 am |
| The Defiant One | Untitled Review | | 
Voted 4/5 | I love this tent. I wish it weren't so heavy. Used this at high altitude with very high winds. I was sure the tent would blow apart, but it didn't. My faith in it to keep me and weather from getting to know each other is very high. ALso, very waterproof. The venting seems a little weird and partly non functional, but it hasn't been a problem for me yet.
Bottom Line, this tent is bomber. but it will cost you in lbs and $
Good thing it's so cool looking??? | | Posted Mar 24, 2005 4:39 am |
| mountaindog | Untitled Review | | 
Voted 4/5 | I love this tent. Its a bit on the heavy side but it splits weight evenly between partners. It holds up well in the wind and the stakedown points are large enough for a picket, etc to attach to. All in all perfect for a two-man party in the 4000m range. | | Posted Jun 5, 2005 4:43 pm |
| J.J. | Mountain | | 
Voted 5/5 | First 4 season tent i owned. Hasnt let me down yet(3 years.) Light enough split between two people. Just really solid all around. | | Posted Mar 9, 2007 10:20 pm |
| Steve Pritchard | The North Face Mountain 25 (pre 2007) | | 
Voted 3/5 | I have had no problems with waterproofing of this tent after seam sealing. I have used it up to high camps at 5300m in the Andes.
I do have some reservations about its durability. After perhaps only 20 days of total use I had to send it in for repair as the fabric tore. In addition some of the poles had cracked. Upon sending it to the manufacturer for warantee repair, it was returned to me with some of the pole elements mixed up- so one of the main poles was too long and the porch was too short. As they weren't interchangeable elements, this could not be fixed and I am now trying to buy some replacement poles. In addition one of the elements was returned from me with a crack at the join- perhaps this is the result of damage during transit.
Overall this is a good exped tent despite the above. I do not plan to replace it however it is a shame about the poles, which are one of the products main selling points.
It is possible to fit three chaps into the tent (this may be a reason why the poles broke so quickly- over stressing the frame) as we had to do so when a mate left his own tent on a bus in Peru. It's comfy, easy to use, the guylines are well set up and as said above, it just looks great.
I'd give it a three out of five. | | Posted May 20, 2007 3:24 pm |
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