The North Face: Dome 5 Tent

Whether you're gone for a week or a season, The North Face Dome 5 Tent is the ideal expedition design for serious mountaineering and guiding. From top to bottom, The North Face recently updated the design with a lighter and more stable architecture. At the top you'll find a ring-shaped aluminum hub that helps eliminate unnecessary pole sections and reduces the overall tent weight without sacrificing stability. There's also an upper level vent that applies a new lift technology that helps the tent work with the wind instead of being knocked around. Despite the reduced weight, the Dome 5 still offers alpine extras like snow flaps along the base and hanger hooks for storing the canopy. Like many of the best designed mountaineering tents, the Dome 5 has an integrated polyurethane view window that's cold tested to -60F so you can check on the weather without compromising any of the warmth inside the tent. The guy-out points are numerous enough to weather big blows and the No-Stretch Kevlar guylines with camming adjustments are ideal for pitching in open spaces. Plenty of internal pockets along the walls make it easy for everyone to find a place for stowing their essentials, with easy access even after the last candle lantern flickers out.

• Rugged 70-denier 210T nylon ripstop canopy fabric
• Waterproof 210-denier nylon oxford fly fabric coated with a 1,500-mm. polyurethane finish
• Rugged and waterproof 210T nylon taffeta floor fabric coated with a 10,000-mm. polyurethane finish
• 9 DAC Featherlite™ NSL aluminum poles with a sturdy and lightweight aluminum hub at the apex
• Sized to accommodate five adults
• New structural stability through lift venting (tent lifts in high winds instead of bending and falling down)
• Zippered vents with high/low options on the walls and external snow flaps at base
• Can be pitched alone with fly through the removable internal hanging canopy
• Three large double doors
• Fusion pitch design combines clips and pole sleeves with a color-coded canopy attachment
• Vestibule clips into place and can be quickly removed
• Internal storage pockets
• Includes duffle-style storage sack
• Tent height: 67 in.
• Internal area: 83 sq. ft. (7.8 sq. m.)
• Stuff sack size: 30 x 15 in. (75 x 39 cm.)
• Weight: 31 lbs. 7 oz. (14.26 kg.) in trail configuration