The North Face Helicity Windstopper Jacket - Women's

Description

Slick, durable jacket for backcountry sessions, built with protective Gore WindstopperŽ over progressively quilted down insulation. Slim fitting for easy layering, yet works great as a outer layer, too. Lock down the adjustable cuffs and cinch cord and pull up the hood when the weather gets nasty. Styled stitching gives the Helicity a sense of style.

Features

• Gore WindstopperŽ-100% polyester plain weave
• 700 Fill goose down
• Performance fit
• Gore WindstopperŽ ripstop fabric
• Fully adjustable attached hood
• Brushed collar lining
• Internal security zip pocket
• Two hand pockets
• VelcroŽ and elastic adjustable cuffs
• Hem cinchcord

WINDSTOPPERŽ Laminate
Most non-Gore windproof fabrics are either not breathable, or only marginally so. In contrast, Gore WINDSTOPPERŽ fleece is both totally windproof and very breathable. The fabric is a three-part laminate-the breathable/windproof Gore membrane is sandwiched between durable face fabrics and soft moisture moving linings. Gore WINDSTOPPERŽ garments are the perfect insulation layer under a shell or used alone as an outer layer.

700 Fill Down
Goose down is a wonderfully powerful thing-highly compressible, it provides exceptional warmth in a lightweight package. The quality of down and its ability to provide warmth is reflected in its fill power. The fill power of goose down is a measure of two important features: its warmth-to-weight ratio and its compressibility, both critical to the user's warmth and comfort. Fill power is measured by placing an ounce of down in a graduated cylinder and measuring the volume the down occupies in cubic inches. Thus, an ounce of 700 fill power down occupies 700 cubic inches. 850 fill power is the highest commercially available, the lightest, most readily compressible and offers the best warmth-to-weight ratio.