The North Face Spire 40 Climbing Backpack
Scrambler's Special- Backpacker's Gear of the Year Awards 2009
Not too humungous not too skimpy, The North Face Spire 40 Climbing Backpack is the perfect mid-sized design for climbing and mountaineering. Robust, lightweight, versatile, simplistic, and technically dialed, this pack satisfies all fast and light adventures from one dayers to week long multi-days. Compressing for small volumes and extending for maximum gear loads, the aluminum stays are removable, the burly fabric lightweight, and features the prerequisite haul loops - removable hip belt - reinforced ski loops - tool loops hydration compartment - and ice axe loops. Pack savvy, there's nothing more you could want from this top loader.
- Fabric: 315D Cordura® nylon auto airbag fabric, 210D nylon ripstop
- Removable 6061 custom-extruded aluminum stay
- Very light yet burly airbag fabric
- Welded abrasion-resistant fabric reinforcements
- Padded, removable, tuckable hipbelt
- Reinforced three-point haul loops
- Molded E-VAP™ back panel
- Zippered front side stash pocket
- Beefy elastic ice axe lash points
- Reinforced side ski loops for A-frame carry
- Reinforced tool loops on hipbelt
- Hydration compatible with sleek hose port
- Sliding sternum strap with Safe-T whistle
- Robust, lightweight, technically dialed, mid-sized climbing and mountaineering pack
- Access: Top
- Fit Range: M: 16"-19" (41-48 cm) L:18"-21" (46 cm 53 cm)
- Stnd Volume: M: 2380 cu in (39 liters)
- Ext Volume: M: 2450 cu in (40 liters)
- Dimensions: M: 185" x 125" x 10" (48 cm x 32 cm x 255 cm) L: 21" x 125" x 10" (535 cm x 32 cm x 255 cm)
- Avg Weight: M: 2 lbs 12 oz (1260 g)
