[quote name='Sleepkyng']I grew up in Oregon and have done some alpineering in california and oregon (mt Huntington, the three sisters, mt. hood, mt. rainer, three finger jack, mt. jefferson) and unless you really are into their name - there are jackets that are just as good.
especially now.
It used to be that North Face was one of the best, and they still are, but now their stuff is way overpriced - unless you can find an outlet mall. But in all honesty, Columbia, Patagonia, Marmot, Mt. Hardware, Black Dot, and even some snowboarding companies put out some really good stuff.
check out
http://www.rei.com/outlet/ to see if you like anything. I will say that the upper priced North Face shit is really good, but so is all the other brand's high end stuff.
if you have any questions lemme know.[/QUOTE]
^^^ Listen to this man; he knows of what he speaks.