MONTBELL Women's PERMAFROST LIGHT DOWN PARKA

Featuring excellent windproofed insulation, this lightweight down parka provides you with the comfort you need on those pursuits in variable conditions. *Not seam sealed and not completely waterproof.

Material: WINDSTOPPER® fabrics by GORE‑TEX LABS
13-denier Ballistic Airlight® nylon ripstop (water repellent finish)
Lining: 10-denier Ballistic Airlight® nylon ripstop
Insulation: 800 Fill Power EX Down
Weight: 327 g
Compressed Size: Ø13 x 17 cm
Features:
WINDSTOPPER® fabrics by GORE‑TEX LABS Windstopper to enhance weather proofing
Sewn Through Construction keeps down insulation in place while lightening the weight
Downproofing helps keep down from escaping through the face fabric
2-Way Adjustable Hood offers a close-fit and visibility
Weather resistant Aqua-Tect Zipper keeps out water in a lightweight form
Zip End Guard protects your chin and face
Adjustable Alpine Cuff helps keep wind and snow out
Pocket Hem Adjuster allows for cinching the hem while helping keep out chill air
4 pockets (2 zippered hand pockets, 2 internal drop-in pockets)
Stuff sack included

About Ballistic Airlight®

Ballistic Airlight® is made using the same nylon polymer as our Ballistic® material and a highly technical production process to create extremely fine, super thin threads. These threads are then woven into ultralight, gossamer fabrics that share the same characteristics as Ballistic®: one and a half times more abrasion resistance than other similar weight fabrics and boasts three times the tear strength of nylons that are almost 20% heavier. Additionally, Ballistic Airlight® is often woven using different techniques to create fabrics with radically different characteristics, such as fabrics that allow the garment to stretch or fabrics that "breathe" to release built up heat and moisture.

AQUA-TECT Zipper

This water resistant zipper eliminates the need for storm flaps, reducing weight and making it easier to zip and unzip.

About the material: EX Down

World class, high quality down
Montbell's premium down comes from water fowl that live in regions with seasonal temperature extremes. The down balls from birds in such regions are characteristically much larger.
Large down balls hold more warm air, which translates to needing less down to provide exceptional warmth retention.

Lightweight yet warm
When compared by weight to lower quality down, an equal amount of premium down is loftier and has better warmth retaining properties.

Sewn through construction

In sewn-through construction, stitch lines go from the exterior of the garment directly to the lining material to join the two layers, creating small pockets for down insulation. This simple method provides an economical way to keep down in place, while leaving the garment as light as possible.

Maintenance of Down Leakage Warning 

In the event that small feather spines or down clusters work their way through the fabric it is best to reach behind the fabric and pull the offending down cluster BACK INTO its down chamber. Gentle massage of the area will promote "self sealing" and re-align the fabric threads, while better distributing the down insulation. If at all possible avoid attempting to pull the cluster from the bag or garment. Doing so can cause the exposed cluster to tangle with others and draw them from the chamber.