To some people winter mountaineering is just a pastime. Be it searching for an uncut bowl to tele a frozen waterfall to climb or a simple visit to the Brooks Range the Puma Gore Windstopper™ has been there done that! This sizable bag is lofted with down and roomy to boot! 37 ounces of 850+ fill power down lofts this bag to a full 9` for a rating of minus 32 below! A shoulder girth of 64` provides room to layer store clothing or fit to big folk.
The inside foot section is sewn with a 2.4 oz. fabric to protect the bag while stowing gear. And the Reverse Differential Hood is roomy down filled and warm and totally made with Gore Windstopper.
The full down filled collar and both Interlocking Draft Tubes are also completely made with Gore Windstopper™ fabric. No place to cut costs! Few continents require anything warmer than our Puma Gore Windstopper!
V Side-Block Baffle
Interlocking draft tubes, Full down Collar
Gore Windstopper Shell
Highest Quality minimum 850+ Fill Down
Western Mountaineering down gear has an awesome reputation in the US and that reputation is beginning to build on this side of the pond. Very high quality materials design and construction results in the lightest bags available for a given warmth.
An example of their attention to detail is their quoted 850+ fill power down used in all their bags: WM quote this figure even though their down generally gets higher ratings in official tests this is because they feel that the official pre-testing preparation enhances the down quality!
The Puma GWS sleeping bags have a Gore Windstopper shell because this makes them more water resistant and so you are less likely to get the down inside the sleeping bag wet - which would be a disaster. Our advice is that if you are using a two skin tent then you should not need the extra protection of a water resistant fabric - however if you are using a bivy or tarp or if you are going to extremely wet conditions we would recommend you take a water resistant bag such as this.
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Interlocking Gore Windstopper draft tubes
V-Block Side Baffle
Full Down Collar
Gore Windstopper Shell
Shape: Mummy (w/ full collar)
Rating: -32°C / -25° F
Loft: 24cm / 9.5"
Highest Quality minimum 850+ fill power down
Short
Length: 165cm / 5'6"
Weight: 1615g
Fill weight: 965g
Packed size: 46 x 23cm
Internal shoulder girth: 157m / 62"
Internal hip girth: 140cm / 55"
Internal foot girth: 99cm / 39"
Regular
Length: 180cm / 6"
Weight: 1700g
Fill weight: 1050g
Packed size: 50 x 25cm
Internal shoulder girth: 163m / 64"
Internal hip girth: 142cm / 56"
Internal foot girth: 99cm / 39"
Long
Length: 200cm / 6'6"
Weight: 1785g
Fill weight: 1135g
Packed size: 50 x 25cm
Internal shoulder girth: 168m / 66"
Internal hip girth: 145cm / 57"
Internal foot girth: 99cm / 39"
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