Shot late last season in Kosciuszko National Park, Dome Jam was a 2-day freeride gathering, designed to help build on progression and community for The North Face Athlete and The North Face Development Team in Australia.
Explore MoreHear from Mike Dawson, The North Face Adventure Grant recipient for 2024, who put a team of young kayakers together to introduce them to the world of backcountry kayaking in New Zealand’s wilderness.
Dear Superhero’ is a story about fear, strength, and discovering the superpowers of motherhood. Featuring team athlete Janina Kuzma.
Featuring athletes David Byrne and Blake Hose, FOOTPRINTS explores the unique terrain of Ningaloo, Western Australia. Catch the short film, and join a social run at an event near you from March to May 2024.
Fickle Business features athletes Ben Richards and Ben Barclay as they set out to make the most of their homeland's snow season.
Explore MoreThe North Face Adventure Grant recipients of 2023 – Emily Lecky, Amelia Poole and Jessica Iles – set out to cover great distances by foot, and create art through dance on the rock walls surrounding the Murchison River. But when they slowed to the pace of the landscape, the creation came easily.
We're celebrating the opening of our new Hobart store with an Adventure Story Slam and a photo exhibition showcasing local talent and the wild beauty of Tasmania.
We’re creating a pathway for young athletes in Australia & New Zealand to access mentorship, new experiences and opportunities for connection and upskilling – starting with the snowsports community.
Follow local guides and freeriders as they showcase the hidden beauty of the Snowy Mountains, taking you to the highest peaks and the steepest slopes, whilst uncovering the harsh reality our winters face if we don’t act now.
For Wild Places CEO, Hilary McAllister, shares a recount of the For Wild Places camp, funded by the 2022 Explore Fund grant.
Team athlete and NZMGA Ski Guide Janina Kuzma, shares her top tips for getting out in the backcountry safely this season.
Climbing rock and plastic has taken team athlete Tom O’Halloran as far as the Tokyo Olympics, but the opportunity to explore alpinism in the Kosciuszko region pushed him even further.
Explore MoreAs opportunities grow for young skiers and snowboarders in the Australian backcountry, so does their willingness to learn and to get out there to put their skills to the test. This is exactly what local skier Theo Lansbury did when he joined Huw Kingston on his Alpine Odyssey traverse of the Australian Alps. Theo recounts the journey.
Reunited in the mountains. On peaks, in valleys, across frozen lakes. At dawn, dusk, in the dead of night. We made every moment count. Here’s to the memories made this winter.
A film that follows New Zealand skiers Janina Kuzma and Sam Smoothy on a mission to summit Mt Tasman and ski down the Stevenson-Dick Couloir.
Affinity Initiative was founded as part of Women Uprising to challenge the status quo in the outdoor rock climbing community by empowering, uplifting, and holding space for women-of-colour.
Explore MoreMotivated by a paragraph in a small old guidebook, John Morris and Melanie Ruetzel set a goal to climb three 100m+ spires of rock in the Warrumbungle National Park in one day. Belougery Spire, Crater Bluff and Tonduron. Lockdowns, illness, and weather conspire against them. Follow the team through the ups and downs of a wild experience. Words by John Morris.
ClimbingQTs is a LGBTQ+ social climbing community and advocacy group inclusive of all identities and backgrounds, founded in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). We’re proud to announce the QTs as one of the Founding Partners of The North Face Explore Fund and recipient of a 2022 grant.
We’ve teamed up with Southern Lakes Heliski and POC to encourage, equip and connect like-minded women to pursue new ski and snowboard adventures, over two incredible days in Wanaka.
On April 28th, 2022, Allie Pepper and Dawa Tenzing Sherpa, summited Annapurna I. In doing so, Allie became the third Australian to summit what many consider to be the most dangerous of the world’s 8000m peaks. After hearing stories of Allie’s expedition, there is no questioning the courage, sheer determination and luck required to overcome the dangers of this summit.
2021 Adventure Grant recipient Milly Young set out to run the full length of the Port Davey and South Coast Tracks in remote southwest Tasmania. Milly recalls the gruelling journey of over 180 kilometres. Videographer Alex Caplin captured the highs and lows of her successful mission.
Find your own path in our Women’s History Month collection. Designed in collaboration with artist Naomi Otsu. Built for discovering what Mother Nature has to offer.
This month, and always, we’re proud to celebrate those who find joy in the call of adventure. To celebrate Mardi Gras, we're spotlighting ClimbingQTs, and chatting to two members who recently took to rock for the first time in the Blue Mountains through their recently launched program Blue Mountains QTs.
Explore MoreWe’re excited to partner with Affinity Initiative & BlocHaus to present Boulder Together – an event designed to celebrate diversity in climbing spaces and amplify the talented climbers-of-colour and routesetters-of-colour in our community.
We’re excited to partner with Affinity Initiative & BlocHaus to present Boulder Together – an event designed to celebrate diversity in climbing spaces and amplify the talented climbers-of-colour and routesetters-of-colour in our community.
2021 continued to showcase the resilience of the human spirit and how exploration never stops. We're taking a pause to look back at the incredible accomplishments of our athlete team, despite the challenges over the last year.
The North Face Adventure Grant recipients of 2021 – Mark Coles Smith, Jackson Gallagher and Lachie Carracher – recount their journey on the mighty Martuwarra during the third biggest wet season on record.
Explore MoreBe a part of something bigger this Global Climbing Day. Join us on 21.8 as we team up with gyms around the globe to celebrate climbing and the community it creates.
With Climbfest taking place this week, we wanted to introduce you to the founder of Women Uprising and the powerhouse behind the festival, Jo Lee. Learn more about her experience in the climbing community and how she is challenging the status quo.
We are excited to support Women Uprising, alongside Mountain Strong gym, in an exciting line up of in-person climbing workshops, following the success of their Virtual Women’s Climbing Festival held online last year.
We asked our team athletes to share the trails they keep going back to, time and time again.
Janina Kuzma sets out with Anna Smoothy and Ayako Kuroda, to cross New Zealand’s Southern Alps over the Main Divide from East to West, ending at the Fox Glacier on the West Coast.
Explore MoreTake a journey into the Australian backcountry and get a glimpse of the big mountain terrain in our backyard.
We are excited to welcome Australian snowboarder Michaela Davis-Meehan to our athlete team.
On the 20th September we are joining millions of young people who are urging governments around the world to take meaningful action to address the climate crisis.
Explore MoreAdventure Grant applicants Gareth Andrews and Richard Stephenson make an unsupported crossing of Iceland by ski, packraft and on foot.
Patagonia is known for its needle-sharp mountains and breathtaking landscapes. Using kayaks and skis, this year’s Adventure Grant winners plan to explore some of the region’s most remote areas while participating in climate research and bringing awareness to the need for global climate action.
For more than 50 years, The North Face has empowered people to push their boundaries in the outdoors. Today, we are enabling the future of all exploration by celebrating creators, athletes, educators, innovators. Relentless and unexpected explorers—role models who move mountains.
Born to serve the needs of expeditions in the harshest regions of the world, our icons are products that have taken on lives of their own.
In 1966, a driven young climber tired of scavenging for quality gear from mail order and army surplus, took a few thousand dollars and created a global cultural institution. Doug Tomkins had a simple mission: equip people with practical gear to fit their needs and reduce over-equipping. Since our Ruthsack revolutionized the backpack in 1969, our founder’s words and athlete feedback have kept us on the leading edge of outdoor apparel design. Check out the innovations that have been developed over the years.
It's not your average duffel bag. Made from a durable laminate material, the Base Camp Duffel is a bomber of a bag. Amply resilient to be roughed around in-flight, or to be transported up a mountain via a yak, this is one burly duffel bag.
Take the time this summer to pack adventure into your days. What better way to explore new terrain than with your own two feet, and everything you need on your back. Find your trail, pack your essentials and make an escape to find the wonder in your local parks and trails. We've got a list of trails to hit for day-hikes or multi-day missions so you'll never be short of ideas this summer. Hear from team explorer James Castrission about his packing essentials for a day or a mutli-day mission on the trails. Tie those laces on your hiking shoes, and find the peace and invigoration that comes with putting one foot in front of the other.
Explore MoreLuke Welch's top ten places around Queenstown that can only be accessed with your own two feet - ranging from a simple afternoon stroll to a couple of multi-day adventures up in the remote hills.
In a burgeoning industrial hub of Sydney, change is afoot. People are freeing themselves from ropes and belay duties, and revelling in the free-fall from four metre heights to the padded cushions circumferencing the room. They are taking delight in a light-flooded room, with quality caffeine, and a genial, social atmosphere. They are free, they are bouldering - and they are all at 9 degrees.