Children's North Face Fashion Brand

North Face closes the N letter, fifth among the N brands, and this profile is unlike every other one in this letter. The clothing brand that you are looking for is actually "The North Face" with the word "The". Please visit the The North Face kids brand page, which is found alphabetically in our directory in the "T" section. That correction and that pointer are the page's whole purpose: the brand belongs under T, this N page exists to catch the reader who looked under N, and it links to the T-section children's page.

Keeping this page - still a signpost - follows the directory's own logic. A reader who searches a brands directory alphabetically will try N for North Face, because that is the word the name is spoken by. This page answers that reader honestly instead of duplicating the full profile in the wrong letter: the facts stated here follow in full below, and the full children's brand profile remains under T, one click away.

Where the Name Idea Originated: A Hiking Trip on Eagle Mountain

The idea of The North Face brand originated after a hiking trip on the Eagle Mountain in Minnesota. That single origin sentence is the only founding fact stated on this page - a hiking trip, Eagle Mountain, Minnesota. No founders are named here and no year is given; a reader who wants the company's full history is pointed to The North Face clothing company page on this site, linked from this page.

This page then does something generous for a signpost page: it explains the name itself. The north face of a mountain in the northern hemisphere is generally the coldest, iciest and most formidable route to climb. Coldest, iciest and most formidable - together, the three adjectives are the brand idea in one line: a name taken from the hardest side of a mountain, worn on clothing made for cold and ice. For a children's filing the explanation earns its place, since it tells a parent exactly what conditions the name promises the clothing is built for.

What a North Face Is: Ridges, Ravines and the Compass Points

A mountain isn't perfectly round or symmetrical, but is usually divided into more-or-less identifiable "sides" separated from each others by certain distinguishing features like ridges, ravines and such. These, together with the cardinal points of the compass makes it possible to talk about a mountain's "north" face for instance. That short geography lesson is the reasoning under the name: sides exist because ridges and ravines divide them, compass points name them, and so a north face can be spoken of at all. Here are a few other North Face examples that are not relevant to clothing but will help you understand the importance of the name - and the three examples follow.

Mount Everest: the North Face is the northern side of Mount Everest. The Alps: the Eiger is a 3,967-metre (13,015 ft) mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, just north of the main watershed and border with Valais; it is the easternmost peak of a ridge crest that extends across the Monch to the Jungfrau at 4,158 m (13,642 ft), and its most notable feature is its 1,800-metre-high (5,900 ft) north face of rock and ice, named Eigerwand or Nordwand, the biggest north face in the Alps, while the northern side rises more than 3,000 m (10,000 ft) above the two valleys and the southern side faces the large glaciers of the Jungfrau-Aletsch area, the most glaciated region in the Alps. Yosemite: the North Face of Fairview Dome, also known as the Regular Route of Fairview Dome, is a technical rock climbing route in Tuolumne Meadows of Yosemite National Park.

Dress for the Mountain: Parting Advice

If you are eager to go hiking or are involved with winter sports, make sure you dress appropriately with warm and comfortable clothing. That closing advice is addressed to the hiker and the winter-sports family alike: warm and comfortable clothing, dressed appropriately for the activity. On a children's page its application is direct - a child on a trail or a slope needs the warmth the name itself invokes, layered so it can be adjusted as the day changes - and the route onward is the same: visit The North Face clothing company page to learn more about outdoor apparel, boots, and accessories, linked from this page.

In short: the brand is The North Face, with the word The, and its children's brand page lives alphabetically in the T section of this directory, linked from here; the brand idea originated after a hiking trip on the Eagle Mountain in Minnesota; a mountain's north face in the northern hemisphere is generally the coldest, iciest and most formidable route to climb, a side made speakable by ridges, ravines and the cardinal points of the compass; the examples are the northern side of Mount Everest, the Eiger's 1,800-metre Eigerwand - the biggest north face in the Alps - and the North Face of Fairview Dome in Yosemite; and anyone eager for hiking or winter sports should dress appropriately, in warm and comfortable clothing. No photo is shown in a gallery here, and no official brand site is listed in References.