NorthStar Mountaineering Pack

This is a specialty pack made for mountaineering and skiing but equally useful for extended backpacking trips.Front loading packs beat the pants off top-loaders for easy packing and access to gear. With a large, undivided main compartment and 3 exterior sewn pockets there are many options for organizing gear.
Unique to this pack is the floating hipbelt and load lifters on the
shoulder straps. This is our only pack design that has these features, and gives additional stability to large loads that this pack
is designed for
The side pockets are sleeved to allow skis to be carried on the sides. These slots are considerably wider than the original 70’s design to allow for most wide modern skis, but because of modern binding systems, only 3 pin style telemark skis will work in the sleeves.
The“floating” hipbelt system provides a complete, padded wraparound
hipbelt that provides a much more effective and
comfortable transfer of weight to the hips, and it is completely
removeable!!