Paramo Fuera Ascent Jacket

Paramo Fuera Ascent Jacket
Slacken off the shock-corded adjusters and the hood will easily swallow a climbing helmet with enough fabric to spare for facial protection

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Reviewed: 10 June 2009 by Jon
What's It For? The new Fuera Ascent is a mountain-friendly windproof designed to be used with or without a helmet. It goes beyond just being a windproof though as teamed with the Summit Hoodie Fleece, it's effectively waterproof in the same way as the brand's directional waterproof shells. Unfortunately Paramo didn't ...  Continue reading

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Reader Reviews

2 user reviews of Paramo Fuera Ascent Jacket See all

Overall reader score
Simply superb. I'm a recent Paramo convert having owned waterproofs from regatta, berghaus, north face and montane in recent years, using different technologies including Gortex and Event. As I tend to run hot Continue reading...
The Ascent is very windproof and shrugs off light to medium showers and wet snow if treated with Nikwax TX Direct; although the seams of the hood are the first to leak when it really pours. The three way wir Continue reading...

Discussions

I've had a Paramo Fuera Ascent for the last month or so and I think that it is a great jacket.

If you like the Paramo Velez then this is the windproof for you, it's torso vents are easy to open while wearing a pack.

Posted: 10/06/2009 at 16:34

my opinion, for what it isn't worth. crap pockets.

paramo

Posted: 10/06/2009 at 17:17

Surely some mistake? Size 43 and 80 quid, definetly sounds like a shoe size and price. Can you clarify please.

Posted: 10/06/2009 at 17:55

Does it really weigh 390g? The previous Fuera Windproof is said to be 532g, and seems to be a similar jacket but with fewer zips.

Posted: 10/06/2009 at 18:02

it's cut a lot, lot better than the fuera windproof - almost as if they used a human to model it. you can save a lot of weight by not putting usable pockets in it to counter the extra zips.

Posted: 10/06/2009 at 18:18

Cheers Parky - I thought the Fuera windproof was a bothy bag with sleeves!

Posted: 10/06/2009 at 18:19

i think the combination isn't really designed for walking. more for if you do something that makes you very hot very quickly and you need to cool down and then stay warm. like ice climbing or alpine walking.

Posted: 10/06/2009 at 18:29

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