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The North Face Trailhead 8 Tent

The North Face Trailhead 8 Tent

Item # 732599
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This home-away-from-home for eight includes a common area, two integrated roll-down dividers to create separate sleeping areas, and two doors.

  • Aluminum alloy poles provide a sturdy yet lightweight frame
  • Fusion Pitch combines poles sleeves and clips for easy setup and improved ventilation
  • Corner webbing on the canopy and rainfly is color-coded to ensure easy pitching and correct setup
  • Dual doors lessen entry/exit congestion and maximize ventilation; large front vestibule and small rear vestibule offer lots of storage area
  • Taped, coated nylon floor prevents water from seeping into the tent
  • Bound internal floor seams increase user space with clean angles
  • Internal pocket system keeps small items handy; compatible with The North Face #2 Gear Loft (sold separately) for extra interior hanging storage
  • Comes with stuff sacks, stakes and guylines
  • Average minimum weight specification is based on tent, rainfly and poles only

Please note: The North Face products can only be shipped to U.S. addresses.

Imported.

Item 732599

The North Face Trailhead 8 Tent Specs

Specification

Description

Season3-season
Design typeFreestanding tent
Sleeping capacity8
Average minimum weight29 lbs. 2 oz.
Average packaged weight32 lbs. 7 oz.
Average weight - metric14.7 kilograms
Floor dimensions206 x 104 inches
Floor dimensions - metric523 x 264 centimeters
Floor area132 square feet
Vestibule area28 + 10 square feet
Peak height78 inches
Peak height - metric198 centimeters
Doors2
Canopy fabricNylon taffeta
Floor fabricCoated nylon taffeta
Rainfly fabricCoated polyester taffeta
Number of poles4 + 1 vestibule
Pole materialAluminum
Pole diameter13 millimeters
Packed size11 x 31 inches

The North Face Trailhead 8 Tent Customer Reviews

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The North Face Trailhead 8 Tent
 
4.9

(based on 8 reviews)

100%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Comfortable (8)
  • Fly works well (8)
  • Sturdy (8)
  • Easy to set up (7)
  • Waterproof (3)

Cons

  • Heavy (3)

Best Uses

  • Car camping (7)
  • Reviewer Profile:
  • Casual adventurer (7)
  • What Is Your Gear Style:
  • Comfort driven (3)

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Sep

14

2007

(12 of 12 customers found this review helpful)

 
5.0

Great Family Tent

By Mikester

from Maple Valley, WA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

Pros

  • Comfortable
  • Easy to set up
  • Fly Works Well
  • Sturdy

Cons

    Best Uses

    • Car Camping

    Comments about The North Face Trailhead 8 Tent:

    The is a great tent for family camping. The rain fly works great and the vestibule is awesome for keeping shoes dry and for changing out of wet clothes after swimming without bringing the water inside the tent. The tent gets great ventilation even with the rain fly on. 7 of us were able to comfortably fit inside the tent and still have room for our gear. We have camped with it in tougher conditions and it was able to withstand the rain and wind with no leaks. It is also great that we were able to take the tent down and fit it inside the duffle bag with no problem. I would definitely recommend this tent.

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

    (12 of 12 customers found this review helpful)

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    Oct

    20

    2007

    (11 of 16 customers found this review helpful)

     
    4.0

    Excellent family campingn tent

    By jgus

    from Woodbury, MN

    About Me Casual/ Recreational

    Site Member

    Pros

    • Comfortable
    • Easy to set up
    • Fly Works Well
    • Sturdy

    Cons

    • Heavy

    Best Uses

    • Car Camping

    Comments about The North Face Trailhead 8 Tent:

    This tent easily fits 2 adults and 3 kids, gear, and 70 lb dog. Best for car, cart-in, or (short) walk-in campsites as it is a bit heavy. That said, its very easy to set up and break down and the poles are color coded and are nearly indestructable. With the fly on, there is a nice covered entrance area where you can store extra gear you don't want in the tent (muddy shoes, etc).

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

    (11 of 16 customers found this review helpful)

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    Dec

    30

    2007

    (9 of 9 customers found this review helpful)

     
    5.0

    cabin to go

    By flysdown

    from Portland, Or

    About Me Avid Adventurer

    Pros

    • Comfortable
    • Easy to set up
    • Fly Works Well
    • Sturdy
    • Waterproof

    Cons

    • Heavy

    Best Uses

    • Car Camping

    Comments about The North Face Trailhead 8 Tent:

    I am a professional photographer/videographer and often will camp out multiple days. This tent is like having a small cabin with you. I set up a double inflatable bed in one wing of the tent, put carpet down in the center with a folding table and chairs and put all my gear in the other wing. Super comfortable. I have been in snow in Yellowstone, driving rain at the coast and this tent has never failed.

    • What Is Your Gear Style:
    • Comfort Driven

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

    (9 of 9 customers found this review helpful)

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    Sep

    4

    2007

    (9 of 9 customers found this review helpful)

     
    5.0

    Great family tent

    By burndoc

    from Nashville, TN

    About Me Casual/ Recreational

    Site Member

    Pros

    • Comfortable
    • Easy to set up
    • Fly Works Well
    • Lightweight
    • Sturdy

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • Car Camping

      Comments about The North Face Trailhead 8 Tent:

      Roomy tent that works well with the family. Can customize interior for one, two, or three rooms. This allows some privacy when changing when camping with kids. Able to set up and take down with the "help" of my kids. It packs very easily in to the duffle and I expected it to be much heavier. Weather tight.

      Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

      (9 of 9 customers found this review helpful)

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      Dec

      18

      2007

      (8 of 13 customers found this review helpful)

       
      5.0

      A chateau in the campground

      By Ocean

      from Redmond, WA

      About Me Casual/ Recreational

      Site Member

      Pros

      • Comfortable
      • Easy to set up
      • Fly Works Well
      • Sturdy
      • Waterproof

      Cons

        Best Uses

        • Car Camping

        Comments about The North Face Trailhead 8 Tent:

        Our entire family love this tent. We had this tent for two summers now. It held up to lots of horsing and jumping around in by my kids and their friends. It is extremely roomy, well designed and easy the set up. The rain fly works very well, as we slept through some nights with very hard rain. Too bad it is not sound proof for the one night we had a noisy group at the campsite next to ours :) My friend rushed to buy the same tent after seeing ours.

        • What Is Your Gear Style:
        • Comfort Driven

        Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

        (8 of 13 customers found this review helpful)

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        Sep

        12

        2007

        (8 of 8 customers found this review helpful)

         
        5.0

        Easy as Pie

        By Campers5

        from San Diego, CA

        About Me Casual/ Recreational

        Pros

        • Comfortable
        • Easy to set up
        • Fly Works Well
        • Sturdy

        Cons

          Best Uses

          • Car Camping

          Comments about The North Face Trailhead 8 Tent:

          We bought this tent before our big Utah National Parks circuit (plus Mesa Verde and Grand Canyon). It is great for our family of 5 - easy to set up and take down (and put away in the duffels). We had to use the fly during a thunderstorm shower in Mesa Verde and the tent stayed dry. We put the kids on one side and my husband and I had the other side, with plenty of room for all of our gear.

          Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

          (8 of 8 customers found this review helpful)

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          Sep

          12

          2007

          (7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

           
          5.0

          Best Tent Ever

          By fjcruiser

          from Colorado Springs, Co

          About Me Casual/ Recreational, I love tent camping

          Site Member

          Pros

          • Comfortable
          • Easy to set up
          • Fly Works Well
          • It survived a hurricane
          • Lightweight
          • Sturdy

          Cons

          • There are no cons

          Best Uses

          • At the campground
          • Beach

          Comments about The North Face Trailhead 8 Tent:

          I live in Colorado Springs(6500ft+) and go camping with family 4 total and set up a card table in the middle of the tent and still have so much room. This is by far the best tent I've had in all my 30+ yrs of camping. My last trip we had 50+mph winds and rain we stayed dry and the tent survived.

          Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

          (7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

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          Jun

          24

          2008

          (3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

           
          5.0

          Stands up to anything kids can dish out!

          By Truman

          from Trabuco Canyon, CA

          About Me Casual/ Recreational

          Site Member

          Pros

          • Comfortable
          • Fly Works Well
          • Sturdy
          • Waterproof

          Cons

          • Heavy

          Best Uses

          • Car Camping

          Comments about The North Face Trailhead 8 Tent:

          My church uses seven(7) of these on our annual mission trip down to Mexico. They are set up by kids who have never set up tents before (no one bothered to attach the Velcro loops from the fly to the poles, or to guy out the fly), but they still stood up to 60mph+ winds for a week! we now use them for beach camping in the winter, and occasional summer camping trips as a church group as well.

          Setup is as simple as could be expected with a tent this large, but the color coding really helps! It would be nice of the grommets were color coded too, though. Read the instructions on which pole to put where before setting this beast up!

          • What Is Your Gear Style:
          • Comfort Driven

          Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

          (3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

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