Marmot Whitehorse Down Parka - Waterproof, 650 Fill Power (For Men)

Great snow coat

This is good quality item for the great price.

I gave this to a friend of mine for a Christmas present this past year. Both he and I were very happy with it in all regards. It was attractive, comfortable, well constructed, warm and true to size. It arrived quickly. I have purchased a number of other clothing items from Sierra in the past and have always been very happy with the merchandise. The pricing is exceptional too.

This is great for cold weather trekking, camping or just walking my dogs on cold mornings. I have owned several good winter coats and parkas before. I used to be an avid climber so I know my way around good durable cold weather gear. This is simply the warmest, most well thought out and complete winter coat I have ever owned. I cannot yet comment fully on it's durability but all indications, including the life time warranty, tell me this is the last winter coat I will ever need. It is a remakable item. Now I have to find one for my girlfreind!

I ordered this jacket to replace an Alpine Designs down jacket ordered from Sierra Trading Post several years ago. It too is an excellent jacket but my weight gain makes it too tight and therefore it will not be as warm as it should be.

The Marmot Whitehorse is a little too large but it will allow it to accommodate my down sweater underneath if the Wisconsin weather gets really beastly.

The Whitehorse jacket has handwarmer pockets that are well positioned and will allow gloves to be worn if you choose. The exterior cargo pockets are large and are well positioned with zippers and flaps to cover them. The interior zippered pocket is large enough for storing many things (footballs and typewriters excepted).

I like everything about the jacket with one minor exception. The hood is attached with an easy-to-use zipper. The front of the hood is held in place by two 1/4" by 2" straps with one end attached to the hood and has snaps at the loose end, which go through two small loops in the jacket before snapping.

My gripe is that the loops are too small to easily put the snap-strips through. If they had been designed 3/8" or 1/2" instead of 1/4," threading the straps through the loops would be much easier. (I haven't messed with the jacket/parka enough to know if the short straps need to go through the loops, but I imagine that if they did not provide any benefit(s), Marmot would not have included them in the design.

This is a great jacket/parka (there's a difference?) with only one very minor exception.