Which mountain is The North Face's Nuptse jacket named after?

Which mountain is The North Face’s Nuptse jacket named after? The North Face’s Nuptse jacket is named after Mount Nuptse in Nepal.

Nuptse is a Himalayan mountain in the Khumbu region of Nepal, southwest of Mount Everest. Its name comes from Tibetan words meaning “west peak,” an apt description of its position in the Everest massif. The mountain’s main summit, Nuptse I, rises to 7,861 meters (25,791 feet).

The North Face introduced the Nuptse Jacket in 1992. Its original design used a distinctive baffle construction intended to limit down migration while retaining warmth, helping make the jacket practical for cold mountain conditions.

The jacket later became strongly associated with 1990s streetwear, especially in New York City, where its bright colors and substantial down construction appealed to schoolchildren and rappers. That cultural history can obscure the mountaineering reference behind the name.

Nuptse is sometimes treated as simply another name for Everest, but it is a separate mountain. It lies nearby and forms part of the broader Lhotse–Nuptse massif; the first ascent of its main peak took place in 1961.