A utility fleece piece designed to resist pilling and fading after a year's worth of laundry trips.

You could spend a little more on a couple of cheap fleece pullovers and jackets in various thicknesses and be done for ten months or you could buy this versatile and long-lasting TKA 100 1/4 Zip Glacier Jacket from The North Face. Unlike bargain discount fleece The North Face TKA 100 1/4 Zip Glacier Jacket has a special fabric design that resists pilling and fading without falling apart--no matter how many times you wash it. Granted it won't hold up to a decade of rolling around on granite boulders but when you consider that the cheap stuff often frays and pills under a waterproof shell well… there isn't much of a comparison. This is a great summer piece for evening camping and it also layers well beneath an insulated performance shell throughout the skiing and climbing season.