Outdoor

LiteAF is a New Jersey ultralight backpacking brand making custom packs, frameless packs, full-suspension packs, fanny packs, stuff sacks, and small trail …

Cordova Outdoors makes hard coolers, soft coolers, wheeled coolers, drinkware, and replacement parts from its base in Nampa, Idaho. The brand takes its name …

YAMA Mountain Gear is a Montana ultralight backpacking brand built around the workshop of founder, owner, and seamster Gen Shimizu. The company began in 2006 …

NOMAR is a Homer, Alaska sewing shop that makes gear for people who work and travel in rough, wet places. The company started in 1978 as Mitchell's Marine …

Argali is a Boise, Idaho outdoor-gear company built for backcountry hunters. Its catalog covers tents, tarps, titanium stoves, knives, trekking poles, game …

Bedrock Sandals started in 2011 when Nick Pence and Dan Opalacz began making simple sandals for themselves and friends while working river-restoration jobs in …

Alpine Fit began in an Anchorage workshop, not a boardroom. Founder and owner Jen Loofbourrow built the brand after years of testing outdoor layers on cold, wet …

Exo Mtn Gear is an Idaho pack company built for backcountry hunters who need one system to hunt, carry camp, and haul meat without swapping frames. Steve Speck …

Kifaru is a hunting-pack and backcountry shelter company with a long paper trail. Patrick Smith established Kifaru International in 1997 after decades of …

Morrison Outdoors started with a problem most camping parents recognize fast: babies need safe sleep, but standard outdoor sleeping bags are built for adults …

Flowfold started with a broken wallet and scrap sailcloth. Founder Charles "Charley" Friedman was working at a sail loft in Maine when his grandfather's old …

L.L.Bean is not a tiny discovery brand. It is a 1912 Maine institution with a giant retail footprint, a catalog legacy, and a Freeport store that has become its …

Brunton is an old outdoor name with a newly local ownership story. The company dates back to 1894, when D.W. Brunton invented the pocket transit used by …

Fringe Sport is the official supplier of the garage gym functional fitness movement, headquartered in Austin, Texas. Founded to serve lifters, WOD enthusiasts, …

Red Oxx Manufacturing started in 1986 when Jim Markel Sr., a retired Green Beret Captain, opened a shop in Billings, Montana. He was later joined by his son Jim …

Cassie Abel spent years working in the outdoor industry — managing global communications for Smith Optics — and kept running into the same problem every time …

Atmosphere Mountainworks operates out of a small storefront on Second Street in downtown Laramie, Wyoming, where co-owners Lindsay Olson and Jeff Hubell have …

Rogue Life Maine traces its roots back to 1969, when Lionel and Diane Rodrigue bought a small trophy and awards shop in Lewiston. Over the decades, the family …

Maven exists because three friends refused to leave Lander, Wyoming. In 2013, co-founders Brendon Weaver, Mike Lilygren, and Cade Maestas faced a buyout at …

Mike St. Pierre started Hyperlite Mountain Gear in 2010 out of Biddeford, Maine, driven by a single obsession: build the lightest, most durable packs possible …

Eric Parsons started Revelate Designs in Anchorage, Alaska in 2007, before "bikepacking" was a product category anyone recognized. At the time, it was just a …

Kurt Racicot started Stone Glacier in Bozeman, Montana because the backcountry hunting gear on the market didn't work the way he needed it to. Racicot is a …

Darn Tough Vermont knits Merino wool socks in Northfield, Vermont — the same small mill town where the Cabot family has been making socks since 1978. The …

Enlightened Equipment is an ultralight backpacking gear company based in Winona, Minnesota, specializing in custom sleeping quilts and insulated apparel. Known …

Seek Outside is a family-owned outdoor gear company based in Grand Junction, Colorado, creating cutting-edge equipment for hunters and backcountry adventurers …

Six Moon Designs is a family-owned and operated ultralight backpacking gear company founded in 2002 by Ron "Fallingwater" Moak and now run with his son Brandon. …

Skida began as a personal project on a ski team and has since grown into a staple of Vermont's outdoor culture. Founded by Corinne Prevot in 2008 while she was …

Duckworth is the world’s only source-verified, single-origin Merino wool clothing company. Founded in 2014 by Robert 'Bernie' Bernthal and fourth-generation …