Backpacking

Initial Ascent

Middleton, ID
Ships Nationwide International

Initial Ascent makes backcountry hunting pack systems from Middleton, Idaho. Joe Elliston and Dennis Stokes built the company around a specific problem: hauling …

independent Est. 2018

Vargo

Lewisburg, PA
Ships Nationwide

Vargo makes lightweight titanium backpacking and camping gear from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. The company traces back to Brian Vargo, a long-distance hiker who …

independent Est. 2002

Zpacks

West Melbourne, FL
Ships Nationwide International

Zpacks is an ultralight backpacking gear maker in West Melbourne, Florida, founded by thru-hiker Joe Valesko in 2005. The company began in an apartment after …

independent Est. 2005

YAMA Mountain Gear

Bonner, MT
Ships Nationwide International

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 …

independent Est. 2006

Argali

Boise, ID
Ships Nationwide International

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

independent Est. 2019

Six Moon Designs

Beaverton, OR
Local Pickup Ships Nationwide International

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. …

independent Est. 2002