Outdoor-Gear

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

Rugged Seas turns worn commercial fishing gear into bags, wallets, backpacks, clutches, hats, and coastal apparel. Nikki and Taylor Strout started the Maine …

NoSo Patches makes stick-on repair patches for torn jackets, tents, sleeping bags, backpacks, and other synthetic gear. The idea came from founder Kelli Jones …

Grain Surfboards builds wooden surfboards in York, Maine, with a simple premise: a surfboard should not be disposable. The company began in 2005, when Mike …

Jack's Plastic Welding is an Aztec, New Mexico, outdoor gear maker best known for inflatable boats, dry bags, river gear, and Paco Pads. The company traces its …

Tenkara Rod Co. makes simple, packable fishing rods based on the Japanese tenkara style: a rod, a line, and a fly. The company was established in 2013 by Drew …

PEAX Equipment is a Bozeman, Montana, outdoor gear company built around backcountry hunting and camping. Founder Brice Bishop started the product journey after …

Vermont Glove has been making leather gloves in Randolph, Vermont, since 1920. The company spent most of its life as Green Mountain Glove, a regional work-glove …

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 …

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 …

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 …