Outdoor-Gear

LiteAF

Southampton, NJ
Ships Nationwide International

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

Nampa, ID
Ships Nationwide

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

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 …

NOMAR

Homer, AK
Local Pickup Ships Nationwide

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

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 …

Exo Mtn Gear

Meridian, ID
Local Pickup Ships Nationwide International

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

Riverton, WY
Local Pickup Ships Nationwide International

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

Albuquerque, NM
Ships Nationwide International

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

Gorham, ME
Ships Nationwide International

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

Freeport, ME
Local Pickup Ships Nationwide International

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

Northfield, VT
Ships Nationwide International

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 …

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