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The Beginning: University of California Santa Cruz students, Dave Huntley and Eric Reynolds, meet in Alaska and form the Marmot Mountain Club, named after the social ground squirrels.
Prototypes: Dave and Eric join forces with Tom Boyd and begin prototyping their first products. Among them are down vests, sweaters, parkas, and down sleeping bags.
The Big Break: Within a week, Marmot designs and produces the Golden Mantle Parka (108 of them, to be exact) as a custom order for upcoming Clint Eastwood movie The Eiger Sanction.
GORE-TEX® Revolution: We become the first outdoor apparel company to use GORE-TEX in our gear. Our founders sleep in a commercial meat locker to ensure it met their standards.
Feature Flurry: Ahead of our time, Marmot introduces a series of features to our outdoor clothing like zippered underarms, elasticized storm skirts, and VELCRO® sleeve cinching.
Women’s Gear: Marmot pioneers the industry’s first women-specific styles, while being a leader in supporting female athletes, organizations, and causes worldwide.
Lighter is Better: By combining innovative designs with new fabrics, we reduce the weight of every single product in our line and coin the term “lightpacking.”
8,000 Meter Suit: Since tested on top of every major mountain in the world, the 8,000 Meter Suit is created for extended stints in really cold environments.
Pete Takeda: Our longest-standing athlete joins the team. Since then, Pete's tested our outdoor gear at the highest and coldest places on the planet.
Marmot MemBrain®: Marmot launches this proprietary line of rain gear with the Denali Jacket, which scores another BACKPACKER Magazine win.
The PreCip Jacket: Using MemBrain waterproof technology, the PreCip Jacket launches. Two decades later, it's won more awards than any product in our history.
The Atom: Featuring an ultralight design, the first of Marmot’s famous Gas Bag sleeping bags is released. The Hydrogen and Helium would follow.
The EcoPro™ Sleeping Bag: Marmot makes one of the earliest sustainably engineered pieces of camping gear using recycled insulation and a PET Polyester shell.
The Isotherm Hoody: Polartec® Alpha® insulation and a Pertex® Quantum exterior come together in this insulated jacket that captures the ISPO Gold Award.
A Better Way to Warm: We partner with 3M to launch Featherless insulation, a culmination of 2 years of scientific testing to replace natural down.
The Evolution of Dry: Marmot releases the EVODry Collection, a leading waterproof technology with an eco-friendly production and upcycled fibers.
Innovation in Insulation: WarmCube™ launches as the warmest insulation technology ever made, plus gets the West Rib Parka the ISPO Gold Award.
Now Available in Green: We give the PreCip rain shell, a BACKPACKER Gear Hall of Fame Award winner, a sustainable upgrade with PreCip ECO.
WarmCube Expansion: Our new Gallatin 20° Sleeping Bag earns the ISPO Gold Award, plus we supercharge our 8,000M Suit with WarmCube technology.
They say that home is where the heart is. While our home base is 15 miles from the ocean, our hearts have led us to every corner of the outdoors for the past 50 years–from the Sierras to Everest to deserts, boulders, and trails the world over. We make high-quality gear for the hikers, skiers, climbers, and backcountry wanderers who share our love for what’s out there. Whether it's your first climb or your 50th Fourteener, your first mile or 50th year on the trail, we're proud to help you follow your heart to wherever it feels at home outside.