Compass: Charting the Evolution of Outdoor Gear

Marmot History

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1974

21 year old Eric Reynolds, with Dave Huntley and Tom Boyce, starts Marmot Mountain Works with $3,000

receive order to make 108 'very puffy jackets' for the Clint Eastwood movie, The Eiger Sanction

1976

one of first companies to order Gore-Tex fabric for shelled sleeping bags, and later rainwear

1977

introduced All Weather Parka in 2 layer Gore-Tex

11 dealers sell Marmot manufactured product

1982

introduce double skin tents: Winter and Summer Solstice

1983

200+ dealers sell Marmot manufactured product

introduce 3 layer Gore-tex Lightpacker rainshells

release line of Marmot packs with single central frame stave - designed by Dana Gleason (later of Dana Designs)

1986

introduce Alpinist parka with 2 layer Gore-tex body and 3 layer Gore-tex reinforcements

1987

Eric Reynolds leaves company

1990

Wall Street investment firm Spear, Leeds & Kellogg briefly owns company

company moves headquarters from Colorado to California

down sleeping bag production is now sourced from Asia

introduce DriClime bi-component knit (in a shelled windshirt)

1991

Odyssey International acquires Marmot

1993

Odyssey International files for Chapter 11 protection

Marmot management, sales reps, retailers, and investors -- acquire assets of Marmot Mountain International

Marmot Mountain Ltd formed from buy-out

1994

releases dozen new sleeping bags, introduces new waterproof breathable fabric

sales of $11 million USD

2004

K2 Inc acquire Marmot

2005

Dana Designs pack company, also owned by K2, is merged with Marmot, and contribute to Marmot brand packs

Marmot Mountain LLC now