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