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.

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.