In a new era of global awareness and great change, Marmot is decidedly breaking new ground as a company, taking more than three decades of outdoor life and business experience and plotting a new course for the future centered around three elevated brand ideals: People, Planet, Professional – a triumvirate forged by fate and self awareness, but intimately tied to the celebration of the human experience.
People
Marmot Athlete Kevin Jorgeson climbs ropeless on Feeding Frenzy, 13d, in this video featuring the band State Radio. read more...
In 2003, Exum Guide and Marmot Athlete Angela Hawse led an all-women expedition to Ama Dablam. This 9-woman team not only climbed the mountain but raised over $20,000.00 for the dZi Foundation. read more...
Kevin Jorgeson wins Climbing Magazine's Golden Piton Award for Bouldering. Check out the Climbing Magazine's article! read more...
Rock Rodeo, by Charles Fryberger, chronicles Kevin Jorgeson competing in a bouldering competition in Texas. read more...
November 3, 2007 – Marmot athlete Kevin Jorgeson completed the first-ever ascent of Footprints (V9), a forty-foot bouldering problem just outside of Bishop, CA. read more...
Apa Sherpa, the man who has already climbed Mount Everest 16 times, and Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa, who holds the fasted recorded speed ascent of the mountain, reached the summit of Everest again this morning at 8:44 AM with five other Sherpas.. read more...
Kevin Jorgeson is the third person to ascend Ode to the Modern Man (v14) in Mount Evans, Colorado. read more...
Ski for Light, Inc. is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization founded in 1975. The mission of the organization is to teach blind, visually-impaired and mobility-impaired adults how to cross-country ski. read more...
Product
Marmot’s ultra-light Mica Jacket has been awarded the 2009 “Best of Adventure Gear” by the editors of National Geographic Adventure Magazine. This highly functional and elegantly designed jacket is part of Marmot’s growing category of lightweight waterproof, breathable shells for men and women. It also is the cornerstone of the company’s new MemBrain® Strata™ -- a new 2.5 layer laminated technology.... read more...
In April 1971, University of California Santa Cruz students Eric Reynolds and Dave Huntley were in Alaska on the Juneau Icefields on a school project in Glaciology. It was here on the glacier, amongst these students, that the idea of a Marmot club began. read more...
Planet
Marmot supports the Sonoma County Trails Alliance's 2nd Annual Trails Celebration in Santa Rosa, CA on June 21st, 2008. read more...
The final leg of the 4 Deserts, The Last Desert in Antarctica, will get underway on Monday as competitors meet in the port of Ushuaia, Argentina -- the southernmost tip of South America -- to board an expedition ship which is expected to take them to six locations on and around Antarctica over a ten-day period.... read more...
Marmot employee Chard Lowden will walk across Scotland this July to raise money and awareness for Project Africa. read more...
AE’s recently launched program of worldwide adventures offers you the opportunity to learn, train and travel with one of Colorado’s premier climbing schools and guide services. Take the NEXT STEP and let us help you design your own adventure travel wish list! read more...
Marmot has been a long-time supporter of the Grassroots Outdoor
Alliance. read more...
Three years ago, Estes Park Climber Michelle Hurni lost her first Bernese Mountain Dog to cancer. That loss spurred her to create an event called “Going to the Dogs”. read more...