Pertex Quantum | 700-Fill Power Down with Down Defender | Attached Hood with Elastic Binding | Straight Hem | Zippered Hand Pockets | Elastic Bound Cuffs
Pertex Quantum | 700-Fill Power Down with Down Defender | Attached Hood with Elastic Binding | Straight Hem | Zippered Hand Pockets | Elastic Bound Cuffs
Pertex Quantum | 700-Fill Power Down with Down Defender | Attached Hood with Elastic Binding | Straight Hem | Zippered Hand Pockets | Elastic Bound Cuffs
Pertex Quantum | 700-Fill Power Down with Down Defender | Attached Hood with Elastic Binding | Straight Hem | Zippered Hand Pockets | Elastic Bound Cuffs
700-Fill Power Down with Down Defender | Zippered Handwarmer Pockets | Elastic Bound Cuffs and Hem
700-Fill Power Down with Down Defender | Zippered Handwarmer Pockets | Elastic Bound Cuffs and Hem
Materials
Pertex Quantum 100% Recycled Polyester Mini Ripstop 1.3 oz/yd
Pertex Quantum 100% Recycled Polyester Mini Ripstop 1.3 oz/yd
Pertex Quantum 100% Recycled Polyester Mini Ripstop 1.3 oz/yd
Pertex Quantum 100% Recycled Polyester Mini Ripstop 1.3 oz/yd
100% Polyester Mini Ripstop DWR 1.6 oz/yd
100% Polyester Mini Ripstop DWR 1.6 oz/yd
In April 1971, University of California Santa Cruz students Eric Reynolds and Dave Huntley were in Alaska's Juneau Icefield on a school Glaciology project. It was there on a glacier that the idea of a Marmot Club began. The name 'Marmot' refers to a group of highly social, large ground squirrels that live in mountainous areas.
To become a Marmot, you had to climb a glaciated peak with another Marmot. One of the rules of the club was that everyone was President. Most of the other rules dealt with a collegiate fascination for bodily functions.
Throughout that summer and over the next two years, Eric and Dave also began making prototypes of down products in their dorm room. Their first products were a down vest, a sweater and a parka and, later, three down sleeping bags. The warmest bag, the PIKA (now known as the CWM) was rated at -45 degrees F.
In the winter of 1973, Eric did an ascent of the Grand Teton in Wyoming with Tom Boyce of Grand Junction, Colorado. The following spring, Eric and Dave joined Tom in Grand Junction where they rented a 100 year old stone building near downtown and opened a rental and retail shop under the name of Marmot Mountain Works. They taught cross-country skiing in the winter to get by. Thus, in the spring of 1974, Marmot the company was born.
That fall, Tom was climbing in Peru where he met famed adventure filmmaker Mike Hoover. A few weeks after his return, Tom received a call from Mike. He was calling on behalf of 20th Century Fox who were filming a movie called The Eiger Sanction with Clint Eastwood, and needed 108 very puffy jackets. "No problem", said Tom, "we were working on that when you called." Well, they weren't, but they then did. Within a week, the Marmots had designed the Golden Mantle (very puffy jacket). Marmot was now in the movies. It also had its biggest order to date.
Product Description
In April 1971, University of California Santa Cruz students Eric Reynolds and Dave Huntley were in Alaska's Juneau Icefield on a school Glaciology project. It was there on a glacier that the idea of a Marmot Club began. The name 'Marmot' refers to a group of highly social, large ground squirrels that live in mountainous areas.
To become a Marmot, you had to climb a glaciated peak with another Marmot. One of the rules of the club was that everyone was President. Most of the other rules dealt with a collegiate fascination for bodily functions.
Throughout that summer and over the next two years, Eric and Dave also began making prototypes of down products in their dorm room. Their first products were a down vest, a sweater and a parka and, later, three down sleeping bags. The warmest bag, the PIKA (now known as the CWM) was rated at -45 degrees F.
In the winter of 1973, Eric did an ascent of the Grand Teton in Wyoming with Tom Boyce of Grand Junction, Colorado. The following spring, Eric and Dave joined Tom in Grand Junction where they rented a 100 year old stone building near downtown and opened a rental and retail shop under the name of Marmot Mountain Works. They taught cross-country skiing in the winter to get by. Thus, in the spring of 1974, Marmot the company was born.
That fall, Tom was climbing in Peru where he met famed adventure filmmaker Mike Hoover. A few weeks after his return, Tom received a call from Mike. He was calling on behalf of 20th Century Fox who were filming a movie called The Eiger Sanction with Clint Eastwood, and needed 108 very puffy jackets. "No problem", said Tom, "we were working on that when you called." Well, they weren't, but they then did. Within a week, the Marmots had designed the Golden Mantle (very puffy jacket). Marmot was now in the movies. It also had its biggest order to date.