This outdoor gear company list includes smaller cottage industry companies with innovative gear, larger companies with a wide range of products, as well as local outdoor retailers in Portland, Oregon.

Next Adventure retail store in Portland, Oregon

Small startup, ultralight, or cottage industry companies

• Garage Grown Gear – online store with large selection of gear from cottage industry companies
• Appalachian Gear Company – apparel, accessories
• CNOC – hydration, trekking poles
• Enlightened Equipment – sleeping quilts, outerwear, accessories
• Feathered Friends – sleeping bags, apparel
• Gossamer Gear – backpacks, tents, accessories
• Hyperlite Mountain Gear – backpacks, tents, tarps, accessories
• Katabatic Gear – sleeping quilts
• Outdoor Vitals – sleeping bags, quilts, outerwear, tents, backpacks
• Showers Pass – apparel and waterproof gear
• Six Moon Designs – backpacks, tents, tarps
• Tarptent – tents
• Zpacks – tents, tarps, backpacks, sleeping bags, stuff sacks

Larger companies

• Big Agnes – tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, accessories
• Columbia Sportswear – apparel
• Mountain Hardwear – apparel, tents, backpacks, sleeping bags
• MSR – tents, water treatment, stoves, cookware, snowshoes
• Nemo – tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, pillows
• Osprey – backpacks
• Patagonia – apparel
• Sea to Summit – sleeping bags, sleeping pads, tents, pillows, cookware
• Sierra Designs – tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, apparel
• Therm-a-Rest – sleeping pads, sleeping bags, pillows, accessories

Portland, Oregon retailers

• Next Adventure – local retailer with a full selection of new and used equipment
• Mountain Shop – local retailer with hiking, backpacking, and snow sports gear
• REI Co-op Portland – Seattle-based outdoor retailer with Portland locations
• U.S. Outdoor – local retailer with hiking, camping, and snow sports gear