OUTDOOR RESEARCH is a brand for everyone who loves adventure in nature. It offers innovation and inspiration to all who want to enjoy staying in the mountains and everywhere in nature. It develops perfectly functional equipment - beautifully simple and reliable. In developing new products, it collaborates with those who actually use them - you will appreciate how OUTDOOR RESEARCH gear helps you achieve the most daring goals.

In 1980, the founder of OUTDOOR RESEARCH Ron Greg - a scientist and enthusiastic climber - found himself in an unpleasant situation. On an expedition in Alaska, his colleague and business partner suffered extreme frostbite due to poorly shaped gaiters. At that time, snow got between his colleague's shoe and the gaiter. After his friend was transported for treatment, Ron decided to find a solution to prevent such situations from occurring again. He designed the functional, insulated X-Gaiter. That was the beginning of a new brand - OUTDOOR RESEARCH, which was founded the following year.

Initially, the company focused mainly on developing gloves, headgear, and gaiters (leg covers). In 1984, it introduced the revolutionary concept of GoreTex^® gloves with an inner warm glove and the possibility of fastening on the wrist. In the mid-1980s, the company introduced the Seattle Sombrero™ hat with a GoreTex^® membrane, which over the years became an absolute bestseller.

The company continued developing functional accessories in the field of softshell products, also developing waterproof covers, an interesting line of women's technical clothing Wild Roses, and, for example, in caps and headgear with Windstopper. In the 1990s, it became a supplier of gloves and headgear for American soldiers.

At the turn of the millennium, the brand covered the needs of outdoor enthusiasts 'from head to toe' - the clothing and accessories collection expanded and is known to mountaineers worldwide.

In 2003, the brand's founder Ron tragically died in an avalanche along with his colleague while skiing in British Columbia. He was the driving force behind the brand; even on the day of his death, he was testing new products for ski touring. After several months, his heirs sold the company to the new owner, Dan Nordstrom, a Seattle native - skier, cyclist, and mountaineer - who continues the tradition and develops the brand's philosophy: creating truly functional equipment for active mountain enthusiasts. Traditional products underwent innovation, resulting in a new generation of equipment using new technologies.

In 2003, the company launched the LAB RAT program - focused on customer communication. Based on thousands of recommendations from customers using outdoor equipment, the brand OUTDOOR RESEARCH continuously innovates its products and continues to gather user feedback - thus achieving perfection precisely in those areas that are important to users.