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Gore-Tex®
The membrane Marmot helped introduce to the outdoors in 1976, still carrying the Guaranteed To Keep You Dry™ promise on its most demanding shells.
Marmot has never behaved like a conventional clothing company. It began as a climbing club — a loose collective of University of California, Santa Cruz students who shared long days on rock and ice, and who started making their own gear simply because nothing on the market could survive the way they used it. That outsider instinct, and the refusal to accept gear that was merely good enough, still runs through everything the brand puts its name on.
Five decades later the method hasn't changed: design it, take it up the mountain, and keep changing it until it holds. The result is a range that reaches from everyday rain protection to suits built for the world's highest and coldest places — technical clothing with a genuine alpine pedigree behind every piece.
Heritage & proving ground
Nothing ships until the mountain signs it off.
- 50+
- Years of alpine testing
- 1st
- Apparel brand to use Gore-Tex
- 8,000m
- Suit proven on the world's major peaks
- PFAS-free
- All new product development
The climb so far
Seven products that moved the brand forward.
1971
The Marmot Club
UC Santa Cruz students Dave Huntley and Eric Reynolds meet in Alaska and form the Marmot Mountain Club, named after the ground squirrels of the high alpine.
1974
The Golden Mantle
In a single week the club designs and produces 108 Golden Mantle parkas for the Clint Eastwood film The Eiger Sanction — and becomes a company.
1976
The Gore-Tex revolution
Marmot becomes the first outdoor apparel company to use Gore-Tex, with the founders sleeping in a commercial meat locker to prove the fabric met their standards.
1987
The 8,000 Metre Suit
Built for extended stints in extreme cold, the 8,000 Metre Suit has since been tested on top of every major mountain in the world.
1998
PreCip
A light, packable waterproof shell brings serious rain protection to an everyday price — still the most decorated product in the brand's history.
2019
WarmCube™
Three-dimensional insulation launches as the warmest construction Marmot has made, earning the West Rib Parka an ISPO Gold Award.
Today
Icons, made cleaner
Classics like the PreCip return in Eco versions built from recycled fabrics, with water repellency reformulated without regulated PFAS.
Technologies
Dry on the way up, warm at the top.
Weather protection
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NanoPro™
Marmot's own waterproof breathable coating, built with an exceptionally fine pore structure so sweat vapour escapes as fast as rain is blocked.
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MemBrain®
The in-house laminate behind the PreCip and Denali — proven, repairable, hard-wearing rain protection for long days in bad weather.
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Pertex® Shield Revolve
A light 2.5-layer waterproof shell made from a single recycled polyester stream, designed to be recycled again at the end of its life.
Warmth
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WarmCube™
Three-dimensional welded cubes hold down at full loft with no cold seams, delivering the brand's highest warmth for extreme altitude and cold.
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WarmCube™ Active
A temperature-regulating version that vents heat while you climb and holds it when you stop — warmth that keeps up with a changing pace.
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Down Defender™
A water-resistant treatment applied to responsibly sourced down so it keeps lofting and keeps you warm in damp mountain conditions.
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3M™ Featherless
Developed with 3M over two years of testing, a recycled synthetic insulation that mimics the warmth and feel of down but performs when wet.
Sustainability
Keeping gear in use and off the mountain floor.
The path to circularity
Designing for longevity, repair and recycling — with the goal that more than 75% of products become circular-ready, with end-of-life services for customers.
Preferred materials
An early adopter of humanely sourced down, now certified to the Responsible Down Standard and moving steadily to recycled polyester and nylon.
PFAS elimination
Regulated PFAS chemicals have been removed from all new Marmot product development, with water repellency reformulated across the range.
bluesign® partnership
As a bluesign® System Partner, Marmot prioritises approved fabrics and trims that protect water, workers and resources at the mill.