Sleep In The Dirt

Category: Company News

Giving Back With A Little Dirt and Mud Under Our Nails
Sponsorship and Non-Profit
Our product designers and developers, our product-testing ambassadors and many of our other employees have traveled the CDT and have been inspired by star-filled nights dreaming of ways to evolve camping gear. We thought it was about time that we paid it forward by not only giving monetary help to these non-profits but by actually getting dirt under our fingernails and putting our backs into some trail maintenance. Read the rest

Our Commitment to the Trail
Sponsorship and Non-Profit
You probably know that the Continental Divide Trail is close to our hearts, and geographically it’s located right in our backyard. We found ourselves recreating on the CDT through enough summers to wonder how we could help maintain it. The first step was adopting a portion of the trail to call our own, then comes the responsibility of maintaining it. Read the rest

Border To Backyard Rally: Big Agnes Treks the CDT
Essays From the Field
At Big Agnes, when we say we sleep in the dirt, we mean it and we do it. There’s no better way to develop and test product, no better way to walk the walk of an outdoor gear brand than to immerse ourselves as much as possible into the trails, campgrounds, and amazing public lands that surround us here in Northwest Colorado and beyond. Raising awareness for this rugged, brutal, historic trail means more funding for improvements, maintenance, and protection. Read the rest

Walking the Walk to Talk the Talk
Company News
Our mantra at KNS Reps has always been use the gear we sell. So, on a beautiful Fall day in September, I planned to hike over West Maroon Pass to Aspen to visit my friends at the Ute Mountaineer, and hang with Sam, my good buddy whom also works on the buying team at the shop...I have been selling outdoor gear for over 20 years, and it was refreshing to see a myriad of folks getting after it. I thought of sharing my sales pitch for Big Agnes several times, but kept it to myself. Maybe this foray into the wilderness will lead these hikers into the Ute Mountaineer, or their own specialty retail store back at home. Read the rest