Partnerships

Sierra Designs is proud to partner with these incredible organizations in an effort to help promote the great outdoors. Find out more about how Sierra Designs helps – and other event details – by clicking on the logo or Partner name.

Eric Larsen Renowned explorer Eric Larson will commence an unprecedented journey to both North and South poles and the summit of Mount Everest in one 365-day period. The Save the Poles expedition, will focus on documenting the impact of global warming in these extreme environments while testing Sierra Designs' equipment and apparel. The main goal of the Save the Poles expedition, and the reason for Sierra Designs' involvement, is to promote solutions to the problem of global warming.
The Women's Wilderness Institute The Women’s Wilderness Institute is a non-profit organization offering high quality outdoor adventures for women and teen girls in the Rocky Mountains and southwestern deserts and rivers since 1998. Women’s courses in rock climbing, mountain biking, backpacking, canoeing, backcountry yoga, fly-fishing, and wilderness writing teach outdoor skills through fun, inspiring, real-life expeditions. The Girls’ Wilderness Program, for teen girls of all economic backgrounds, builds courage, confidence, and leadership through ‘girl-positive’ outdoor adventures.
Shared Summits 2008 Nanga Parbat Expedition Chris Warner and the Shared Summits team will head back to the Himalaya’s to face another of the world’s highest peaks. The 2007 teams successfully conquered the savage mountain K2. This year a new team will head back to Pakistan for another of the world’s highest. Nanga Parbat, located in a remote corner of the country at 26,660 feet tall, has only been summited 274 times, with only six of those ascents by Americans. Warner, one of the most experienced American mountaineers, will lead the team of six climbers to Nanga Parbat. If the team is successful, it will be the first ascent of Nanga Parbat by an American woman. The team will attempt the reach the summit via the dangerous Diamir Face.
Rivers in Demand On March 7, 2008, six paddlers met in China to begin the second phase of a three-part exploratory kayaking project called Rivers in Demand. This two-month expedition included a 10-day self-supported first descent of the Class V Upper Salween River – the last unexplored section of the last free flowing river draining the Tibetan Plateau. The crew will also completed the last descent of The Great Bend of the Yangtze River, a section of whitewater that will be flooded this spring when the last dam in its system is completed.
Borealis Paddling Expedition The Borealis Paddling Expedition is a canoe trip consisting of 5 women who paddled through the Boreal Forest, Tundra and Arctic wilderness to initiate scholarship donations for campers of Camp Manito-wish YMCA. In 2005 the objective of the expedition was to raise $50,000 to allow young people to pursue the Manito-wish experience. This June they're taking off again.
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative In 1994, the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI) was established in partnership with the USDA Forest Service and five founding organizations: Colorado Mountain Club, Outward Bound West, Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, Rocky Mountain Field Institute, and Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics. The mission of CFI is to protect and preserve the natural integrity of Colorado's 14,000-foot through active stewardship and public education.
Continental Divide Trail Alliance (CDTA) The Continental Divide Trail was established by Congress as a National Scenic Trail in 1978. When complete, the “King of Trails” will be the most significant trail system in the world. Stretching 3,100 miles along the backbone of America from Canada to Mexico, it accesses some of the most wild and scenic places left in the world while conserving the environment and promoting personal well being. Since 1995, the Continental Divide Trail Alliance has played a central role toward the completion, management and protection of the Trail and it is the voice for unity in the diverse story of the Trail.
Across the Andes April 17th, 2008 Gregg & Deia completed their goal of backpacking the length of the Andes Mountain Range, in the mountains. They combined a number of trekking methods including but not limited to, cross-country point-the compass-and-go trekking, following foot and horse trails that have been used for centuries by local farmers and tradesmen, skipping down the Capaq Nan (the original Inca trail), and ever so occasionally braving the train lines.
The True Crest Glenn Dunmire, an avid climber and naturalist, will walk the length of the Continental Divide, from the Chihuahuan desert in New Mexico to Canada. Though there is a Continental Divide trail, it deviates largely from the true crest of the divide for most of its length. Dunmire hopes to cover as much of the journey in '07, before winter snows close the highest passes in the Rockies. Follow his progress along with Sierra Designs for another historic "first".
Jackson Hole Mountain Guides Jackson Hole Mountain Guides offer day classes, guided ascents and longer wilderness journeys to people of all ages who seek outdoor adventure. Since 1968, they have taken pride in their commitment to protecting the environment. As proof of this commitment, they keep their guide-to-climber ratio low with no more than three climbers per guide on any technical routes. And their wilderness camping and travel practices are based on Leave No Trace principles.
American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) is the national, 501 c-3 non-profit organization dedicated to the excellence in training, preservation of culture and raising the standards of professional mountain guides in America. The AMGA is the nation’s sole representative to the twenty-one country International Federation of Mountain Guides Association (IFMGA), the international governing body responsible for guiding standards and education around the world.
American Alpine Club For American Alpine Club members, climbing is a way of life. Together we share our passion, promote local and global conservation, protect and restore the alpine environment and celebrate the vertical world.
The Conservation Alliance The Conservation Alliance is a group of outdoor industry companies – including Sierra Designs – that donate their collective annual membership dues to nonprofit organizations working to protect wildlands and waterways for their habitat and recreational values. Since its founding in 1989, The Conservation Alliance has donated more than $5 million to conservation organizations. Alliance support has helped protect 35 million acres of wildlands, stop or remove 26 dams, and preserve access to thousands of miles of rivers and several climbing areas.
Student Expedition Program (STEP) STEP’s mission is to provide high-quality leadership expeditions and experiences to promising low-income high school students in order to direct their lives towards college and a life of unlimited opportunity. As such, our broader mission is to identify and build young leaders and scholars from a population that continues to be underrepresented in positions of leadership throughout our country.
Everest West Ridge 2006 Expedition - David Rassmuseen (Northern Mountain Films) In 1976, two British soldiers forced their way to the highest point on Earth, pushing the limits of both mental and physical endurance. The descent from the summit of Mount Everest by John “Brummie” Stokes and Michael “Bronco” Lane turned the first ever successful all-military expedition into a true epic: when they were forced to camp overnight on the South Summit, the extreme cold cost the pair 19 toes in total!
Peace Pedalers Peace Pedalers started in 2002 with two full-time riders, Jamie Bianchini and Garryck Hampton, who began riding their own tandem-single mountain bikes called "Tangles" through 18 countries in Asia and Oceania. We each rode in the front seats and picked up hundreds of "guest riders" from dozens of countries who rode on the back seats from a few minutes to a few weeks. It was an epic adventure indeed. Since then, Garryck has become a Part-Time Peace Pedaler after a nasty mountain bike crash in Malaysia. He now works full time with the Forest Service in North America and will join us on various sections of the rest of the expedition.