Field Notes

Big Agnes Inc., the Steamboat Springs based outdoor equipment brand, recently hired Jill Lewis as Director of North American Sales and Eric Einfeld as Senior Demand Planner. The company also completed relocation of its headquarters to a new location in downtown Steamboat Springs.

Everyone has a unique way to setup their sleep kit, even if you learned from a pro, you’ve probably worked in some personal touches that make your setup uniquely yours.

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 17, 2020) – Big Agnes, the Steamboat Springs-based outdoor brand, announces a redesign of its 2020 Apparel Collection.

Our Customer Service and Repair Technicians are a big chunk of the crew here in Steamboat. Although these guys and gals are the friendliest, most helpful and talented people in their field, we hope you’ll never have to interact with them. That’s only because we want your gear to be bulletproof and last through the seasons, but we know that is not always possible...

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.

"Chhiring wanted his tent golden yellow to honor the skin color of the Himalayan goddess, Miyo Losangma, who inhabits Mt. Everest. She is the goddess of prosperity and good fortune. For those who don’t offend her and are grateful, she is generous and giving. On the 20th anniversary of Chhiring’s first summit of Everest, his tents will stand apart for exhausted climbers and pay tribute to Miyo Losangma."

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.

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.

The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics is a non-profit organization focused on reducing our impact on the natural environment by providing innovative education, skills and research to help people care for the outdoors for future generations to enjoy.

"At CDTC, we are blessed to work with such passionate and supportive companies and partners. Big Agnes is one of those companies that not only provides support, but they also roll up their sleeves and literally dig in the dirt."

Pizza. Pizza was the first thing on our list as we rolled into Leadville. Being the eighth leg of the Big Agnes/Honey Stinger CDT relay meant we were meeting Section 7 participants at the trailhead to hand off the baton, and their very specific pizza orders from Mountain High Pies in Leadville.