I’m making a commitment to shop American for Christmas this year. With so many Americans out of work, we owe it to ourselves to shop small and local. Here is a list of backpacking and camping gear that proudly sports the Made in America label.

Backpacks

• Hyperlight Mountain Gear
• Ultralight Adventure Equipment
• ZPacks
• Mountain Laurel Designs
• Seek Outside
• Light AF

Tents & Shelters

• Tarptent
• Zpacks
• Yamma Mountain Gear
• Lightheart Gear
• Hammock Gear
• Mountain Laurel Designs
• Seek Outside
• Bear Paw Wilderness Designs
• Hyperlight Mountain Gear
• Etowah Gear
• Equinox

Hammocks

• Warbonnet
• Dutchware
• Hammock Gear
• Jacks ‘R’ Better

Sleeping Bags & Quilts

• Enlightened Equipment
• Underground Quilts
• Hammock Gear
• Western Mountaineering
• Katabatic Gear
• Jacks ‘R’ Better
• Feathered Friends
• Warbonnet

Sleeping Pads

• Therm-A-Rest

Water Bottles & Treatment

• Nalgene
• Platypus
• Aqua Mira

Cooking & Stoves

• Bushbuddy
• Four Dog Stoves
• MSR
• Trail Designs
• Qiwiz

Flashlights & Headlamps

• Maglite
• Tek Tite
• Princton Tec

Clothing

• Enlightened Equipment
• Lightheart Gear
• Darn Tough
• Western Mountaineering
• Smartwool
• Fox River Socks
• Feathered Friends
• Purple Rain Adventure Skirts
• Borealis Wool Co
• Wigwam
• Thorlo Socks

Watercraft

• Northstart Canoes
• We-No-Nah Canoes
• Alpacaraft
• Bending Branches Paddles
• Oru Kayaks
• Pakayak

Knives & Trowels

• Ontario Knife Company
• Buck Knives

Shoes & Boots

• Danner
• Redwing
• The Tent Lab
• Qiwiz
• Keen

Snow Shoes

• MSR

Coolers & Cases

Otter Box