Leave No Trace Selects Mountain Hardwear For Corporate Partner Of The Year 2024

December 9, 2024

Recognized for Outstanding Leadership in Environmental Stewardship and Outdoor Education

Richmond, Calif. /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ – Mountain Hardwear is proud to announce it has been named the 2024 Leave No Trace Corporate Partner of the Year. This distinction honors the company’s relentless commitment to environmental stewardship and its proactive role in promoting sustainable outdoor practices. This recognition highlights Mountain Hardwear’s significant contributions over the past year, the brand’s second year of partnership with Leave No Trace.

Mountain Hardwear’s efforts to advance environmental awareness have been wide-ranging—from leveraging its global platform to raise the profile of Leave No Trace principles, to engaging directly with communities on conservation projects.

One of the key achievements for Mountain Hardwear in 2024 was co-leading a major volunteer initiative with the brand’s employees in the Bay Area, where more than 100 hours of service were dedicated to hands-on environmental work. This initiative benefitted local ecosystems and demonstrated Mountain Hardwear’s dedication to engaging outdoor enthusiasts in stewardship activities.

In addition to its volunteer efforts, Mountain Hardwear played an integral role in supporting the expansion of Leave No Trace’s ambassador program. Leave No Trace welcomed Mountain Hardwear mountaineering athletes Scott Lehmann and Shayna Unger as Leave No Trace Ambassadors. Working together with Mountain Hardwear and Leave No Trace, these influential athletes are helping to amplify the message of responsible outdoor practices to a broader audience, inspiring others to incorporate LNT principles into their outdoor adventures.

Mountain Hardwear also continued its tradition of outdoor education by co-presenting at major outdoor festivals throughout the year. These events allowed Mountain Hardwear to reach thousands of festival-goers, offering free education on Leave No Trace principles and encouraging attendees to adopt sustainable practices when exploring the outdoors. By providing this valuable resource to outdoor communities, Mountain Hardwear, in partnership with Leave No Trace, continues to reinforce their role as leaders in environmental education.

As a featured sponsor of the Leave No Trace Global Summit, Mountain Hardwear helped celebrate the organization’s 30th anniversary while paving the way for its next 30 years of impact. The summit served as an important milestone for Leave No Trace, and Mountain Hardwear’s involvement further demonstrated its long-term commitment to supporting environmental initiatives and sustainability within the outdoor industry.

“Mountain Hardwear’s connection with the leading environmental education organization allows our shared missions to be amplified – empowering more people to experience and connect with nature while becoming more conscious stewards and to protect our wild spaces. We are proud to partner with Leave No Trace and receive this recognition.” – Kathryn Luna, Sr. Brand Marketing Specialist – Community & Partnerships.

“Our work with Mountain Hardwear exemplifies the power of partnership in achieving meaningful change. Mountain Hardwear’s dedication to environmental stewardship and engaging communities has amplified Leave No Trace’s mission to protect and enjoy the outdoors responsibly. Together, we’re inspiring a new generation of outdoor enthusiasts to become lifelong stewards of our natural world.” – Dana Watts, Leave No Trace Executive Director

Looking ahead, Mountain Hardwear is excited to announce a new collaboration with Leave No Trace. The Leave No Trace x Mountain Hardwear logowear collection, set to launch this upcoming spring, will combine innovative design with a focus on sustainability, further advancing the shared mission of promoting environmental responsibility within the outdoor community.

For more information about the 2024 Leave No Trace Corporate Partner of the Year Award, visit Leave No Trace Awards 2024. To learn more about Mountain Hardwear and its award-winning products, please visit www.mountainhardwear.com.

About Mountain Hardwear

Mountain Hardwear, Inc., was founded in 1993 and is based in Richmond, CA. We exist to encourage and equip people to seek a wilder path in life. For 30 years, we’ve built essential equipment for climbers, mountaineers, and outdoor athletes and have supported expeditions on the world’s highest peaks. Relentless precision continues to inspire everything we do — our designers sweat every stitch and detail to continuously improve function, durability, and comfort.

Mountain Hardwear is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear Company that distributes its products through specialty outdoor retailers in the United States and 34 countries worldwide. www.mountainhardwear.com

About Leave No Trace

Leave No Trace is an international movement, program and nonprofit organization that uses the power of science, education and stewardship, to ensure a sustainable future for the outdoors and the planet. The organization accomplishes this mission by delivering state-of-the-art education and research to millions of people across the country U.S., alone each year. For more information: www.LNT.org.

Seth Beiden

seth@sasquatchagency.com