Cascade Designs is an American company specializing in outdoor recreation products. It is located in

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region ...

and

Reno, Nevada Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is th ...

, and was founded in 1972 by two former

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engineers, who were avid backpackers. Their first product innovation was the self-inflating camping mattress, marketed as

Therm-a-Rest Therm-a-Rest is an American outdoor product company specializing in camping mattresses, sleeping bags, camp chairs, cots, and pillows. Therm-a-Rest began as a line of self-inflating camping mattresses, invented in the early-1970s by two former Bo ...

. In 2015, Cascade Designs moved 1/5 of its workforce to Reno to take advantage of lower wages. Cascade Designs owns the following subsidiaries and/or trademarks: *

Mountain Safety Research Mountain Safety Research, or MSR, is a producer of camping, hiking and mountaineering equipment, such as portable stoves, water filters, snowshoes, and tents. While specializing in lightweight and technical equipment, MSR's gear is designed for ...

, acquired in August 2001, makers of outdoor recreation gear started by the legendary Larry Penberthy *

, makers of portable

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, makers of

hydration system A hydration system is an apparatus used in recreation and other sustained outdoor activities. It is intended to help its user carry liquid, to support the physical effort involved in the activity, without the need to use one's hands or take off t ...

s *SealLine, makers of waterproof bags *Tracks, makers of high-end walking staffs and trekking poles *Varilite, specializing in wheelchair positioning products *PackTowl, specializing in highly packable technical towels

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