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Patagonia’s Mission

Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.

Our Reason for Being

Patagonia grew out of a small company that made tools for climbers. Alpinism remains at the heart of a worldwide business that still makes clothes for climbing – as well as for skiing, snowboarding, surfing, fly fishing, paddling and trail running. These are all silent sports. None require a motor; none deliver the cheers of a crowd. In each sport, reward comes in the form of hard-won grace and moments of connection between us and nature.

Our values reflect those of a business started by a band of climbers and surfers, and the minimalist style they promoted. The approach we take towards product design demonstrates a bias for simplicity and utility.

For us at Patagonia, a love of wild and beautiful places demands participation in the fight to save them, and to help reverse the steep decline in the overall environmental health of our planet. We donate our time, services and at least 1% of our sales to hundreds of grassroots environmental groups all over the world who work to help reverse the tide.

We know that our business activity – from lighting stores to dyeing shirts – creates pollution as a by-product. So we work steadily to reduce those harms. We use recycled polyester in many of our clothes and only organic, rather than pesticide-intensive, cotton.

Staying true to our core values during thirty-plus years in business has helped us create a company we're proud to run and work for. And our focus on making the best products possible has brought us success in the marketplace.

Versatile Protection

Lightweight Legwear

Altvia Light Alpine Pants

Designed for pushing the limits of what you can do before dinner, the Altvia Light Alpine Pants take the mobility needed to move fast and blend it with the features needed for alpine rock terrain. Fair Trade Certified™ sewn.

Features include:

• Lightweight Fabric - Lightweight recycled polyester/elastane blend provides excellent stretch for unrestricted mobility and all day, next-to-skin comfort
• Built for All-Day Comfort - Articulated pattern allows ultimate mobility for long approaches and all-day comfort under a harness
• Weight - 261g

Altvia Alpine Pants

Fully featured, lightweight soft-shell pants with added durability for long alpine rock routes and all-day movement above the tree line. Fair Trade Certified™ sewn.

• Built for Mobility and Rock - Lightweight recycled polyester/elastane blend provides excellent stretch for complete mobility; durable recycled nylon/recycled elastane paneling provides extra protection from rock and abrasion
• Designed for Climbing - Articulated pattern allows ultimate mobility for long approaches and all-day comfort under a harness
• Weight - 340g

Strider Pro Pants

Designed as part of an integrated system for mountain running and built from our Strider Pro fabric, these pants act as a layering piece for added weather resistance—cutting the chill for early mornings or exposed ridgelines while maintaining breathability. Stretch-panel cuffs with snaps for adjustability make it possible to slide over shoes. Fair Trade Certified™ sewn.

• Fabric Dries Fast and Moves with You - Smooth, ultralight, ultrafast-drying 100% recycled polyester stretch ripstop body fabric
• Adjustable Waistband - Soft, flat, quick-drying elastic for added comfort; with drawcord for adjustable fit
• Weight - 125g

Shell, Yeah! We landed recycled materials in 100% of our waterproof shells—without sacrificing performance or durability. And they’re all Fair Trade Certified™ sewn.

Recycled material in all Patagonia Waterproofs

It was a massive endeavor to be the first to pull off using recycled materials in all our waterproof shells—it took years of rigorous durability and wet-weather testing and a multi-level, multi-national process with suppliers—but we got to a point when we decided a shell either uses recycled fabrics and is Fair Trade Certified™ sewn, or we won’t make it. Shell, Yeah!

Rainshadow Waterproof Jacket

For long days on the trail, our Rainshadow Jacket is lightweight and stretchy, using 3-layer H2No™ Performance Standard technology for exceptional waterproof/breathable performance, unrestricted mobility, and all-day comfort. Fair Trade Certified™ sewn.

When rain pitter patters on the windshield on the way to the trailhead, the Rainshadow Jacket keeps morale up with all-day protection and on-the-move comfort. The H2No™ Performance Standard waterproof and breathable 3-layer shell has stretch nylon face fabric, tricot backer to ensure next-to-skin comfort, and neatly stuffs into its left-front pocket (with a carabiner clip-in loop). A two-way adjustable hood has a laminated visor that can be rolled down and easily stashed with a simplified cord-and-hook design. All zippers, including pit zips, center-front zipper, and pockets are coated with a DWR finish to keep things water-tight. With self-fabric hook-and-loop cuff closures and dual-adjust drawcord hem.

Materials

H2No™ Performance Standard shell: 3-layer, 2.2-oz 30-denier ECONYL® 100% recycled nylon stretch ripstop face, polycarbonate PU membrane with 13% bio-based content, a tricot backer and a DWR (durable water repellent) finish.

Fabric is certified as bluesign® approved.

Fair Trade Certified™ sewn