Backcountry.com is an online retailer that specializes in high-end outdoor recreation gear for skiing, snowboarding, rock climbing, kayaking, hiking, trekking, trail running, snowshoeing, and cycling. With the conviction that the customer must dictate what a company should sell, John Bresee and Jim Holland founded Backcountry.com in 1996 with a total investment of $2,000 and never had to raise another penny.
The New York Times, stated in an artic...
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Backcountry.com is an online retailer that specializes in high-end outdoor recreation gear for skiing, snowboarding, rock climbing, kayaking, hiking, trekking, trail running, snowshoeing, and cycling. With the conviction that the customer must dictate what a company should sell, John Bresee and Jim Holland founded Backcountry.com in 1996 with a total investment of $2,000 and never had to raise another penny.
The New York Times, stated in an article "Surviving an Avalanche," that Backcountry.com is a Utah-based purveyor of outdoor products.
Outside Magazine named Backcountry.com and its ODAT sites, SteepandCheap.com, Tramdock.com, WhiskeyMilitia.com, Bonktown.com in its "Best of Web" Issue – February 2009.
Backcountry.com was founded by John Bresee and Jim Holland, who were friends since third grade. Jim Holland, former U.S. Olympic ski jumper resided in Park City with the hopes of becoming an entrepreneur. In 1995 Bresse was working on the Wasatch Canyon Reporter, a free outdoor paper...
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