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Trail running brands

From local trails to mountain ultras. Shoes, packs, poles, apparel, and hydration for running off-road.

329 brands

• 226ERS — Endurance gels, bars and drink mixes from Alcoy, named for the Ironman distance
• 32Gi — Gels, drinks and bars built around the Comrades Marathon
• 42K Running — Race-day tees and club kit for twenty countries of popular running
• A Running Club — Running belts, vests and bags from a Seoul studio
• ACG — Nike All Conditions Gear — trail and hike apparel and footwear
• Active Root — Ginger-based gels and drink mixes, made in Glasgow
• adidas — The Herzogenaurach major; Adizero on the road, Terrex on the trail
• Aguante — Running shorts, singlets and tights cut for Indian heat
• AKU — Montebelluna hiking and mountain boots
• Alba Optics — Sport sunglasses for cycling and running, handmade in northern Italy
• Alpkit — UK outdoor clothing, camping kit and Sonder bikes
• Altitude Eyewear — French sport sunglasses, kids shades, ski goggles and helmets
• Altra — Zero-drop, foot-shaped running shoes, now a VF brand
• Amazfit — Zepp Health's watch brand, priced where the others start
• Amäzi Foods — Tropical fruit snacks aimed at trail and everyday fuel
• Amphipod — Seattle handhelds, belts and race-day storage sold through run specialty
• Answer4 — Made-to-order ultra packs and running kit from a one-man shop in Takao
• Aonijie — Quzhou factory brand of trail vests, flasks and belts, now UTMB's pack supplier
• Arc'teryx — Technical shells, harnesses and packs from North Vancouver
• ashmei — Merino cycling, running and travel clothing
• ASICS — Kobe's running-first footwear major, road and trail
• Atelier Longue Distance — French custom ultralight trail and bikepacking gear
• atelierBluebottle — Japanese ultralight packs and trail apparel
• Atreyu — Low-price unisex direct-to-consumer trainers, closed in 2025
• Austral — Club and team sports kit, made entirely in Cantabria
• AZR — Drôme family brand of cycling glasses, ski goggles and helmets
• Balega — Running socks knitted in Cape Town and Hickory, now inside Implus
• Baouw — Organic bars, purees and gels cooked rather than formulated
• Bauerfeind Sports — German sports supports, compression sleeves and socks from Bauerfeind AG
• Bergans — Norwegian outdoor brand for tents, packs and apparel since 1908
• Black Diamond — Cams, carabiners, headlamps and ski touring gear from Salt Lake City
• BOCO — Technical running hats and custom race headwear from Boulder
• Body Glide — Anti-chafe balm sticks for run, bike and outdoor sports
• Bollé — Sport sunglasses, ski goggles and helmets from Oyonnax roots
• Bonzer Athletics — Performance sunglasses styled for everyday running
• Boreal — Climbing shoes and mountain boots made in Villena, Spain
• Bridgedale — Technical outdoor socks knitted in Northern Ireland
• Brit Patch — UK adhesive toe and heel hole preventer patches for fabric trainers
• Brooks — Running shoes only since 2001, owned by Berkshire Hathaway
• Buff — Tubular headwear from Igualada, 90% made in the own factory
• BV Sport — Compression socks knitted in its own unit in Saint-Etienne
• CamelBak — Hydration packs, reservoirs and sport bottles
• Can't Buy Cool Studios — Colorado-made running apparel, hats and belts
• CAYL — Climbing and hiking packs and apparel from Seoul, with an in-house repair desk
• Cébé — Jura mountain sunglasses, ski goggles and helmets since 1892
• CEP — Medical-grade compression socks for runners, from medi in Bayreuth
• Chance Running — Girona running apparel for ultras, marathons and trails
• Chia Charge — Yorkshire chia-seed flapjacks and sports nutrition bars
• Chimpanzee — Czech natural energy bars, gels and recovery drinks
• Ciele Athletics — Running caps from Montreal, now a full apparel line
• Clif Bar — Energy bars, BLOKS and protein lines for training and trail
• Cloudline — USA-knit merino hiking and running socks
• CMP — Italian Campagnolo outdoor apparel, trekking shoes and skiwear
• CNOC Outdoors — Collapsible water containers and flasks for filtering on trail
• Columbia — Mass-market outerwear, fishing shirts and boots from Portland
• Compressport — Swiss compression wear for trail, road and triathlon, made in Europe
• COROS — Pace and Apex GPS watches, Pace and Apex GPS watches; legal seat in Irvine, engineering in China
• Courier — HiFi run/ride socks with mapped cushion pods
• Coxa Carry — Swedish hip-load hydration belts, vests and packs for endurance
• Craft — Base layers from Borås that grew into running shoes and race kit
• Crazy — Fast-and-light alpine apparel from Tirano in the Italian Alps
• Crown Sport Nutrition — Gels and drinks from La Rioja, sold on published studies
• Dare2b — Ski, cycling and trail clothing from the Regatta Group from the Regatta Group
• Deliberate Life Designs — Custom minimalist trail sandals from Vermont
• Demon — Italian sports sunglasses, ski goggles and spare lenses since 1975
• Dermatone — Mountain sunscreen and skin balms in the classic tin
• DexShell — Waterproof socks, gloves and beanies engineered in Shanghai
• Dion — Modular racing and recreational snowshoes built in Vermont
• District Vision — Running eyewear made in Japan, with apparel and a Los Angeles shop
• Drymax — Blister-focused running socks knitted in Alabama, sold from California
• Dynafit — Ski-touring brand turned trail runner, with a repair centre in Kiefersfelden
• Eldoreso — Tokyo running apparel with a street-culture graphic habit
• Enda — Running shoes designed with Kenyan athletes and assembled in Kenya
• ERNIOLD — Race singlets and run shorts, cut and sewn in Melbourne
• Expedition Foods — Yorkshire freeze-dried expedition meals in three calorie sizes
• Feetures — Running socks with a lifetime guarantee, from a North Carolina family
• Fenix — Shenzhen headlamps with a trail range and a five-year repair promise
• finetrack — Water-repellent underlayers and mountain layering, made in Japan
• Firepot — Slow-cooked dehydrated expedition meals from a Dorset kitchen
• First Ascent — Cape Town outdoor apparel with running as one of four categories
• Fixx Nutrition — CrampFix shots and Fuel X drink mix, made in Burleigh Heads
• Fjork — Merino base layers, socks and kids' wear from Sion, Valais
• FKT Gear — Montana-rooted trail sunglasses for fastpacking and ultra
• FLANCI — Patterned running skorts, leggings and shorts from Somerset
• FlipBelt — The patented tubular running belt, from Broomfield, Colorado
• Flow Formulas — Allergen-free endurance drink mixes from a dietitian's kitchen
• Flux Footwear — Zero-drop barefoot-style runners and trainers with massage-node insoles
• Fractel — Recycled-fabric running caps sized by head, from Queensland
• Gabel — Italian ski, trek and Nordic poles from a Veneto family
• Garmin — GPS running watches from a company that owns its factories
• Gipron — Milanese pole maker since 1917, trail poles alongside ski and trekking
• Giritt — Trail running tee and half tights from Lisbon
• Gnarly Nutrition — NSF-certified fuel and supplements for mountain athletes
• gnuhr — Portland warp-knit ultralight apparel and packs
• Gococo — Swedish performance socks with 37.5 technology for run and trail
• GoLite — Ultralight outdoor apparel and packs revived as sustainable activewear
• goodr — Thirty-dollar polarised running sunglasses from Los Angeles
• GOYOWEAR — Seoul trail-running and hiking apparel with an urban cut
• Greenbelly Meals — Ready-to-eat adventure meals for long trail days
• GU Energy — An early energy-gel brand, still run by the founding family
• Guidetti — Poles assembled below the Vercors, repairable for life from a 200-part catalogue
• Haglöfs — Swedish shells, packs and trail shoes, with its own resale shop
• Halti — Finnish outdoor and ski apparel with DrymaxX shells
• Hammer Nutrition — Gels, drink mixes and supplements, all made in the USA
• Harrier — Derbyshire race vests and Z-poles at half the usual price
• Hastko — Chamonix seamless sports bras and corewear for women
• Headsweats — Ultralight race hats and visors, now with its own Central American plant
• High5 — Budget gels and ZERO tabs, now inside a British food group
• Hoka — Max-cushion road and trail shoes, now half of Deckers
• Hoko — Polypropylene running kit knitted and sold by one firm in Mataró
• Honey Stinger — Honey-based waffles, chews and gels from Steamboat Springs
• Houdini — Stockholm outdoor apparel with repair, rental and reuse services
• Huma — Chia-and-fruit energy gels sold by the single packet
• HydraPak — Soft flasks and reservoirs that fit everyone else's vests
• Ibex — Merino outdoor apparel, revived after a 2018 shutdown
• Icebug — Studded and sticky-rubber traction shoes from outside Gothenburg
• INCYLENCE — Running, triathlon and cycling socks knitted in Italy and Portugal
• Infinit Nutrition — Custom-blended drink mixes, built to order in Cincinnati
• Injinji — Five-toe performance socks from San Diego
• Inlandsis — Vercors maker of canicross, bikejor and skijor harnesses and belts
• Inov8 — Fell and trail shoes from the Lake District, repaired and resold in its own shops
• Instinct — Haute-Savoie trail packs with elastic side lacing
• Janji — Boston running apparel with a five-year guarantee and a public supplier list
• Joe Nimble — Toe-freedom running shoes from a Swabian shoemaking family
• Joma — Toledo family sports brand with a value running line
• Jöttnar — UK technical mountain shells, down and merino for alpine use
• Julbo — French glacier glasses and alpine eyewear since 1888
• Kahtoola — MICROspikes and trail traction for winter hiking
• Kailas — Guangzhou climbing brand that turned the Fuga into a trail line
• KALEG — Seoul technical run and training apparel, shipped from Korea
• Kalenji — Running and trail footwear, clothing and accessories from Decathlon’s French house label.
• Kathmandu — New Zealand outdoor apparel, packs and camp kit for travel and hiking
• KEEN — Toe-bumper sandals, hiking boots and work boots from Portland
• KETL Mtn — Travel and trail apparel repaired free for life
• Kiprun — Decathlon road and trail running shoes and apparel
• Kiwami — French trisuits and trail race kit made largely in Pau
• Klättermusen — Mountaineering shells and packs from Åre, with a lifetime warranty
• KODA Nutrition — Gold Coast gels and electrolytes, thirty years in as Shotz
• Kogalla — Waist-worn trail lights from Utah, battery sold separately
• Kolon Sport — Korean outdoor brand with repair centres and its own resale market, with repair centres and its own resale market
• kommit — Self-retracting bike tow systems and outdoor belts from Bavaria
• Komperdell — Poles made in one Mondsee factory, repaired free for three years
• Kuro Athletics — Rx-able titanium performance sunglasses from Japan
• La Chaussette de France — Made-in-France hike, ski, run and bike socks from Troyes
• La Sportiva — Mountain running shoes from a family factory in Val di Fiemme
• Lacal — Vercors-designed hiking poles, stools and light crampons
• Lagoped — Haute-Savoie mountain apparel made in Europe without PFAS
• Ledlenser — Solingen head torches with a running series and a seven-year warranty
• LEDX — Swedish high-output headlamps for night sport and work
• LEKI — Swabian poles from its own factory in Tachov, Czechia
• Lems — Wide-toe minimalist hiking and everyday shoes
• Lhotse — French mountain apparel, packs and fleece from Alpe d'Huez roots
• Lorpen — Technical mountain socks knitted in Etxalar in the Spanish Pyrenees
• Lowa — Hiking and mountain boots from a Bavarian village since 1923
• Lumonite — Finnish high-output headlamps from Oulu for night sport
• LUNA Sandals — Running sandals, cut and laced to order in Wenatchee
• Lupine — Lamps built and repaired in one Bavarian workshop since 1989
• Lurbel — Trail socks and base layers, knitted entirely in Ontinyent
• M Tiger Sports — Shenzhen high-output headlamps for MTB and orienteering
• Macpac — New Zealand outdoor packs, apparel and camp equipment
• Mag-on — Magnesium gels and powders from a Hyogo chemicals maker
• Mammut — Ropes, avalanche gear and alpine clothing from a Swiss rope maker
• Martini Sportswear — Austrian technical apparel for touring, piste and trail since 1958
• Meltonic — French organic honey gels, bars and endurance drinks
• Mental Athletic — Milan running magazine with its own merch and capsules
• Merrell — Michigan hiking footwear with a trail-running line, under Wolverine
• Miler Running — Running kit cut and sewn in New York City from European and Japanese fabric
• Millet — Alpine packs and apparel from a Lyon grocery's shopping bags
• Mizuno — Osaka sports major whose Wave plate still carries the running line
• Monnet — Made-in-France technical socks for ski, trail and cold
• Montane — Northumberland mountain kit, guaranteed for life and repaired in house
• Montrail — Trail-running and hiking footwear line inside Columbia, with a 1982 inception and a 2017 standalone discontinuation.
• Montura — Technical mountain clothing, first cut for rescue teams and guides
• Moonlight — Norwegian high-output headlamps and touring skis from Åndalsnes
• Mount to Coast — Ultra-distance shoes from a Hong Kong start-up of ex-Nike and Brooks developers
• Mountain Equipment — Down clothing, shells and sleeping bags for alpine and polar trips
• Mountain Fuel — Keswick jellies, chia gels and drink mixes for long days out
• Mountain King — Trail poles hand-built in a Newcastle factory
• Mountain Martial Arts — Tokyo trail-running apparel cut to be worn in the city too
• Muir Energy — Real-food gels made by hand in San Diego
• Mulebar — Organic bars, gels and compotes made in Normandy
• MX3 Nutrition — Vendée freeze-dried expedition meals and sports nutrition
• Naak — Ultra bars, purees and drink mixes, the UTMB course fuel
• Naked — The running waist band, from an island in Puget Sound
• Nathan — Running hydration vests, handhelds and lights, sold in 45 countries
• Naut Running — Barcelona technical running apparel inspired by the Pyrenees
• Neversecond — C30 gels and drink mixes in 30-gram carbohydrate steps
• New Balance — Boston running major that still owns six factories and sells by width
• Nike — A major running shoe maker, with a 60-day return window
• Nine Point Nine — City-to-outdoor hybrid apparel with run collabs
• Nitecore — Guangzhou headlamps under 50 g, with an elite trail roster
• NNormal — Trail shoes with a free repair guarantee and a factory list
• Noname — Orienteering kit and studded shoes, sewn to order for clubs
• norda — Dyneema-upper trail shoes from Montreal, assembled in China
• Norrøna — Norwegian mountain shells and layers, family owned since 1929
• Nortec — Micro crampons and winter trail running gear from Villach
• Nuun — Electrolyte tablets for runners, now inside Nestlé Health Science
• OMM — Mountain marathon packs and kit from the race that started in 1968
• On — CloudTec running shoes from Zurich, now listed in New York
• On Trail Bars — High-calorie gluten-free vegan bars for long trail days
• One Bottle Hydration — Adapter bottle that drinks from common flask threads on trail
• Orange Mud — Bottle-quiver hydration packs, repaired in house for free
• Ortuseight — Indonesian running, football and futsal shoes from Tangerang
• Osprey — Fitted packs backed by a repair-anything guarantee
• Outdoor Research — Technical outerwear and accessories with a lifetime guarantee
• Overstims — Endurance nutrition made in a Breton laboratory since 1982
• Oxsitis — Auvergne trail vests, rescued in 2020 by a Grenoble distributor
• PaaGo Works — Tokyo ultralight packs, tents and camp cookware
• Parapack — UK UL headwear from parachute materials
• Patagonia — Climbing-born outdoor clothing with no time limit on returns
• Path Projects — Running shorts sold as a system: shell plus a separate base liner
• Peluva — Five-toe barefoot shoes with 9 mm of cushioning, for walking, gym and trail
• Petzl — Headlamps and climbing hardware from a family firm below the Chartreuse
• Picture Organic — French snow, surf and trail apparel with an eco materials pitch
• Pillar Performance — Australian endurance supplements and race-day fuels
• Polar — Heart-rate pioneers from Kempele, now multisport watches and sensors
• Portal — One clothing system for running, riding and hiking, from ex-Rapha designers
• POVEC — Electrochromic sunglasses with swipe tint control
• Powerbar — An early energy-bar brand, now run from Munich for endurance sport
• Precision Fuel & Hydration — Sodium-matched electrolytes and PF gels with a free race fuel plan
• Pro-Specs — Korean running shoes and sportswear, owned by LS Networks
• PUMA — Herzogenaurach sportswear major; Nitro foam carries its running line
• Punch Power — French organic sports gels, bars and drink mixes from Mougins
• PURE Sports Nutrition — Electrolytes and gels made in an own factory in Christchurch
• Rab — Down and shell kit from a Sheffield sleeping-bag attic, repaired in house
• rabbit — Running shorts first, then a full apparel line and a trail tour
• Raide Research — Ski touring and trail running packs from a Carbondale engineer
• Raidlight — Chartreuse trail packs with French workshops, rental and lifetime repairs
• RAWS — Run, training and basketball apparel sold direct online
• Reebok — Bolton-born sports brand, now run out of Boston under ABG
• rnnr — Running hats from Atlanta, with socks and tees around them
• ROA — Italian technical-fashion hiking shoes and apparel from the Dolomites
• Roark — Adventure and trail-run apparel from California
• Rock Experience — Italian mountain apparel for climbing, trek and snow
• Rockay — Recycled-nylon running socks with a lifetime guarantee
• Ronhill — Manchester running apparel, started by a marathon winner
• Rossignol — Skis, boots and clothing from the Isère since 1907
• Rudy Project — Sport eyewear and bike helmets, with direct e-commerce and dealer distribution.
• S/LAB — Salomon athlete laboratory line for trail, ski and race gear
• Salomon — Annecy ski-edge workshop that moved into trail shoes
• Santa Madre — Endurance nutrition for runners and cyclists, sold direct.
• SAP Good Energy — Maple-syrup endurance gels and drink mix from London
• Satisfy — Paris running apparel priced like fashion, sold through stockists
• Saucony — Pennsylvania creek-side shoemaker turned Wolverine's running specialist
• Scarpa — Asolo mountain shoemaker whose trail line is made like its boots
• Scott — Bikes, ski gear and running kit from a Swiss-based sports group
• Seger — Socks, beanies and baselayers knitted in Röshult since 1947
• Senchi Designs — Ultralight Polartec Alpha fleece, sewn in the USA in small batches
• Shamma Sandals — Ultralight hiking sandals from the barefoot trail scene
• SHYU — Race-shoe-matched performance running socks
• SILO Performance Project — Drop bags and gear organisers for ultra and race-day kit
• Silva — Headlamps and compasses from the Stockholm firm that lit orienteering
• Sinano — Saku-made ski, trek and walking poles since 1919
• Skratch Labs — Hydration mix from a pro-cycling kitchen, made in Boulder
• Snowline — Elastomer ice spikes and gaiters, hand-finished in Pyeongtaek
• SOAR — Bonded, tailored running kit from a Shoreditch studio
• Soulsfeng — Trail shoes, sneakers and heated apparel from an own factory in Putian
• Speedland — Hyper-performance trail shoes with swappable plates, from Portland
• Sponser — Swiss sports nutrition, over 120 products from Wollerau
• SPORCKS — Valencia technical running and multisport socks with bold prints
• SportHG — Seamless running and ski layers knitted in its own Barcelona factory
• Sportlast — Graduated compression socks from a Lleida medical-hosiery factory
• SPOT — Satellite messengers and trackers on the Globalstar network
• Spring Energy — Real-food gels from rice, fruit and honey, Nashville
• Squeezy — Energy gels, made in Germany since 1993, made in Germany since 1993
• Squirrel's Nut Butter — Natural anti-chafe and skin-repair salves, poured in Flagstaff
• Stamox — Norwegian beetroot powder aimed at VO2 max and endurance
• Static — Low-impact mountain layers, sewn in Japan, from a Tokyo importer
• Størm Skinwear — French endurance anti-chafe balms and sticks made in the Ardennes
• Styrkr — Dual-carb gels and drink mixes, made in the UK
• SUMMERTECT — Hot-weather running headbands, tops and accessories from Busan
• SunGod — UK performance sunglasses and snow goggles with lifetime repair
• Suunto — GPS watches and dive computers, part-built in Finland
• Swiftwick — Olefin-fibre socks knitted in Tennessee with a lifetime guarantee
• Sysum — British trail-running apparel for mud, thorns and wet weather
• T8 — Sherpa shorts and chafe-free underwear for Hong Kong humidity
• Ta Energy — French gels, gummies and hydration tabs with a race-partner habit
• Tabisuke Tabizo — Kita-Kamakura trail-running apparel and soft flasks
• Tailwind Nutrition — Endurance fuel mixed and bagged in Durango
• Tarkine — Road and trail shoes from Fremantle, one percent to the rainforest
• Ternua — Basque mountain apparel for hike, alpine and trail with recycled fabrics
• Terrex — Trail, hiking and climbing footwear and apparel under adidas.
• Territory Run Co. — Portland trail-running caps and tees, small batches, one shop in St. Johns
• Teton Bros. — Backcountry shells and mountain running kit, tested in Japanese snow
• Teva — Grand Canyon sport sandals and trail footwear under Deckers
• The North Face — Mountain shells, packs and tents from a San Francisco climbing shop
• Therm-ic — SIDAS-group heated ski socks, gloves, insoles and dryers from Voiron
• ThruDark — Expedition and training kit from two former UK Special Forces soldiers
• Thrupack — Handmade thru-hiker waist packs from Norfolk, Virginia
• Tilak — Czech-made mountain shells and softshells, sewn in-house
• Topo Athletic — Foot-shaped running shoes with a low drop, now owned by Designer Brands
• TORQ — Fuelling system of gels, bars and drinks from a fitness consultancy
• Trail Butter — Nut butter squeeze packs made in Sisters, Oregon
• Treksta — Hiking and trail footwear from Busan, built around the nestFIT last
• Trimtex — Lillesand endurance kit for running, orienteering and skiing, sewn in Estonia
• TSL — Snowshoes and trekking poles made in the French Alps
• UCAN — Slow-release starch fuel, sold to marathoners first
• ULA Equipment — Utah-made ultralight framed and frameless backpacks
• ULEVEL — Cycling, triathlon and running kit from its own Almansa factory
• Ultimate Direction — Hydration packs since 1985, now a Colorado line inside Exxel Outdoors, now a Colorado line inside Exxel Outdoors
• UltrAspire — Utah ultrarunning vests, bottles and waist lights from the man who started Ultimate Direction
• Unived — Plant-based gels and hydration, every batch tested and published
• UNNA — Stockholm running apparel for joggers rather than racers
• UnTapped — Maple syrup gels, waffles and hydration from Vermont
• USWE — Swedish bounce-free hydration packs and vests for bike, run and moto
• Utu — Mineral SPF skincare for outdoor use, in aluminium tubes
• UYN — Base layers, ski socks and running kit, made in-house in Asola
• VÅGA — Packable running caps and headwear from the Lake District fells
• Veets — Running and trail shoes assembled in France, inside the BV Sport group
• Veilance — Urban technical apparel, sold through the Arc'teryx platform
• VEJA — French fair-trade sneakers with road and trail running models
• VERJARI — French waterproof outdoor apparel, socks and gloves from Paris
• Vertics — Forearm compression sleeves and climbing socks from Wiesbaden
• Vibram — Rubber outsoles and FiveFingers minimalist shoes
• Victory Endurance — Weider's endurance line: gels, isotonics and recovery, Weider's endurance line: gels, isotonics and recovery
• Vivobarefoot — Barefoot shoes with a repair-and-resell arm, from Covent Garden
• VJ Shoes — Orienteering grip carried over to trail shoes, from Orivesi
• Voler — California custom team kit sewn in its own Grover Beach factory
• Volpi Outdoor Gear — Frameless fastpacks for thru-hikers and trail runners, sewn in Guadalajara
• VOORMI — Merino-surfaced technical apparel from the Rockies
• WAA — Desert stage-race packs and apparel from the Marathon des Sables
• WeitLäufer — Ultralight thru-hiking packs designed and repaired in the Black Forest
• Wildo — Fold-A-Cup and Camp-A-Box tableware moulded in Borås since 1979
• WINFORCE — Swiss-made gels, drinks and bars for endurance sport
• WISE Ultra Running — Ultra-trail packs, carry shorts and shells from Annecy
• Wrightsock — Double-layer anti-blister socks from a family mill in North Carolina
• X-Bionic — Swiss thermoregulating base layers and socks, now with trail shoes
• Xact Nutrition — Fruit-paste energy bars from Montreal, sold by the box
• Xero Shoes — Minimalist sandals and shoes with a 5,000-mile sole promise