The goal of our current American economic system has become to extract as much money as possible from the lower and middle classes for the benefit of Wall Street and the ultra wealthy. There’s a ma...

Unsure what to expect, I hopped in the truck and drove to Smith Rock. I was told there would be a small group of highliners traveling across the globe for a rogue event taking over Central Oregon's...

Bill sits down with Aaron Gerry of Ice Ice Beta to discuss our roots as NW Alpine, Bill's deep desire for hardship in the mountains, manufacturing apparel in the U.S. and the struggles that follow,...

Tower Rock, located two hours from just about anything remained virtually untouched until 2015, when a small group of NW local climbers consisting of Eric “Ivan” Linthwaite, Bill Coe, and Geoff Sil...

The air around me hung ominously, heavy with moisture. A mix of rain and snow had fallen overnight, with water taking the form dictated by the ambient temperature. “On belay?”, I asked my partner A...

Last week we put up an Instagram post about the Black Spider Hoody and the "problem" with making durable product. If your product doesn't wear out your customers don't need another one for 10+ year...

For all the talk about reshoring manufacturing, the textile and sewn products industry has largely been absent from the broader conversation, most of which seems to revolve around chips and that so...

In 1994 Sir James Goldsmith predicted the future with eerie accuracy in an interview with Charlie Rose. The interview was about his opposition to the upcoming General Agreement on Tariffs and Trad...

As we’ve been wrapping up the monumental task of closing down our factory, I’ve been reflecting a lot on the mistakes that we made, what we did right and what lessons we can bring to our work at NW...