Camping/Hiking

4/24/2024 |  Report: Camping Sentiment Up in 2024 Despite Inflation Concerns (SGB UPDATE) RMS North America released its annual State of the Industry Report, suggesting that camping sentiment is up across the board despite ongoing concerns about inflation.
The company, a provider of reservation and property management systems to the outdoor hospitality industry, said in a release that this year’s report examines all adult generations, from Gen Z to Baby Boomers, and offers insight into how each group approaches camping differently. 
RMS North America conducted independent research on campers ages 18 to 60-plus, collecting data on the differences between generations, but also found similarities. While some thought the pandemic’s camping craze would dwindle, the demand for outdoor travel and recreation remains strong across the board.

3/29/2024 |  Oregon Campers More Likely to Camp Alone and for Free (SGB UPDATE) The Dyrt, the app for camping availability, photos and reviews, reported in its 2024 Camping Report that one-third (33.5 percent) of Oregon campers camped alone in 2023, higher than the 12 percent national average.
Also, nearly three-quarters of Oregon campers found free camping in 2023, or 16 percent greater than the U.S. average. For this year’s annual report, The Dyrt, based in Portland, OR, took a closer look at three West Coast camping states — Oregon, California and Washington.

3/1/2024 |  EXEC: Yeti’s New Head of Softgoods Talks Next Steps with Mystery Ranch (SGB UPDATE) SGB Executive caught up with Yeti’s new head of softgoods this week after the news of his hire and the subsequent report that the cooler and drinkware brand was getting more serious about their packs and bags business. How serious? Well, for starters, they hired a great packs and bags guy in Layne Rigney, the former Board member of Sea to Summit, CEO of Osprey Packs and president at Camelbak after earlier years at Franklin Resource Group, PowerBar and RockShox.

3/1/2024 |  Sea to Summit Expands Sales Reach in U.S. and Canada (SGB UPDATE) Sea to Summit, the global adventure equipment brand headquartered in Western Australia, partnered with three new sales agencies to expand its reach and strengthen its presence across key territories in the U.S. and Canada.
Tandem West Sales will represent Western Canada, Agence Quartier General will represent Québec, Canada, and Caraway and Co. will represent the California and the Southwest regions of the U.S.

2/27/2024 |  Report: Half of Camping Property Owners Added Campsites in 2023 (SGB UPDATE) The camping availability platform, The Dyrt, reported the finding from its recent survey that 50 percent of private camping properties added campsites in 2023 in response to continued demand from the booming camping industry.
The Dyrt’s statistics are from its newly released 2024 Camping Report presented by The All-New Toyota Tacoma.
Property managers across all 50 states were surveyed to gather information for the report. The addition of new campsites was reportedly spurred, in part, by results from the previous year’s report, when 58.4 percent of campers noted difficulty booking a site because a campground was sold out. That number decreased to 45.5 percent last year.