C/N INDIGO PARKAFOUNDED IN 1958 BY YUKIO YAMAI, SNOW PEAK BEGAN AS A CLIMBING EQUIPMENT COMPANY IN THE NIIGATA PREFECTURE OF JAPAN. DISSATISFIED WITH AVAILABLE CLIMBING GEAR, YAMAI LEVERAGED LOCAL METAL CRAFTSMANSHIP TO CREATE SUPERIOR MOUNTAINEERING PRODUCTS INSPIRED BY THE DRAMATIC LANDSCAPE OF NIIGATA, WHICH STILL HOUSES THE BRAND'S GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS. The brand became known to the rest of the world in 1999, when snow peak USA was launched, with products become