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Snow Peak (company)

is a Japanese manufacturer of high-end camping and hiking equipment.

The company's name has been rendered in kango form as , and fans have abbreviated it as .

History

Snow Peak was founded by Yamai Yukio in 1958 as a local forge under the name . The company's first foray into outdoor equipment were experimental models of crampons and pitons made of inox steel and titanium. The "Snow Peak" brand name was established in 1963, the peak in question being Mount Tanigawa, a popular destination for Japanese mountaineers.

Snow Peak sells isobutane fuel under the brand.

In 2014, Snow Peak introduced an apparel line.

In 2017, the portable prefabricated home designed by Snow Peak in collaboration with Kuma Kengo won the Japan Institute of Design Promotion's Good Design Award.

The company has opened stores in the United States, with locations in Portland and Brooklyn, with another set to open in Seattle.

Notable products

  • GS-100 - portable stove fuelled by replaceable isobutane canisters. Later GS-100A version includes a piezoelectric push-button igniter.
  • SCS-101 - aluminium ultralight mess tin in the shape of a traditional magewappa box. Capable of fitting one standard-diameter isobutane canister. (discontinued)
  • SCS-004 - aluminium ultralight mess tin with internal lining of fluoropolymer-aluminium composite licensed from Sumitomo Electric. Sumiflon is far more stable than Teflon, but will still pyrolysize when heated to above 300 Ã‚°C and thereupon release toxic fumes. Later titanium models like the SCS-004T are structurally identical but do not include Sumiflon. (discontinued)
  • N-110 - steel soufflet à bouche with reflux valve baffle preventing accidental smoke inhalation.

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