Backed by 115 years of international mountaineering and manufacturing experience, CAMP USA boasts one of the longest resumes in the American climbing market.

CAMP climbing and safety products are individually tested and held to the rigorous standards of the UIAA and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 9001).

C.A.M.P. (Construction Articles for Mountaineering in Premana) was formed in 1889 high in the mountains of Premana, Italy, by blacksmith Nicola Codega.

Manufacturing of alpine and mountaineering equipment did not begin until 30 years later when the founders son, Antonio Codega, began production of a new item for alpine use: the ice axe.

Over the next 50 years, CAMP went on to develop not only ice axes, but new items such as crampons, hammers, pitons and nuts.

The CAMP range grew with strong products in every line and the company’s natural expansion soon stretched beyond Italy and Europe and emerged successfully at the international level.

Over the last five years, CAMP has developed many of the lightest products across a large range of product categories. Lightweight categories include performance ice tools, mountaineering axes, steep ice crampons, trekking crampons, harnesses, and helmets.

The innovation with which CAMP approaches product development is in response to a simple question that has been essentially ignored by other manufacturers. Why carry more than you have to?

Extra weight increases your burden, decreases efficiency, maximizes energy expenditure and ultimately decreases safety and chances for success.

CAMP is known for its superlight crampons.

For example, at just 390 grams per pair, the CAMP USA XLC 390 are the lightest semi-rigid 12-point crampons in the world.

12-point CAMP crampons are available in several binding styles including step-in automatic, semi-automatic and universal.

CAMP USA is a place where rigid quality standards meet the growing market demand for advanced technology resulting in nothing less than the very best climbing gear in the world.