Trail Days Sponsors & Vendors

See you soon! Trail Days is May 15-17, 2026.

Our sponsors make it possible to host the Appalachian Trail Days Festival in Damascus, Virginia each year. Stop by and thank them for their support of the Appalachian Trail and the hiking community!

Interested in coming to Trail Days as a vendor? Get on the waitlist!

2026 Vendor Waitlist

Exhibitor Info & FAQs

Title Sponsor Hyperlite Mountain Gear at Appalachian Trail Days Festival in Damascus VA

Retail area with outdoor gear vendors at Appalachian Trail Days Festival in Damascus VA

Thank you to our Title Sponsor!

Hyperlite Mountain Gear

Founded in Biddeford, Maine in 2009, Hyperlite Mountain Gear designs ultralight backpacks, shelters, sleep systems, and accessories using advanced materials and athlete-driven testing. Built with the goal of delivering a better backcountry experience, their gear is known worldwide for the optimal balance of lightweight, durability, and water resistance.

Thru-Hiker Sponsors

Altra Running

Altra Running believes that you get better inside, by getting outside.  Our products are Made To Keep You Out There doing what you love.  Shoes designed to fit feet, all in the name of comfort & performance. It’s a difference you can feel as soon as you step into a pair. Roomy Toe Box. Zero-to-Low drop. That’s Altra.

Black Diamond

Black Diamond Equipment has been making world-class mountain gear since 1989. From the winding trails of the AT to the high ridges of the PCT and all the crags and trails in between, Black Diamond is there, providing innovative headlamps, trekking poles, packs, and other equipment and apparel for all mountain pursuits.

Darn Tough Vermont

Darn Tough knits a longer lasting sock that stays comfortable season after season. We’re able to guarantee them for life because we knit them ourselves. If yours ever rip or tear, we’ll replace them free of charge. Stop by our booth to warranty your socks or win a new pair.

EXPED

EXPED builds Refined Gear for Adventure. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, EXPED applies its Swiss sensibilities to create first-ever innovations, revolutionizing outdoor gear and allowing our customers to take comfort anywhere.

Gossamer Gear

NEW in 2026! Gossamer Gear is the ultralight pioneer dedicated to making the outdoors more accessible by helping people carry less and experience more. Guided by a legacy of simplicity, we design thoughtfully minimalist gear that empowers everyone, from first-time hikers to seasoned explorers, to move freely and discover what truly matters.

Granite Gear

For 40 years, Granite Gear has brought cutting-edge products to the outdoor industry. Our award-winning backpacks, adventure travel gear, extensive variety of storage sacks, lifestyle accessories, and canoe gear offer excellence in design and construction. Granite Gear’s desire is for all outdoor enthusiasts and travelers to experience the incredible durability and comfort of their products.

Osprey

Come Celebrate 50 years of backpack innovation with Osprey! Founded in 1974, our mission is to create innovative high-performance gear that reflects our love of adventure and our devotion to the outdoors. We relentlessly innovate to ease your journey and inspire adventure.

Topo Athletic

At Topo Athletic, we build our shoes for the long haul—for the hikers living out of their packs, who measure time in sunrises and sunsets, the ones who know the quiet pride of another state line crossed. Every pair of Topos delivers outstanding comfort that lasts for hundreds of miles, and superior durability that keeps up with whatever the trail throws your way. From Georgia to Maine, or however far you’re headed, we’re with you, every step of the way.

Section Hiker Sponsors

Astral Designs

Astral makes gear for wilderness athletes who Trust Nature. All of our trail shoes are zero drop, have a wider toe box and come with G Rubber to give you maximum balance, stability and grip in the most technical terrain. Our trail-ready apparel is built with Nature’s highest performing materials like hemp. Everything we make is unique + necessary and is built in the least toxic, lowest impact ways.

Big Agnes

Big Agnes is committed to making your camp as comfortable as possible without sacrificing your base weight. They combine dependable, ultralight backpacking gear with maximum comfort. 

Enlightened Equipment

Enlightened Equipment designs high-performance gear for adventurers who expect more. Our ultralight Revelation Sleeping Quilt was ranked the #1 most-used quilt on the Appalachian Trail, according to The Trek survey. Along with our premium apparel, it delivers the ideal balance of durability, comfort, and versatility. Wherever the trail leads, go farther with confidence.

Rab

Rab: The mountain people. More than forty years since our founding, we continue to find inspiration in the untamed spirit of the mountains we explore, the friendships we forge on the peak, and our enduring mission: to grow our community of mountain people and equip them for adventure. We are committed to putting people at the heart of what we do.

Ripstop By The Roll

Ripstop By The Roll gives everyone direct access to world-class technical fabrics with no order minimum. Whether you want to buy one yard or one million yards, you can build better products and turn great ideas into reality. 

TownShirt Co.

Town Shirt Co. creates bright, trail inspired shirts designed for hikers who spend their days outside. Sun hoodies and lightweight short sleeve trail shirts keep you cool, protected, and easy to spot out on the trail.

Day Hiker Sponsors

Aarn Packs

Aarn Packs set out to challenge traditional backpack design. We’ve spent years researching, innovating, and developing new design principles to create a pack that doesn’t alter posture, balance and movement. The result? Packs that help people enjoy being in nature without the constraints of a traditional backpack.

BearVault

NEW in 2026! BearVault has led bear-resistant food storage for over twenty years. Now, the BV ONE has arrived to redefine bear canister design. With its adjustable size, effortless opening, and ultralight construction, this canister sets a new standard for backcountry travel.

FarOut

FarOut is the #1 app for long-distance adventures with 250+ trails around the world. Navigate confidently with offline maps, trusted waypoints, and real-time community updates. Hike, bike, and paddle with FarOut!

Farm to Feet

Farm to Feet makes the world’s best merino socks using an all-American recipe: US materials, US manufacturing, and US workers. Unmatched comfort, guaranteed durability.

Gear Aid

NEW in 2026! Tears, leaks, and worn-out gear aren’t the end – they’re the moment GEAR AID steps in. We believe repairs aren’t just about fixing gear, but about preserving the stories and places tied to every rip and scuff. Keep moving forward, without leaving good gear behind.

Good To-Go

Fuel your next adventure with two new meals from Good To-Go: the Whiskey BBQ Pulled Pork and Cowboy Casserole. Both meals offer the premium, real food taste Good To-Go is known for, ensuring you don’t have to sacrifice flavor for high-performance nutrition.

Hoka

HOKA is teaming up with Damascus Outfitters at Trail Days! They’re keeping it local with shoes for sale, HOKA swag, giveaways, and fun shoe decorating.

Jolly Gear

Jolly Gear. The thru hiking shirt where fun meets functional.

RecPak

NEW in 2026! RecPak is a complete 700-calorie meal with 43 grams of protein, built for the demands of thru-hiking. Just add water, shake, and drink. No stove, no cleanup. Get the convenience of a snack with the nutrition of a full meal, so you can keep chasing miles.

Sambob

Sambob aims to create the perfect mid-layer for YOU, offering gender and size inclusive fleece hoodies and joggers in both stock and custom options in Microgrid and Alpha fabrics. We will be offering our biggest discounts EVER at Trail Days at 10-50% off new and old styles, as well as online custom orders. We will also be offering our first non-fleece item: the Sambob Sun Hoodie! Please stop by to say hi to Sambob himself!

The Trek

The Trek is a media company dedicated to long-distance backpacking and thru-hiking. From the Appalachian Trail to the Pacific Crest Trail and everything in between, The Trek is the leading resource for thru-hikers and long-distance backpacking enthusiasts, featuring trail journals, news, gear advice, videos, and podcasts.

Zenbivy

At Zenbivy, we believe that no matter what type of outdoor adventure you seek, you perform better when you’re truly rested. Whether you like to sleep on your back, side, or stomach, whether you toss and turn or sleep like a rock, we believe a sleeping bag should conform to your sleeping habits rather than you having to conform to its limitations.

Trail Days Vendors

Trail Days has over a hundred vendors of handmade goods and some of the best outdoor gear in the industry. In addition to our vendors, meet renowned trail authors and learn more about trail advocates and nonprofit partners. Get some great festival food, too!

Start prepping your wish list now—check out our full list of 2026 Trail Days vendors below:

Manufacturer Rep Area (by Tent City)

Cascade Designs
Gregory Mountain Products
LEKI USA
NEMO Equipment
Oboz Footwear
Osprey – Thru-Hiker Sponsor

Craft & Retail Vendors

Abstract Hikes
Bead by Bead Adventures
Between the Blazes
Brandon Weis
Breaking Trail Jerky
Carpenter Woodworks
Dancing Hands Hairwraps & Macrame
Designs by Sharon
Doss Custom Leather
Dreamland Alpacas
DryFox Co
Emily’s Escapades
Express It Face & Body Art
Fire & Ice Outdoors
Firefly Firings
Havyn
Hope Leather Products
Lasting Impressions Photography
Mosaics By Rose
Sapling Grove Pottery
Sara Magnuson
Shayla Paradeis
Sketching Summits
SOULshine Soap
Spiral Dyes
Sunnyside Stickers
Wandering Arts & Crafts
Wilderness Road Wicks
Wire Works Creations Inc.
4 Stitches & Giggles Embroidery

Authors’ Area

Bethany Adams:
Unsupported; and Blood, Sweat, Tears

Collin Chambers:
WildWood Magic: A Guide to Walking as a Sacred Path

Mills Kelly:
Virginia’s Lost Appalachian Trail; and A Hiker’s History of the Appalachian Trail

Miller Hollstein:
The Trail Provides

John Turner:
Killing the Buddha on the Appalachian Trail: Walking on through Self Doubt and Aging

Chuck Walsh:
The Isolate

Food Vendors

Cornett’s Concessions
Homeslice Pizza
La Shunca
Lil Delights
Mama’s Food Factory
Outback Kate’s
Polar Express
Rice and Bowl
The Ice Cream Stop
Wilson’s Cafe & Grill

Nonprofit & Informational

Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association (ALDHA)
American Legion Post 135
Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) & Damascus Trail Center
Appalachian Trail Museum
Appalachian Voices
Earl Shaffer Foundation
Fearsome
Florida Trail Association
Gideon Abingdon Camp
Green Mountain Club
Hike for Mental Health
Holston Rivers Virginia Master Naturalists
Luke5Adventures
Mount Rogers Appalachian Trail Club (MRATC)
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference (NYNJTC)
One More Day on the AT
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (NPS)
Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (PATC)
Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards (SAWS)
Southern Ohio Trail Magic
Tennessee Eastman Hiking & Canoeing Club (TEHCC) / Hard Core
Trail Name Tales
United States Forest Service (USFS), Mount Rogers National Recreation Area
Virginia Creeper Trail Conservancy
West Virginia Scenic Trails Association (WVSTA)

Trail Days ​Sponsors & Vendors