Big Agnes sleeping bags, pads and tents.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: Cool colorado stuff

Steamboat's slopes lured Bill Gamber and his clothing manufacturer, BAP Inc., West in 1990, but it was another decade before the entrepreneur looked at horizontal expansion. Local designer Brad Johnson brought Gamber an innovative sleeping bag concept and the two co-founded Big Agnes. "He thought there was a better way," said Gamber. Johnson's design called for a sleeve on the bottom side of each bag to accommodate a sleeping pad, so campers can roll, turn over, and otherwise search for comfort without ever sliding onto the anti-cushion that is the ground. For 2003. Big Agnes has unrolled...