Wild Ideas
US · 1998 · Hiking
Hand-built carbon bear canisters from Santa Ynez
Three aerospace engineers formed it in 1998 after reading National Park Service hiker surveys that called the existing canister too heavy with too small an opening. Four sizes, built to order, with back-order dates posted and a rental programme alongside.
- Ownership
- Family owned
- Status
- Trading
- Made
- Handmade in Santa Ynez, California
- Offers
- deep provenance, a phone line, plain-language guides, rental
- Activities
- Hiking, Camping