We’re four friends who’ve logged a lot of hard miles. After years of overpacking and noticing what could make our setups lighter and better, the answer was obvious: build the equipment we actually want to carry. One rule set the course: if it’s in the pack, it has to earn its weight.

Summit Systems exists to cut the weight you carry without giving up reliability, so long days stay doable when the weather turns and the terrain gets rough. We design everything in-house, specify the materials and construction, and prove choices outside before we talk about them. You’ll see true weights, measured volumes and plain-English limits on our pages, plus what changed between samples and the final spec.