The PrimaLoft^® BLOG

Banff Film Festival World Tour Descends on Colorado this month!

This past November, PrimaLoft® sponsored the 2010 Banff Mountain Film Festival in the heart of the Canadian Rockies. Those who attended the festival experienced a plethora of the world's best mountain films, and adventure writing workshops and competitions. Added bonuses included presentations by prominent mountaineers, panel discussions, and an outdoor industry trade show, resulting in an amazing festival immersed in outdoor culture. The fun continues as Banff hits the road for their…read more »

TAGS: Banff, Colorado, Contest, Culture, Films, Giveaway, Outdoors
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Punxsutawney Phil & PrimaLoft® Give You A Chance to Win

Happy Groundhog Day! As an insulation technology company, winter’s kind of our thing. For us, it was bittersweet to hear that Phil did not see his shadow this morning. Supposedly, Spring is right around the corner. But after looking out our window this morning, we’re not letting winter off the hook that easily! PrimaLoft® is celebrating Groundhog Day and the blustery blizzards taking place in the Midwest and Northeast by kicking off…read more »

TAGS: Contest, ExOfficio, Giveaway, Groundhog Day, Photo Contest
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A November to Remember: PrimaLoft supports Banff Mountain Film, offering Sweepstakes trip for 2011

Most of us mountain folk have heard of Banff Mountain Film Festival, a program of the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, whether the popular World Tour has actually stopped in your town or not. The Banff Centre has made a mission out of supporting and nurturing what most of get inspired to do when we are outdoors: Create! Photographs, film, video, paintings, poems, essays, journal entries, or creation in the form of…read more »

TAGS: Banff, Canada, Contest, Films, Insulation, Travel
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Help Our Characters Find Their Identities

What’s in a Name? Please help Drippy, Puffball and the Hottie, as we like to call them, realize their true identities! Warmer. Drier. Softer. While it’s true that these fine words characterize PrimaLoft's brand promise to deliver the warmest, softest, driest, and most compressible synthetic insulation available, we think our mascots deserve names that better capture their spirited personalities. From Seek the Peak in New Hampshire to Outdoor Retailer in Salt…read more »

TAGS: Characters, Contest, Creativity, Giveaways, Prizes, Win
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The PrimaLoft Character Naming Contest!

The PrimaLoft characters have been jet setting all over the US this year; they’ve gone to the Today Show, Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, Seek the Peak, and we have so many more appearances planned for them in the coming months.  The problem is, we don’t know what to call them…yet! We've dubbed them Warmer, Softer, and Drier because that’s exactly what PrimaLoft is - the warmest, softest, driest, and most compressible synthetic…read more »

TAGS: Characters, Contest, Drier, Giveaway, Names, PrimaLoft, Prizes, Softer, Warmer
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PrimaLoft @ Seek the Peak

The PrimaLoft team recently visited the White Mountains of New Hampshire to participate in Seek the Peak, an annual festival and fundraiser to benefit the Mt. Washington Observatory. PrimaLoft partnered with the festival’s presenting sponsor, L.L. Bean, to donate ten 35°F  Katahdin sleeping bags insulated with PrimaLoft to be raffled off at the event. Hikers that raised the minimum of $100 for the observatory were automatically entered in the prize pool. Another Katahdin bag was raffled off at the PrimaLoft booth and the…read more »

TAGS: Contest, Giveaway, Mount, Peak, Seek, Washington
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Seek the Peak #2

Congratulations to Rochelle Pratt! She is the lucky lady who won our trivia contest yesterday and will soon be the proud owner of a PrimaLoft insulated L.L. Bean Katahdin sleeping bag. You'll need it to stay warm if you're heading to Mount Washington for the Seek the Peak hike-a-thon fundraiser to benefit the Mt. Washington Observatory this weekend, July 24–25, so don't forget to bring your PrimaLoft insulated gear! You can check…read more »

TAGS: contest, fundraisers, gear, giveaway, results
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Seek the Peak

Hey, New Englanders! Free Geah Ovah Heah!! Enter NOW to win an L.L. Bean sleeping bag made with PrimaLoft insulation This weekend, PrimaLoft will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Mount Washington Observatory's Seek the Peak Hike-a-Thon fundraiser with our friends at LL Bean (among other terrific presenting sponsors). In honor of this great event, PrimaLoft and L.L. Bean will represent with the usual event fare, including swag prizes and gear (geah) giveaways…read more »

TAGS: contest, fundraisers, giveaway, L.L. Bean
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