About
Central Park Skiers makes ski touring equipment for skiers who make their own tracks.
Central Park Skiers began in New York. On snowy winter days I would take my son to Central Park, strap on skis, and loop around Sheep Meadow. In the middle of one of the world's busiest cities we found our own rhythm on snow.
Skiing doesn't depend on where you live. It depends on how much you care about it. As Jeremy Jones (a snowboarder!) writes in the Art of Shralpinism: "Often, it is the people who had to work the hardest just to get to the mountain who seem to go the furthest."
Today CPS is based in Helsinki, where I design and build technical packs for alpine touring. And I still have to travel far to get to the mountains!
CPS products are developed and refined through real mountain use and ongoing conversations with other skiers who value ease-of-use, lightness, and durability when they choose gear. CPS is a unique operation in the Nordics and one of a handful European cottage brands that focus on alpine touring and backcountry skiing.
I see CPS as part of ski culture, not just a business that sells to it. Skiers should have an alternative to global brands: gear that starts from what people actually need on the hill, made by someone who skis. If you want a pack, you can talk to the person who made it, and what you say will end up in the next one.
Founder, Designer, Maker, Skier
