A diverse range of hiking equipment such as hiking apparel, hiking shoes, sleeping bags, tents, and backpacks are used for activities like camping, hiking, and climbing. The hiking equipment available in the market vary in size, insulation, design, material, temperature rating, and other parameters. Countries like the US and Australia are witnessing a rise in the number of hikers since past few years. In the US, the number of hikers has risen from 33.06 million hikers in 2011 to 38.67 million hikers in 2015. The total number of visitor nights spent in Australia's caravanning and camping sector was 5.13 million between 2014 and the end of June 2015. Also, the rising interest in outdoor activities is expected to lead to the consistent growth of the hiking gear and equipment during the forecast period. Nearly half of the American population took part in at least one outdoor activity in 2015.

PART 01: Executive summary

Highlights

PART 02: Scope of the report

Market overview

Top-vendor offerings

PART 03: Market research methodology

Research methodology

Economic indicators

PART 04: Introduction

Key market highlights

PART 05: Market landscape

Market overview

Market size and forecast

Five forces analysis

PART 06: Market segmentation by product

Global hiking apparel market

Global hiking shoes market

Global other hiking equipment market

PART 07: Market segmentation by retail formats

PART 08: Geographical segmentation

Hiking gear and equipment market in North America

Hiking gear and equipment market in Europe

Hiking gear and equipment market in APAC

Hiking gear and equipment market in ROW

PART 09: Key leading countries

US

Germany

Australia

PART 10: Market drivers

Increasing participation in outdoor recreational

activities

Growing adventure tourism

Government initiatives to promote outdoor activities

PART 11: Impact of drivers

PART 12: Market challenges

Growing popularity of RVs

Preference for rental equipment

Constraints involved in outdoor activities

PART 13: Impact of drivers and challenges

PART 14: Market trends

Ideations for product enhancements

Growing number of environmentally friendly product

offerings

Social media in outdoor activities

PART 15: Vendor landscape

Competitive scenario

Arc’teryx

Black Diamond

Marmot

Mountain Hardwear

The North Face

Other prominent vendors

PART 16: Appendix

List of abbreviations

PART 17: Explore Technavio