Mountain Project

Mountain Project
Founded 2005 (2005)[1][2]
Headquarters Boulder[1][2], US
Founder(s) Nick Wilder and Andy Laakmann[1][2]
President Mike Ahnemann[3]
CEO Nick Wilder[1][3]
Employees 7 (in 2015)[1]
Parent Adventure Projects Inc. and REI
Website www.mountainproject.com
Users 3M (unique visitors in 2014)[1][4]

Mountain Project is a website which serves as a guidebook to more than 139,000 climbing routes across the world.[5] The website is operated by Adventure Projects Inc.,[6] a Boulder-based company, founded by Nick Wilder and Andy Laakmann in 2005 and purchased on June 11, 2015 by REI.[1][2] Adventure Projects Inc. has since expanded by creating MTBProject.com a website for mountain bike trail maps, HikingProject.com for hiking trails, PowderProject.com for backcountry skiing trails and TrailRunProject.com for cross-country running trails.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Winkel, Vince (June 19, 2015). "REI buys Boulder-based outdoor adventure trail company". Times-Call. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Clucas, David (June 11, 2015). "REI acquires Adventure Projects network of sites". SNEWS. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 "CrunchBase entry for Adventure Projects Inc.". CrunchBase. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  4. "CrunchBase entry for Mountain Project". CrunchBase. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  5. "Route Guide". mountainproject.com. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  6. "Adventure Projects Inc.". adventureprojects.net. Retrieved 17 February 2016.


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