Building a life around being of service and being outside, Christopher Van Tilburg balances a demanding professional career as an emergency room physician, ski resort clinic doc and medical examiner with leading a team of elite wilderness search & rescue volunteers.

With a Stanford law degree under her belt, Cory Carman returns home to the family ranch in Northeastern Oregon where she leads a progressive new approach to soil restoration and raising 100% grass-fed cattle.

After leaving behind a comfortable life in Portland, Greg Hennes carves a new life for himself in the remote town of Joseph, Oregon by restoring an old hotel and building a community of craftspeople with the Prairie Mountain folk school.

For nearly a century, Danner has crafted boots with purpose and integrity — footwear to equip those who choose the unlikely path, those who cut fresh trails, those who pioneer. Charles Danner came west to build the best boots loggers had ever known, an effort that resulted in a long-standing heritage brand with a renegade spirit. A spirit that proudly lives on in each pair of Danner boots we make to this day.

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From Charles Danner’s small factory in Chippewa Falls, Wis., to today’s modern manufacturing facility in Portland, Ore. we’ve been committed to the same high standards since 1932.

The mark of a true craftsman comes from developing product that, year after year, stands up to the test. And this is the very reason that Danner is proud to develop custom outsole designs with Vibram, because year after year their outsoles stand up to the test.

There are more efficient ways to manufacture a boot; to cut corners, to streamline the process, to produce more for less. But there is only one way to craft a boot with the fit, comfort and durability of a Danner, and that's by hand.

Every hide of leather is unique. As is our tradition of cutting each hide by hand. It is the only way to ensure that the best part of each hide is used.

We test every single hide of leather.

The only way to ensure the quality of a Danner boot is to ensure the quality of the materials we use. That's why every hide of leather is graded through a series of six tests which check for strength, flexibility, durability and more.

Our craft is seen through the standards we set.

We are craftsmen. We pay attention to details. We understand there may be similar ways to craft a boot but there are not similar standards. And, true to the Danner name, we pride ourselves in crafting the highest standards.