Brand

Our feet are feeling light here at Lorpen as we travel along the path of technological innovation in high-performance sock manufacturing from a small town in the Pyrenees. We’re climbing the tallest peaks in over 60 countries hand in hand with our users and distributors.

With one foot in logic and the other in imagination, one foot in the specialized functionality of our products and the other in the mysticism of pushing through formidable natural landscapes. We are authentic and determined. We’ve got a long history and big ideas. We’ve got our feet on the ground and our head in the clouds.

Take a look at some of our biggest milestones since our brand was founded:

1985

Lorpen, S.C. is founded and begins producing technical socks.

1998

The Lorpen brand is created and released onto the Spanish market.

2000

Lorpen becomes available in 20 countries.

2002

Lorpen designs the first Polartec technical sock.

2003

Lorpen’s TEPA model wins the accessories category of Polartec’s APEX award.

2004

Lorpen invents its exclusive “open book” packaging.

2005

Lorpen becomes available in 40 countries and wins the Exporter award in Navarre.

2006

“Lorpen – DN” a new route to Shisha Pangma (8,021 m) opened by Lorpen brand ambassador Iñaki Ochoa de Olza.

2009

Lorpen creates the exclusive Trilayer technology, the first to combine three layers of functionally differentiated fibers in a single sock.

2011

Lorpen brand ambassador Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner becomes the first woman to climb all 14 eight-thousanders without supplementary oxygen.

2012

Lorpen becomes available in more than 60 countries.

2013

Lorpen unveils its exclusive T3 technology to the market and updates its brand image.

2015

Ternua Group buys the Lorpen brand.

2016

Lorpen invents Anatomical Calf Support technology for its T3 ski socks.

2017

Lorpen’s entire line of T3 socks is redesigned.

2020

Lorpen develops SLS technology, enhancing the features of T3 technology.

2022

Lorpen begins working with recycled materials and replacing traditional fibers with more sustainable ones.

2023

Lorpen invents Comfort Plus, an anti-squeeze garter technology making our socks more comfortable.

Lorpen launches its first entire collection (FW22-23) made with sustainable materials.