Our Purpose

We exist to prove that skiers shouldn’t have to choose between performance and personality. Every Orage piece is designed in Montréal and tested in Quebec winters, where wet snow, biting wind and minus-thirty summits leave no room for compromise. If it works here, it works anywhere. That’s why we pair proven technologies like DERMIZAX® waterproof membranes and our G-tek insulation with design that stands apart. Our goal is simple: keep you warm, dry and moving, and make sure you look like no one else on the mountain.

Our roots

In 1989, University of Quebec student Evelyn Trempe crafted her first waterproof ski jacket and one-of-a-kind ski pants for the university ski team in her parent’s garage. An uneven ping pong table served as a desk. The basement was a warehouse. The “Legendary Orage Patch Pant” paired her passion for skiing with her love of fashion. Alongside Eric D’Anjou, the burgeoning seamstress sold Orage ski gear out of a car trunk from Bromont to Mont-Tremblant to Saint-Sauveur. Like all great innovative products close to the source, momentum behind the brand built as quickly as a Nor’Easter storm.

The world was feverish for freeskiing, and the pulse was strongest in Quebec. This new event threw all the rules out, focusing on spirit before score. The skiers decided who won. The crowd supplied the soundtrack, raucous boos and supportive cheers alike. Like Orage and its increasingly technical, stylish outerwear, the only constant was change. Forward. Walsy forward.

Decades later, Orage continues to lead a faction of skiers who care less for fashion while still seeking style. They aspire for smoothness over spins. Skiing remains an opportunity for expression for the Orage skier. The rest follows in a contrail of fine Le Massif powder. Today, the movement is led by Orage’s original founder and run by skiers and creatives alike.

We can always do better,
and we intend to.

It’s an ongoing journey that is both perpetual and aspirational. We build a better product so that skiers do not need to re-up the gear every year. We continue to source better material in the hopes that the tracks we leave behind can disappear into the slope like we never were there in the first place. We invite our customers to learn more, keep asking the hard questions, and hold us to the task at hand. Because sustainability never ends. It only evolves.

Our Community

Orage is more than just a brand; it’s a community of like-minded individuals who live for adventure. Whether you’re chasing powder in the backcountry, carving groomers at your local resort, or embarking on a weekend expedition, we’re right there with.