Awards
Well+Good Changemakers 2023
âI canât wait for a future that focuses on lifting us up instead of tearing us down: â10 Bird Songs To Listen for on Your Next Hikeâ sounds a whole lot better than â10 Ways To Lose 10 Pounds,â donât you think? I want to live in a world where Iâm celebrated, and I know Iâm not alone.â âRaquel VĂ©lez

Outside Magazine: 2021 Outsider of the Year
VĂ©lez has big dreams for Alpine Parrot....âI want to be as big as Patagonia for plus-size,â [VĂ©lez] says of her businessâs future. âI want to be able to cover every single activity that people of size do. Which, it turns out, is all of them.â

Popular Science: Best of What's New 2021
Clothing companies typically approach plus-size offerings as simply scaled-up versions of smaller sizes, an approach that fails to recognize that a personâs proportions may not simply be a larger version of a size six. The Ponderosa Pants not only come in sizes 14 to 24, but...

Outside Magazine Gear Guide:Â Editor's Choice Award 2022
The soft, stretchy, nylon-elastane fabric moved with our bodies without tearing at the seams as we high-stepped up boulders on the rugged North Carolina section of the Appalachian Trail. It was even stretchy enough for us to sit cross-legged by a campfire without...
Reviews
Features
- Outdoor Retailer Magazine:Â "Size Matters"
- Outside Business Journal:Â "Real outdoor pants, for real outdoor women"
- The Wall Street Journal:Â "Plus-Size Fitness Fans Call for More-Inclusive Sports Gear, Equipment"
- Sisu Magazine:Â "The Pitch: Alpine Parrot"
- BusinessDen:Â "Kickstarter for womenâs plus-size outdoor apparel raises $50K"
- Hike It Off Magazine:Â "Alpine Parrot's Roots"
- Mappy Hour:Â "Meet the Creator of the Newest Plus Size Hiking Pants"
- Denver7 ABC:Â Live on the Morning News
- 5280 Magazine:Â "Alpine Parrot Is Making Hiking Pants for Curvy Girls"
- Backpacker:Â "If We Want the Outdoors to Be Inclusive, We Need Inclusive Gear Too"
- Boulder Weekly:Â "When âplus-sizeâ is average, why consider it niche?"