Berghaus was first established in 1966 by Peter Lockey and Gordon Davison who were climbers and mountaineers, in the beginning Berghaus was an importer and distributer of outdoor products. Based in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, North East of England, in 1972 they began to design and manufacture their own products to be sold in their own retail store LD Mountain Centre located in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Berghaus, since then, continues to innovate and dominate in the outdoor market and is a brand that is widely used by athletes, adventurers and casual walkers.