Frostline was founded in 1966 by Gerry alumnus Dale Johnson in Boulder, Colorado.
[2] In 1984, Insport of Grand Junction, Colorado bought the Frostline name and intellectual property from Gillette and resumed sales of kits.
[2] In 2000 the company reorganized as Frostline Kits USA, LLC, also based in Grand Junction.
These kits offered do-it-yourselfers a chance to save 50% from the cost of manufactured goods.
[6] Offshore manufacturing that saved North Face was the death knell for Frostline.