Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated October 27, 2006 between Columbia Sportswear Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Exhibit 10.1

SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of October 27, 2006, by and between COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR COMPANY, an Oregon corporation (“Borrower”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”).

RECITALS

     WHEREAS, Borrower is currently indebted to Bank pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain Credit Agreement between Borrower and Bank dated as of December 16, 2004, as amended from time to time (“Credit Agreement”).

     WHEREAS, Bank and Borrower have agreed to certain changes in the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement and have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement to reflect said changes.

     NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:

     1. The definition of “Maturity Date” set forth in Section 1.1 of Article I of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following substituted therefor:

“ ‘Maturity Date’ means July 1, 2008.”

     2. Except as specifically provided herein, all terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement remain in full force and effect, without waiver or modification. All terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meaning when used in this Amendment. This Amendment and the Credit Agreement shall be read together, as one document.

     3. Borrower hereby remakes all representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and reaffirms all covenants set forth therein. Borrower further certifies that as of the date of this Amendment there exists no Event of Default as defined in the Credit Agreement, nor any condition, act or event which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute any such Event of Default.

UNDER OREGON LAW, MOST AGREEMENTS, PROMISES AND COMMITMENTS MADE BY BANK CONCERNING LOANS AND OTHER CREDIT EXTENSIONS WHICH ARE NOT FOR PERSONAL, FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES OR SECURED SOLELY BY THE BORROWER’S RESIDENCE MUST BE IN WRITING, EXPRESS CONSIDERATION AND BE SIGNED BY BANK TO BE ENFORCEABLE.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the day and year first written above.

COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR COMPANY						WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:		/s/ Bryan L. Timm				By:		/s/ James L. Franzen
		Bryan L. Timm, CFO						James L. Franzen, Vice President