Exhibit 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            The undersigned constitutes and appoints GERTRUDE BOYLE, TIMOTHY
BOYLE, PATRICK ANDERSON and CARL DAVIS, and each of them, as the undersigned's
true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Columbia Sportswear Company Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, and any and all
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do any and all acts and things necessary or advisable to be done,
as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys and agents or
any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

Dated:    March 28, 2002                    /s/        *TIMOTHY P. BOYLE
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                                                        Timothy P. Boyle

Dated:    March 28, 2002                    /s/         *GERTRUDE BOYLE
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                                                         Gertrude Boyle

Dated:    March 28, 2002                    /s/           *SARAH BANY
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                                                           Sarah Bany

Dated:    March 28, 2002                    /s/        *EDWARD S. GEORGE
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                                                        Edward S. George


Dated:    March 28, 2002                    /s/        *MURREY R. ALBERS
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                                                        Murrey R. Albers

Dated:    March 28, 2002                    /s/          *JOHN STANTON
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                                                          John Stanton

Dated:    March 28, 2002                    /s/          *WALTER KLENZ
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                                                          Walter Klenz