Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Accrued Liabilities (Schedule of Accrued Liabilities) (Details)

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Accrued Liabilities (Schedule of Accrued Liabilities) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]        
Accrued salaries, bonus, vacation and other benefits $ 74,068us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent $ 68,046us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent    
Accrued import duties 10,318colm_AccruedImportDutiesCurrent 10,594colm_AccruedImportDutiesCurrent    
Product warranties 11,148us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrual 10,768us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrual 10,209us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrual 10,452us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrual
Other 48,754us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 30,989us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent    
Accrued liabilities, total $ 144,288us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent $ 120,397us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent