It’s that Time of Year Again: Friends & Family Time!
This up-coming weekend, we invite you back into our stores and on to the pages of our website for our Winter Friends & Family Weekend at all Alpine Shop locations, at our Manhattan, Kansas, store—The Pathfinder–and on-line at www.alpineshop.com!
You read that correctly – take 20% off the full, retail price on almost everything in our stores including all apparel, outerwear and footwear. We’re even offering the same deal throughout our camping department, as well. So, tents and sleeping bags? Yep! Looking for some new goggles? Those, too! Bike gloves? You get the picture. Certain exclusions apply. See below.**
Yes, you also read that correctly… You can save 10% off the retail price on nearly every bike or boat, ski or snowboard, and snowsport boots!
We invite you to share this event with your own friends and family! The more, the merrier!
Can’t, or don’t want, to make it to the store? Shop on-line at alpineshop.com using the discount code: AlpineFamily
**Note: 2020 Winter Friends & Family Weekend offers valid November 13-15, 2020 ONLY at Alpine Shop locations and The Pathfinder (Manhattan, Kan.), or on-line at www.alpineshop.com. Discount may not be combined with any other coupons or offers. Excludes all gear from GoPro, Jackson Kayak, Kuat, Specialized, Thule, Yakima & Yeti brands. It also excludes all previously discounted merchandise, previous purchases, gift cards, Alpine Shop clinics and any boat or ski package deals or service work. Sale price limited to in-stock items only.
Since we held our first coat drive back in 2006, Alpine Shop customers have donated over 17,000 coats to help keep our communities warm. This year, we’re asking for your help, once again, in bringing in at least a thousand more as Alpine Shop kicks off its 15th annual One Warm Coat Drive on Monday, October 26, 2020 at all Alpine Shop locations in Missouri and at The Pathfinder in Manhattan, Kansas.
How It Works
From Monday, Oct. 26 through Thursday, November 12, we’ll accept clean, gently-used coats, jackets and sweaters at each and every Alpine Shop location.
• Just for bringing in a garment, we’ll give you a $25 off coupon for your next full-price purchase of $125 or more at any Alpine Shop store. (Some exclusions apply. See a sales associate for details.)
• Plus, we’re also giving away four $250 Alpine Shop Gift Cards – one for each of our stores. For each and every coat or sweater you donate, you get one entry into that drawing. Here’s the deal, though… we only draw the gift cards when we reach our goal of 1000 total coats donated across all of our stores. And each Alpine Shop location must collect at least 100 coats to be eligible to give away a gift card. So, help your local Alpine Shop out!
NOTE: Alpine Shop will only give away one coupon to each customer during the coat drive no matter how many different coats you donate. However, each item donated will still earn one entry into the gift card drawing.
How to Donate
Alpine Shop has made donating simple. Just bring your clean, gently used coats, jackets and sweaters to any Alpine Shop location. Bring your coats inside the store and check them in with one of the store’s outfitters to make sure you receive your coupon and get entered into the drawing. Then, Alpine Shop and One Warm Coat take care of the rest.
In November of 2018, Alpine Shop customers brought in nearly 1300 coats in just over 10 days.
Last year, we managed to beat our goal once again. We hope you can help us do the same in 2020!
About One Warm Coat
One Warm Coat is a national non-profit organization that supports and encourages coat drives. It helps individuals, groups, companies and organizations across the country collect coats and deliver them to local agencies that distribute the coats free to people in need. More than one million coats have been provided to those in need at no cost since its inception in 1992.
About Alpine Shop
What began in 1973 as a small climbing shop in Webster Groves, Missouri, now serves almost every type of outdoor enthusiast from backpackers, hikers, campers, paddlers, and cyclists, to snowboarders, skiers and adventure racers. With four family-owned locations across Missouri and Kansas, Alpine Shop was named the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance National Retailer of the Year in 2019.
After more than 45 years in business, it is Alpine Shop’s vision to see Generations Transformed by Discovery Outdoors.
Back in 2011, Alpine Shop was one of the first retailers to sign on to assist SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital with their new “Glennon Card” promotion. Little did we know then just how big this would promotion grow!
When you purchase a Glennon Card – either at Alpine Shop, on on-line at www.glennoncard.org, 100% of your money benefits the kids cared for by SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis. Plus, the Glennon Card also provides you with significant discounts at over 250 retailers, restaurants and salons on-line and in the area (including Alpine Shop!) through Sunday, October 25. With unlimited use for 10 days, it’s easy to recoup the cost of the card. Best of all, 100% of card sales benefit the kids.
Here’s how it works: You can purchase a Glennon Card either in any Alpine Shop location or on-line here for $60 and use it all participating merchants. With your card, you’ll receive a 20% discount on nearly everything in our stores* with the main exception being a 10% discount on full-priced bikes, boats or snowsport hardgoods.
Alpine Shop is proud to have been the top Local Merchant for Glennon Card sales in 2017 & 2018 and in the top five for 2019. We’d like to reclaim the top spot in 2020 with your help! Please come in and purchase your Card anytime between now and Sunday, Oct. 25, and be sure to select Alpine Shop as how you heard about the Glennon Card if you purchase a digital card through the on-line checkout here.
2020 GLENNON CARD RULES AND EXCLUSIONS: Card sharing is strictly prohibited. Since the Glennon Card is a fundraising event to help the sick and injured children cared for at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon, we encourage shoppers to buy their own Glennon Card! Participating retailers will not accept cards unless purchaser has been verified with a valid photo ID.
*20% off promotion applies to the full retail price on in-store apparel, footwear and camping gear only and is not eligible to be combined with other promotions or offers, except for clearance goods (marked with $_.97 pricing) which will be discounted from the lowest-marked price. Hardgoods such as bikes, boats and ski & snowsport hardgoods receive a 10% off discount.
If you would like to shop on-line with us, please access our site through this link here. You will need the passcode that is either on the second page of the paper Glennon Card or from the information you received through your digital card.
Select brands and items are excluded. Please see an Alpine Shop outfitter for details.
The National Wildlife Federation may have dropped the “Backyard” from the name of this annual event that was traditionally held on the last Saturday of June, but all of us at Alpine Shop and The Pathfinder have decided we’re leaving it in there – especially this year.
We’re big fans of camping out. That’s kind of obvious, I guess, being a camping store. But there are so many things to love about a good old-fashioned backyard campout. For families, you don’t have to worry about loading everyone into the car and discovering later that night that you forgot something. You can just walk back into the house and grab the missing gear. And if the weather takes a surprising turn for the worse and one of the little ones gets scared, again, you can just take them back into the house.
It brings all of the enjoyment of camping – being outside, making a campfire (where allowed in your neighborhood!), talking with one another, seeing the wildlife around your house – and makes it easy to handle any problems that might arise.
But don’t just take our word for it. Get out there and give it a shot this weekend. Join folks around the country getting outside this weekend for the Great American Backyard Campout!
Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day is this Friday, May 15, 2020! (Yes, it’s a real thing.)
Hosted by the National Safe Boating Council, this annual event is a fun, educational way to heighten life jacket awareness and highlight the various styles just prior to the official launch of the Safe Boating Campaign. Anyone can join in this fun event! Wear your life jacket to work, snap a picture while at work and share on social media.
Historically, most people haven’t been able to participate in the WYLJWD because: (a) they didn’t know about it, and (b) It’s not considered proper work attire.
Now that a lot of us are working from home, we can wear whatever we want (some of us don’t even have to wear pants!).
We kayakers and canoeists were social distancing long before we were instructed to do so. Now, a lot of our friends are feeling isolated and bored, and they need our help. Many of our friends, who would ordinarily be going to baseball games and concerts this summer will be looking for other activities. This could be an opportunity for us to help introduce those people to activities that don’t involve crowds.
Those new boaters will have questions about places to go, about safety, and about gear, but they may not know who to ask.
Wearing your life jacket at work could be like a big sign saying “Ask me about kayaking!”
So, is this something you might be interested in helping with?
If so, please participate in WYLJWD and take a photo of you wearing your PFD at “work” this Friday, May 15.
Want to participate?
If you share your photo on Instagram or Twitter, use the hashtag: #PerrySaysWearYourPFD If you share on Facebook, make sure you tag @alpineshop in the post.
Need a PFD to participate? (I think we may know a place you can get one!)
The Naiad features women’s specific floating foam panels to help keep you comfortable and moving freely.
We’re counting down the days! Don’t miss your chance to join in the fun as we kick off this year’s Countdown to Christmas Contest. 12 Days of Giveaways and it all starts today, Friday, December 13, 2020. All the way through Christmas Eve, we’ll be giving away prizes from some of our favorite brands like YETI, Patagonia, KÜHL, FITS Socks, Smartwool, Eagle Creek, and many more.
With any purchase at any Alpine Shop or Pathfinder location (including on-line at alpineshop.com), you’ll automatically be entered into that day’s drawing.
(Don’t forget, though, we have to have a way to get in contact with you! Please consider giving us your email address for the easiest way for us to let you know you’ve won!)
To start the whole thing off, we have a three-pack of FITS Socks (valued over $60) to give away to one lucky shopper who makes a purchase with us on Friday, December 13. If you haven’t had the pleasure to experience the comfort and fit of FITS Socks, we guarantee you’ll be impressed. Winner can select any three pairs of FITS Socks they like.
On Saturday, December 14, with 11 days till left till Christmas don’t loose your KÜHL . The men’s Ryzer 1/4 Zip and women’s Avalon Fleece Pullover from KÜHL are the perfect gift on the trail or in the tavern. Make a purchase at any of our stores on this day, and you’ll be entered to win either the Ryzer 1/4 zip or the Avalon fleece from KÜHL.
With 10 days left till Christmas you better start thinking about packing for your holiday travels! This year, let Eagle Creek help you organize the contents of your bag with the Packing Cube Starter Set, so you cantravel knowing where everything is. Pack all of your gearinto the “built to take a beating” Migrate Duffel. Carry it on your back, check it at the airport, or tie it down on your vehicle. These prizes are for Sunday, December 15.
The Countdown to Christmas continues on Monday, December 16, with one of the most popular pieces in all of our stores this holiday season – the Patagonia Los Gatos 1/4 Zip Pullover for men and women. Today’s winner will get to choose between either the men’s or women’s style, in whatever size or color they would like. But don’t forget, the only way to get in on the drawing is to make a purchase – either at an Alpine Shop or Pathfinder location – or on-line at www.alpineshop.com.
With 8 more days till Christmas, our countdown continues! It is nearly impossible to predict when you’ll crash, so it’s best to always be prepared with a helmet on. The Specialized Bicycles Ambush Comp MIPS Helmet is a lightweight extended coverage helmet for trail riding. It features an integrated ANGi crash sensor that connects to your smartphone and alerts your emergency contacts if you crash.
Make a purchase at any of our stores today, Tuesday, December 17, and be entered to win a Specialized Bicycles Ambush Comp MIPS Helmet and a Specialized Air Tool Switch Comp Pump. That’s $175 worth of product going to someone today, just for making purchase at any Alpine Shop location or on-line at www.alpineshop.com
With only 7 days left in our Countdown to Christmas, let Deuter spread some holiday cheer. Not all packs are equal not even a bit. From day hikes in mountains or prairies afar your adventures are endless with the right Deuter fit.
Make a purchase at one of our 4 locations or online at http://www.alpineshop.com today, Wednesday, December 18th and you will be entered into our drawing for a Deuter Trail Pro 34 Sl.
With only 6 more days left before Christmas we have hit the halfway point in our Countdown to Christmas Giveaway. Today we are giving away a pair of Anon Optics M3 Goggles. Featuring integrated magnets for easy to change lenses and a magnetic easy to seal facemask. Using cylindrical lenses they provide the maximum field of vision without distorting the terrain ahead. These goggles are perfect for that skier or snowboarder on your list this season.
By making a purchase at any of our locations or online today, Thursday, December 19th, you will be automatically entered into the drawing for the Anon M3 Goggles.
With only 5 more days left in our Countdown to Christmas and Blinky the Elf is helping us giveaway a white YETI Tundra 35. The Yeti Tundra 35 is the perfect size to park for a solo trip or food for a small crew. Designed with rugged rotomolded construction and PermaFrost insulation, the Tundra cooler can handle any adventure. This Cooler fits nicely in an inner tube, making it the perfect cooler to take floating in a Ozark Stream.
By making a purchase at any of our locations or online today, Friday, December 20th, you will be automatically entered into the drawing for the Yeti Tundra 35 Cooler.
Looking for a gift to give that hard to buy for adventurer who has everything? With 4 more days in our Countdown To Christmas, Qikcover has the perfect gift for you. Qikcover is a vehicle seat protector that is super fast to put on, triple layered, antimicrobial, washable, and provides on-the-go-durable protection.
By making a purchase at any of our locations or online today, Saturday, December 21st, you will be automatically entered into the drawing for one of three Qikcovers.
With only 3 days left in our Countdown to Christmas, give the gift of warmth from Smartwool. Made with Merino Wool, Smartwool baselayers will keep you comfortable in cold to mild temperatures without a worry.
By making a purchase at any of our locations or online today, Sunday, December 22nd, you will be automatically entered into the drawing for a Smartwool baselayer.
Only two days left in our Countdown to Christmas. Give a green gift from Klean Kanteen. Klean Kanteen completely eliminates all the ingredients that negatively affact humans, animals, and the environment. From reusable plastic straws, steel pints, or insulated bottles they are shaping the planet for the better.
By making a purchase at any of our locations or online today, Monday, December 23rd, you will be automatically entered into the drawing for a Klean Kanteen bundle pack.
For the 14th year, the Osprey Packs Castlewood 8-Hour Adventure Race will explore southwest St. Louis county on Saturday, December 7. This sold out event will feature more than 300 people representing 100 different teams in seven different categories of teams tackling a mix of trekking, mountain biking and paddling.
Held on the first Saturday of December every year, the 8-Hour is a multi-sport, off-road, team event with no marked course. Teams must use a map and compass to navigate their way through a series of checkpoints on foot, bikes and canoes to reach the finish line. Teams anticipate covering 5-10 miles of paddling, 15-20 miles of biking and 5-10 miles on foot.
Racers paddle the Meramec River on the 2018 Osprey Packs Castlewood 8-Hour Race.
Teams will find out today, Friday, December 6, where they will start and finish. Part of the excitement with an adventure race like this is that the entire course changes each year and participants will only find out what they’re expected to tackle – including start times – when they pick up their packets at Alpine Shop Kirkwood today.
An event that appeals to both expert adventure racers and beginners alike, the Osprey Packs Castlewood 8-Hour Adventure Race is the largest adventure race in Missouri and the third-largest in America. Since purchasing the event from Bonk Hard Racing in 2015, Alpine Shop has grown the event from 175 participants to 300 annually.
The top contenders for 2019 include:
4-Person Coed Division: The entire 2018 podium returns for 2019! Alpine Shop (winningest team in race’s history, division runner-up in 2018), 40 Down (division champs in 2018), Off The Front (division 3rd place in 2018)
4-Person Male: Bittersweet Kitchen (division champs in 2018)
2-Person Co-Ed: The entire 2018 podium returns for 2019! Gary Busey’s Teeth (division 3rd place in 2018), Tiny Trail Ninjas (division champs in 2018, former owners of Bonk Hard Racing), In Our Element (married couple, division runner-up in 2018)
2-Person Male: Toporadicals, Skeletal Pursuit (overall champs 2018), Young & Shifty + Old & Nifty (rookie division champs 2018)
Teams of interest: Team HAHA (team is 2 married couples who are neighbors, all first-time adventure racers) Legion of Mild Inconvenience (friends and co-workers at Boeing) Meat Science (captain is local butcher Chris Bolyard) Don’t Check My Camelback (Kuat Racks founder Luke Kuschmeader and friends) Happy Campers (Christine has been a volunteer for 2 years, recently engaged to teammate John) & EIGHT FAMILY TEAMS!!!
Join us this Saturday, December 7, at all Alpine Shop and The Pathfinder locations as we celebrate The North Face Customer Appreciation Day from 10 am until 5 pm. All stores will have beer, wine, soft drinks and water available for all customers, compliments of The North Face.
Love all things The North Face? (And really, who doesn’t?) You’ll want to be in the store on this day. We’ll have TNF branded wine glasses and Sili-pints on-hand for you to choose from with any TNF purchase of any price. If you spend more than a $150 on TNF product, you could also choose a TNF fanny pack for your gift with purchase. Offer good while supplies last.
Plus, we also have three TNF packs we’ll be giving away. You could win either a Heritage Duffel, Heritage Tote Pack or Heritage Lumbar Pack. No purchase is necessary. Just sign up (one entry per person, please) at the Customer Appreciation table
The Photo booth should be a blast!
Our Kirkwood location will also have a The North Face photo booth on hand to have fun with along side our local vendor rep (and former Alpine Shop manager) Peter Carleton.
We also have to thank The North Face for their involvement with the 2019 Off-Road Racing League. After this Saturday’s Castlewood 8-Hour Adventure Race, TNF will be giving away a complete campsite set-up to one lucky participant from last year’s series of races. If you’re interested in having some fun with us in 2020, check out www.offroadracingleague.com for information on next year’s events!
See you this Saturday, December 7, 2019 for The North Face Customer Appreciation Day!
Hey, Ladies! Alpine Shop invites you to join us on Friday, November 15 at our Kirkwood location to help us kick off the 2019-20 slopes season with over $2500 in prizes to give away to attendees. It doesn’t matter if you ski or board, we’ve got something for every woman looking to head to the mountain.
We’re hosting a party with this-night-only-specials, complimentary wine, chocolates, snacks, a fashion show and a chance to win over $2500 in prizes – including gear and apparel from Burton, Smartwool, Obermeyer, Hestra gloves, Smith goggles or helmets, Hidden Valley lift tickets and more. And best of all? It’s completely free to attend!
We’ll also helping to kick off Hidden Valley Ski Resort’s “Women’s Wednesdays” group ski program and will have representatives of the event on hand to give you more information.
Event Schedule: 6 pm: Event Begins! Drinks, Snacks & Drawing Entry forms are all available.
6:15 pm: Complimentary Custom Fit Appointments Available. While you’re here, get sized for your next pair of boots or for the perfect outfit.
6:45 – 7:30 pm: Alpine Shop Roving Fashion Show.
7 pm: Hidden Valley Ski Resort Instructor will introduce the Hidden Valley Women’s program for 2019 with a brief presentation and Q&A session
8 pm: Prize Drawings! Custom fits continue.
9 pm Time to go home!
It’s the 2019 Women’s Ski & Board Night and it’s only at Alpine Shop Kirkwood on November 15, 2019!
It’s that Time of Year Again: Friends & Family Time!
It’s time for us to invite you back into our stores on Friday, November 8, 2019 for our Winter Friends & Family Celebration at all Alpine Shop locations, or at our Manhattan, Kansas, store—The Pathfinder!
You read that correctly – take 20% off the full, retail price on almost everything in our stores including all apparel, outerwear and footwear. We’re even offering the same deal throughout our camping department, as well. Looking for some new goggles? Those, too! Bike gloves? Yep! You get the picture. Certain exclusions apply. See below.**
We know you’ll work up an appetite shopping for all these deals, so we’ll be providing complimentary food and drink for you to enjoy while you’re in the store with us.
The receptions start at noon on Friday, Nov. 8 and keep on going until we close up the shop for the night, but the deals start from the moment we open our doors. There’s absolutely no charge to attend!
Yes, you also read that correctly… You can save 10% off the retail price on nearly every bike or boat, ski or ski boot, snowboard or snowboard boot!
We invite you to share this event with your own friends and family! The more, the merrier!
Can’t make it to the store? Shop on-line at alpineshop.com. Use the code: ALPINEFAMILY
**Note: 2019 Winter Friends & Family offers valid 11/8/2019 ONLY at Alpine Shop locations and The Pathfinder (Manhattan, Kan.), or on-line at www.alpineshop.com. Discount may not be combined with any other coupons or offers. Excludes all gear from GoPro, Jackson Kayak, Kuat, Specialized, Thule, Yakima & Yeti brands. It also excludes all previously discounted merchandise, previous purchases, gift cards, Alpine Shop clinics and any boat or ski package deals or service work. Sale price limited to in-stock items only.
