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Donate a Coat, Take $25 Off Your Next Purchase

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.

One Warm Coat logo

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.

Donated coats will be split among organizations in the greater St. Louis are, including: Webster-Rock Hill Ministries and the St. Patrick Center. In Columbia, all coats will go to the Rainbow House. At The Pathfinder in Manhattan, Kan., coats will be donated to Common Table, The Manhattan Emergency Shelter and FIT Closet and Clothing Exchange.

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.

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Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day

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.
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Now More than Ever.

Now more than ever… we need to find opportunities to cope with the stress surrounding us.

Now more than ever… Alpine Shop’s mission statement rings true: “We love and need the mountains, trails, rivers and wild places. They nourish our spirit.”

We don’t know how long this crisis will last, but while we’re able to, we believe we need to “nourish our spirits” by taking a walk through our local parks, by hiking our beloved trails, by exploring the scenic rivers and lakes around us, or by rolling our bikes down the next path.

Now more than ever… we need to re-discover a favorite footpath, re-introduce our children to the wonders of the forest floor, and remind ourselves of the power of simply getting outside.

Now more than ever… take care of your family and friends. Take care of your neighbors in need. But also, take care of yourself. Nourish your spirit in any way that you can.

Because, now more than ever…we need the mountains, trails, rivers and wild places. They can nourish us all.

Where we go from here – Updated 4/3/20:

All Alpine Shop locations in Missouri are temporarily closed.

However, our Kirkwood store’s Bike Shop remains open on a limited basis to accept bike service customers. Please call the store at 314-962-7715 for full details. We will post additional updates when we are able to reopen.

In the meantime, our webstore remains fully operational for any of your outdoor needs. The Pathfinder (Manhattan, Kan.) remain open, but are operating on shortened hours. For more information on all of our stores’ current schedules, you can find it here.

Please note: Out of abundance of caution for both guests and team members, effective immediately, all returns and exchanges will be suspended until April 22. We are also extending the return date on any receipts by at least three weeks.

Alpine Shop’s and The Pathfinder’s Outfitters are passionate about the outdoors and are dedicated to continuing to help make your adventures as enjoyable and safe as possible. We’ve already posted about what we’re doing in our stores to keep them clean and sanitized, as well as what events we have had to cancel, here. We will continue to update that information as it becomes available.

All in-store clinics are cancelled through May 10, in accordance with the latest CDC guidelines. In the meantime, we will be posting on-line videos of our clinics and programs to make sure you can continue to get the information you need. Please visit our events site at: alpineshopevents.com for more information.

Stay Safe. Stay Healthy.

Please understand, we are not advocating for anyone to take a road trip across the country to visit national parks. Instead, we are urging people to discover – or rediscover – the parks, forests, and other wild places near your homes. Below, you can find a list of options for getting outside (near our shop locations) that we know are either open (or closed) to continue to explore during this pandemic crisis. We will update this list as we get more information.

We would like to point out that even through the state of Illinois is under a stay-at-home order (March 20), “outdoor activities such as walking, hiking, running and biking are all allowed, (as long as) social distancing requirements (are) followed.” Evidently the Illinois government agrees with our take on things.

What to do:

Open:

  • Select Missouri State Parks (programs & events are cancelled, parks remain open). Certain parks, including Castlewood State Park in St. Louis are closed as of Thursday, April 2.
  • Kansas State Parks (some parks are closed. See below)
  • Illinois Local Parks – During the stay-at-home order put in place on 3/20 by Illinois Governor Pritzker, while playgrounds are closed, the order does specifically allow for “outdoor activities such as walking, hiking, running and biking (while) social distancing requirements (are) followed.”

Closed:

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Introducing Curbside Service at Alpine Shop & The Pathfinder

We understand that during this pandemic, many people are looking for ways to support local businesses without necessarily walking through them.

Beginning today, March 18, 2020, our locations in Kirkwood and Columbia, Missouri, as well as The Pathfinder in Manhattan, Kansas, will begin offering Curbside Service for any customer interested in using it at no additional cost.

Here’s how it works:

  1. If you will be picking up your purchases from our Kirkwood location, we encourage you to browse on-line at alpineshop.com to determine what you would like to buy.

    If you are shopping at our Columbia location, please see an up to date inventory of many of our products here    .

    If you are shopping at our Pathfinder location in Manhattan, Kan., please see the latest inventory on many of our products here.
  2. Once you’ve determined which products you would like to purchase, call the store you would like to pick up from. Here are their numbers:

    Kirkwood: 314-962-7715
    Columbia: 573-817-2955
    The Pathfinder: 785-539-5639

    An outfitter will take your order over the phone, verify your purchase and take your payment. We will pack up your order and let you know by phone when it is ready to be picked up.
  3. When you arrive for curbside service, call the store again and let them know you are waiting outside.
  4. We’ll bring your bags to your car!

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This Black Friday Calls for Black Coffee with KÜHL

This Black Friday, wake up to a KÜHL morning with a FREE KÜHL mug to go along with some fresh brewed coffee thanks to KÜHL.

Grab one on Friday, November 29, at Alpine Shop Kirkwood and Columbia – quantities are limited!

Our KÜHL representaive, Brad Dailey, will be on hand with a limited number of KUHL mugs to give away at our Kirkwood location on Friday, November 29, 2019. We’ll also have mugs available at our Columbia store, as well.

First come, first served, and first caffeinated!

Our Kirkwood store will open at 10 am on Friday. See you then!

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Thursday is Final Day to Check-In Your Used Gear

Alpine Shop’s 25th Annual Winter Swap is a combination of a consignment sale, a Winter Pre-Season Sale and a Summer Clearance, all wrapped up into one BIG event  at our Kirkwood and Columbia locations.

But if you want to get paid for your used gear, you have to get it checked in first! And you’ve only got until 8 pm on Thursday, October 18 to do that (or 6 pm if you’re participating at our Columbia store).

You can sell gear and clothing from any season of the year, provided it meets our standards. All gear will be safety checked before it is allowed in the Swap and Alpine Shop reserves the right to refuse any items for any reason we see fit. (For full information, please visit the official site here.)

What started out 25 years ago as an opportunity for our customers to outfit their entire family on a budget has turned into the Midwest’s Largest Consignment Sale for Outdoor Gear. It’s all going on this weekend at your local Alpine Shop!

 

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Donate a Coat & You Could Win a $250 Gift Card.

Alpine Shop's One Warm Coat Drive
Coats and sweaters line Alpine Shop’s conference room during the 2010 One Warm Coat Drive.

In just the past five years, Alpine Shop customers have donated over 6000 coats to help those in need in our St Louis and Columbia communities during the winter. We’re asking for your help once again this year as Alpine Shop kicks off it’s eighth annual One Warm Coat Drive on Wednesday, October 23, 2013.

How It Works

From Wed., Oct. 23 through Sunday, November 10, we’ll accept clean, gently-used coats, jackets and sweaters at each and every Alpine Shop location.

  • For each coat or sweater donated you will get one entry into a drawing for one of four $250 Alpine Shop Gift Cards.
  • You will also receive a $10 off coupon to Alpine Shop for your total donation. Meaning, not only do you get to do a good deed, but for once you’ll get double rewarded for doing it!

NOTE: Alpine Shop will only give away one coupon to each customer during the coat drive no matter how many different times 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. Donated coats will be split among organizations in St. Louis, including: Sunshine Ministries, St. Patrick Center, Coats for Kids and Edgewood Children’s Center. In Columbia, all coats will go the Salvation Army.

Donate Unsold Swap Coats, as Well

Once again, we’re also giving Swap participants the opportunity to join in the giving, as well. If a coat or jacket you entered into this year’s Winter Swap (October 18–21) didn’t sell, you can choose to donate those goods into the One Warm Coat Drive and receive your coupon! When you pick up your swap credit and unsold items following the Swap, simply tell the friendly Alpine Shop outfitter working with you that you want to participate in the One Warm Coat Drive and they’ll take care of it for you.

Help Make a Difference

Here’s a little bit of what your donations have meant to the St. Patrick Center in St Louis.

Thanks again for thinking of SPC for your One Warm Coat Drive. The 300 coats we received were distributed immediately. Case Managers were able to support their clients and families as were people in the community in need. All of the coats were distributed within 2 days of receiving. It was especially gratifying with the quality (gently used) coats that clients received.

Thanks again to you and your customers for your support of our clients and community.

Regards,
Gene Smith
St. Patrick Center

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.

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Find the Best Adventures Near You with Alpine Shop & RootsRated

Outdoor guide site RootsRated is set to launch in partnership with Grassroots Outdoor Alliance retailer Alpine Shop this week to provide locals and visitors to the St. Louis area with a highly usable guide for discovering local experts’ favorite places for outdoor recreation.

RootsRated is, simply put, an outdoor travel guide. Ever find yourself traveling to a city, wondering where you can rock climb or trail run when you get there? Are you new to your area, or looking to try a new sport? With RootsRated, the best local outdoor experiences are at your fingertips.

This is “expertly-curated” information, which means our local experts have selected their favorite spots for you. You won’t have to wade through dozens of options before making a choice; the 5 or 10 best local spots are right there, so you can pick one and get out there. If you need a piece of gear before heading out, you’ll be able to connect with Grassroots Outdoor Alliance retailers in that region — the same experts who’ve provided the content.

Here’s what Alpine Shop Marketing Director Todd Oswald had to say about the project:

“We’re already a hub of local knowledge for trails, paddling routes, and crags in the St Louis and Columbia regions. RootsRated will give us an innovative way to become the digital hub as well. We’re looking forward to giving our customers another resource to help them get outside themselves.”

RootsRated is going to empower adventurous people to find the most memorable experiences; this platform is the perfect resource for those in search of authentic local knowledge. Find your favorite local places to go and things to do with www.rootsrated.com.

 

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Grab a 20% off Coupon Just for Bringing Your Used Gear In to Swap

The Swap Tent is up in Kirkwood and our Swap Center is ready in Columbia and we are accepting used items during normal business hours through Friday, April 13 at 5 pm.

Swap Tent in Kirkwood, MO
Are you ready to swap? The Midwest's largest outdoor gear exchange begins Friday, April 13 in St. Louis and Columbia

Bring in your bike and your kayak, or your skis and snowboard along with camping gear and that jog stroller you haven’t used lately. Throw in a few pieces of clothing and your ready to roll. Your first ten items are absolutely free to enter into the Swap. After the 10th item, each additional item is $1. To help reduce your check-in time, please download and print this form, fill it out as much as you can and bring it with you.

To thank you for participating, everyone who checks in used gear receives a coupon good for 20% off one clothing or footwear item on that day!

For more information about Swap Check-In Procedures, please visit our Swap info headquarters here.

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Spring MK Day! $10 Off All Mountain Khaki Items on Sat. March 24, 2012

Mountain Khaki has declared Saturday, March 24, 2012 as Spring MK Day!

On this day only, All Mountain Khaki items (pants, shirts, accessories) are all $10 off at Alpine Shop.

The best part is, a portion of the proceeds will benefit an organization Alpine Shop has close ties with as well, the Conservation Alliance.

This deal is only good in our stores, but you can see what we have available by visiting alpineshop.com’s Mountain Khaki page here.

Spring MK Day! $10 Off all MK items
On Saturday, March 24, 2012, All Mountain Khaki Items are $10 Off!

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