Alpine Shop - Kirkwood, MO

Long time patron, 1st time reviewer ;). I have been shopping at Alpine Shop for over 20 years and have never received anything but top notch customer service and expertise. I love everyone but in particular Angie, shoe fit expert and bike shop gurus Joe and Carrie. You all rock and Jeff and i love you.

Good energy exists amongst like minded outdoor seeking people & I feel like home at the alpine shop in Kirkwood. It has a been a while & I walked into to inter galactic beastie boys, made me dance while clothes shopping.nnI bought my first board from their old store in Webster in e 90’s & one of their board reps helped me try on boots & pick out the new BOA technology when tightening on & off, which is super convenient.nnThe in person advice & experience is well worth it. I enjoyed going back & look fwdnTo outdoor workshops.nnI am grateful for positive energy & helpful mountain/adventure places like Alpine Shop. ud83dude4fud83dude4f

Went in to look at ski boot options and get fitted. Chris (ski/board department), was phenomenal. I have been skiing for 10 years and still managed to learn something new from Chris. Super informative and helpful. Awesome attitude and willing to help. Never felt pressured into purchasing anything but I still ended up snagging a new pair of ski boots. Would recommend 10/10

TL;DR - smaller than REI, but still has everything you're looking for and it seems cozier than you would expect. 10/10 would shop here again.nnYou know, the folks that work here are nice (shout out to Steven with the sweet van). They're nice and they're experienced with what they're talking about.nnYou go on and ask about backpacks and two people will help you out, ask you questions about your needs, share the most relevant technical specifications about a few different products they might want to suggest, and then tell you a story about one of their personal vacations using that exact gear or something similar.nnAs a testimony to how great this place is, I was shopping there during the pandemic and the folks were still super friendly. I'm a bit of a gearhead and I spotted a campervan in the parking lot. I asked the clerk about it and she told me who it belonged to because it was one of the salesman's. The salesman then very cheerfully talked to me all about it and then showed off all of its cool features. He even told me what products he was able to buy from their store and which ones he had to buy elsewhere because they were out of the ordinary for a retail gear shop. I mean, the enthusiasm this guy had really demonstrated how much fun shopping at this place can be.nnSteven, if you see this, thanks again mate and happy camping!

This is arguably the most helpful store I've ever been in. They actually have people walking around to see what you're interested in. It's not even a sales push, just good conversation and honest answers. I've only made one small purchase, (would have made more but there was limited items after the pandemic), but each visit I gained a ton of information about the products and local spots to use them. Special shout-out to the Kayak department, super helpful for getting me started.