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    Yosemite Mountain Shop

    Yosemite Mountain Shop

    3.3(20 reviews)
    27.8 mi
    $$

    I bought one of my sleeping bags at the mountain shop-- my Nemo Forte 20…read more I remember buying it on clearance for less than $200, which, at the time, seemed like a good deal. It's been an okay bag. It was also my only option. In the year and a half since I purchased this bag, the Shop has not curated any other bags. The only option (for male or female) is the Forte 20. It's unclear why it was ever on clearance. Since temperatures in Yosemite Valley regularly drop down to 16 degrees Fahrenheit from November-March, I wonder why the only bag the shop carries is one that's only rated down to 20 degrees. I would also note that this rating is for survival, not for comfort. In order to survive the sub 20 degree temperature over the past few weeks, I used two sleeping bags, two blankets, and two insulators. The shop must be missing out on so many hundreds of thousands of dollars of sleeping bag sales. Would anyone else have bought a more expensive Mountain Hardware 0 degree bag, if that had been an option? I might have. This pattern applies across most backpacking categories. Want a tent? You have one option under $500 that might actually be in season. Want a stove? You've got one option. Want any niche women's gear, like maybe a kula cloth? Well piss off, because your one option for everything seems to have been curated by a 19 year old male climber. Whoever does the purchasing for this store does a great job of listening to what teenage male climbers want to buy-- and that's it! Why does the product selection suck so bad? It's not like there's not enough room for more inventory. Literally an entire side of the store that's meant to be a display wall is just blocked off. It looks terrible. Anyone who is a professional retail merchandiser would literally grimace looking at the outside merchandising of the mountain shop. I know I do. It looks awful. It could look a thousand times better. In a pinch, you might get what you need, maybe. Unless it's a decent selection of seasonally appropriate tents or sleeping bags-- you won't find that here, for some reason. Here is the selection of tents mid-December: Nemos over $500, an MSR. Elixir 2 for $300 (when it's in stock, which is less than half the time) and... make this make sense... a Kelty summer tent for $60. Why the summer tent? The two spaces it's taking up could be two Coleman options or like, any reasonable option that could be used in fall or winter. If you don't buy what you need before you get to Yosemite, you might find yourself driving back out to the nearest REI in Fresno, or ordering your supplies via Amazon Prime.

    We came in to check out the store and the selection is rather large. Since we were there towards…read morethe end of the season, there were some good sales going on. Please come and create your own adventure.

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    Get Outdoors 365

    Get Outdoors 365

    4.5(117 reviews)
    55.9 mi
    $$
    Women-owned & operated
    11 years in business

    Jen was so kind and helpful, I wish I could force her to be my next door neighbor. We rented two…read moree-bikes for a half day. Jen gave us great directions on where to go to see the best scenery. It was lovely. We went up the hill to Twin lakes, George and Mary lakes, and many more. So pretty. Prices were good, but service was outstanding! We had a wonderful time and even stopped at Mammoth Brewing for a beer, like Jen had suggested. Great time. Super fun day. Thanks Jen, you rock!

    The most unprofessional and greedy ski shop I've came across in my 7 years of snowboarding. I…read morebrought a friend to rent here and she got the demo snowboard package. It came with very old looking bindings and they claimed that it was all they had. Day 2 on the slopes, front binding became loose and back binding ankle strap couldn't click in. My friend was stuck on the mountain without safe equipment to get down, so she had to call ski patrol to get her down with downhill lifts. A fun blue bird day was cut short for her. When returning the gear and asking for a refund for the second day, the shop had the audacity to deny responsibility and claim that the gear was working when it was rented out and that my friend should've brought the gear back while being stuck on the mountain. They ended up offering a 5 dollar discount, when the old equipment they rented out wasn't even worth the 2 days demo price was that was charged. This shop does not belong in the ski industry. It showed zero concerns about the safety of their patrons and zero responsibility for the garbage equipment that they rented out.

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    I think this was Lake George, there were so many!

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