Ridgway Adventure Sports

Name

Ridgway Adventure Sports

Legal name

Ridgway Adventure Sports

Website

https://ridgwayadventuresports.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Outdoor Recreation Retail

NAICS

Sporting Goods Retailers (45911), Recreational Goods Rental (532284)

SIC

Motorcycles, Bicycles & Parts (3751), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Hiking & Trail Accessories Retail (CRAMAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ski Touring / Backcountry & Avalanche Safety Retail (AT Gear, Skins, Beacons, Probes, Shovels, Airbags) (CRAMAJAD), Ski & Snowboard Rental & Demo Shops (CRAMAJAE), Outdoor Travel Gear (Duffels, Packs, Dry Bags) Retail (CRAMAAAI)

Keywords

• Outdoor gear retail
• Bike repair services
• Ski tuning services
• Equipment rental services
• Backcountry sports shop

Headquarters

HQ city

Ridgway

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: Sale of outdoor gear and apparel for hiking, camping, trail running, backpacking, biking, splitboarding, backcountry skiing, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Includes equipment, apparel, and accessories from brands such as Patagonia, DPS, Salomon, Black Diamond, La Sportiva, and others.
2. Bike Services: Full-service bike shop offering sales, repair, tuning, and custom builds. Services include complete tune-ups, deluxe tune-ups, complete bike overhauls, suspension service, and custom builds. Labor rate is $75/hour plus parts.
3. Ski Services: Seasonal backcountry ski shop offering sales, repair/tuning, and waxing services. Services include hot wax ($30-$85 depending on tier), mounting, boot fitting, and DPS Phantom Glide treatment.
4. Equipment Rentals: Daily and multi-day rentals of bikes and winter sports equipment including alpine touring skis, ski boots, AT packages, splitboards, avalanche safety gear, snowshoes, and demo bikes. Discount of 25% applies for 3 days or more.
5. Equipment Demos: Demo program for full suspension mountain bikes from Norco and Giant brands. Demo charges can be applied toward purchase of any new full suspension bike within six months.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ridgway Adventure Sports is a locally-owned-and-operated backcountry gear shop in Ridgway, Colorado, combining a year-round full-service bike shop with a seasonal backcountry ski shop. It sells outdoor and winter gear and apparel from brands such as Patagonia, DPS, Salomon, Black Diamond, La Sportiva, Norco, and Giant, and provides professional bike and ski repair, tuning, custom builds, equipment rentals, and bike demos with online reservation capability.

Product overview

Ridgway Adventure Sports (RAS) is a locally-owned outdoor gear shop and bike/ski shop in Ridgway, Colorado, offering a unified portfolio of retail gear and services. The core offering spans outdoor gear and apparel (hiking, camping, trail running, backpacking) and winter gear (Alpine Touring skis, splitboards, snowshoeing), alongside a year-round full-service bike shop and a seasonal backcountry ski shop. Service modules include ski and bike repair/tuning, equipment rentals (bikes and winter gear), and bike demos (Norco and Giant full suspension). An online reservation system connects rental and demo bookings. The product architecture is a retail-and-service model rather than a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Outdoor Gear and Apparel
• Winter Gear and Apparel Retail assortment of equipment, apparel, and accessories for backcountry winter sports, including Alpine Touring (AT) skis, splitboards, and snowshoeing gear from Dynafit, Salomon, DPS Skis, Scarpa, and Black Diamond, sold to backcountry skiers, splitboarders, and snowshoers.
• Full-Service Bike Shop Year-round bike shop offering sales, repair, tuning, rentals, and demo services for full-suspension mountain bikes, town cruisers, road bikes, and gravel bikes from Norco and Giant, serving local cyclists and visitors.
• Winter Gear Rentals Seasonal daily and multi-day rentals of backcountry winter gear including Alpine Touring skis ($70/day), AT ski boots ($40/day), AT packages ($100/day), avalanche safety packages with transceiver, shovel, and probe ($50/day), splitboard packages ($100/day), combined AT + avalanche package ($130/day), and snowshoes ($25/day), with 25% off for rentals of three days or more.
• Bike Rentals Daily bike rentals including recreational hardtail bikes, kids bikes, e-bike hybrids, and full-suspension mountain bikes, with helmet included and multi-day discount available.
• Bike Demos Demo program for full-suspension mountain bikes from Norco and Giant, with full-suspension demos at $100/day and kids bike demos at $25/day; demo charges can be applied toward purchase of a new full-suspension bike within six months. Helmet included.
• Bike Repair Services Professional bike repair services including complete tune-ups, deluxe tune-ups at $110, full bike overhauls at $175-$275, suspension and dropper post service, custom builds, and all repair and upgrade services; hourly labor rate is $75 (parts not included).
• Ski Repair and Tuning Seasonal ski repair and tuning services including hot wax ($30), tips and tails tune ($45), edge bevel and hot wax ($55), all-mountain stone grind ($75), premium stone grind ($85), mount services, boot fitting with thermo-mold liners and fit footbeds, skin trimming ($20+), custom repairs at $70/hour, and DPS Phantom Glide application ($99 product plus $50 installation; $25 24-hour rush if available).
• Online Equipment Rental Reservations Online reservation system allowing customers to check availability and book bike and winter gear rentals in advance.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Backcountry.com: Pure-play online outdoor retailer selling premium backcountry, ski, and bike gear — not a direct retail competitor, but a significant channel alternative for the same customers and brands the shop carries.

Broad incumbents

• Christy Sports: Colorado-based chain of ski and bike shops offering retail, rental, and tuning across multiple mountain locations — a regional incumbent that competes for the same Colorado mountain tourist and local customer.
• REI: Largest U.S. outdoor retail co-op with broad assortment of hiking, camping, biking, and snowsports gear plus services — a major incumbent competing for the same customer wallet both in-store and online.
• Sturtevant's: Multi-location mountain outdoor and ski retailer with shops in Washington, Oregon, and Sun Valley, ID — a broader incumbent running the same kind of full-service ski/bike retail, rental, and tuning model across multiple mountain towns.

Emerging players

• Ski Butlers: Door-to-door ski and snowboard rental delivery service operating in major ski destinations — a focused rental-services peer competing for a share of the same visiting-skier rental revenue the shop captures at its storefront.
• Outdoors Geek: Online marketplace for outdoor gear and equipment rentals from local outfitters — comparable to the shop's online reservation system and a potential digital channel partner for its rental inventory.

Direct peers

• Bootdoctors: Telluride, CO-based mountain shop combining boot fitting, ski/snowboard sales, bike sales and rentals, and outdoor apparel — directly comparable full-service hybrid model in a similar Colorado mountain town.
• Telluride Sports: Telluride, CO-based shop offering ski/bike sales, rentals, demos, and tuning — effectively the same hybrid retail + rental + service + demo business model serving a similar mountain destination market.
• Pine Needle Mountaineering: Frisco, CO-based outdoor shop selling backcountry and frontcountry gear, ski tuning, and rentals in a Colorado mountain town — closely comparable year-round retail and service mix targeting local and visiting outdoor enthusiasts.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ridgwayadventuresports
• Instagraminstagram.com/ridgwayadventuresports
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ridgway-adventure-sports

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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