Bentgate Mountaineering

Bentgate Mountaineering is a sporting goods store in Golden, CO, serving outdoor enthusiasts in the foothills and high alpine. Since opening in 1994, the store has built a selection of equipment and gear for backpacking, camping, climbing, cycling, eBiking, hiking, mountaineering, nutrition and hydration, outdoor apparel, trail running, skiing, and splitboarding. Footwear, climbing shoes, gravel bikes, and a bootfitting service are among the specialized offerings, alongside a rental and demo department that supplies backcountry safety gear, eBikes, gravel bikes, ski gear, splitboarding gear, mountaineering boots, and snowshoes. The full service ski shop provides mount and tuning year round, and the bike services handle heavy eBikes and eCargo bikes. Shop managers, technicians, and mechanics are factory trained in the repair techniques of the bike, mountaineering, and ski industries. The bootlab operates year round with fully customized services for Alpine Touring, Sidecountry, and Mountaineering communities. The eBike service department assembles and services Aventon, Euphree, Velotric, and Super73 eBikes, along with Bafang, GoBao, and Shengyi motor systems, offering safety checks, tune ups, flat tire repair, and Tannus insert installation. Bentgate holds a 4.8 rating from 708 Google reviews. The store sits on Washington Avenue, roughly a tenth of a mile from the United States Post Office and the Colorado National Guard Armory, with the Foothills Art Center about a quarter mile away. Three decades outfitting Colorado backcountry pursuits have made Bentgate a fixture for climbers, skiers, cyclists, and hikers in Golden.