Wilderness Exchange Unlimited is an independently owned business that buys and sells equipment used in outdoor pursuits such as climbing, backpacking, mountaineering, camping, and backcountry skiing and snow travel. High-quality outdoor gear is expensive. We try to make it more affordable and accessible to the first-time adventurer as well as the seasoned expert by finding great deals.  By buying closeouts and cosmetic 2nds at below wholesale prices, we provide an outlet that helps our vendors and manufacturers run more efficiently, while passing significant savings on to our customers.  

We offer the finest selection of specialty mountain equipment available and represent the most innovative manufacturers in the outdoor industry.

Our goal in launcing this web site is to bring the unique culture of our Denver shop on-line in the hopes of informing, inspiring, and helping our customers find the perfect gear for their outdoor adventures. If you already shop with us, we hope that this site can provide you with an easier way to research our products and to order. If you have never heard of us, thanks for having us in your home, office, hotel room, or wherever you may be. We promise not to make a mess and to make the bed before we leave.

We’re a retail shop located in Denver, CO, at the foot of the Front Range of the Rockies, and have been in business since 2000. Our location gives us immediate access to some of the best skiing, climbing, and backpacking in the country and the ability to employ an expert staff with years of outdoor experience that actively uses and abuses all of the equipment that we sell.

This perspective is what we hope to bring to our customers’ buying process: we are frugal backcountry enthusiasts, climbers, and skiers who want the best gear available and are always looking for deals. In areas where we can’t find discounted product, we select gear based on a simple criterion- it must represent a great value in terms of performance, function, and innovation, and be essential gear for our outdoor adventures.

We believe that our customers are as passionate about the outdoors as we are and that they want to shop with us because they know that they will be getting the Top Gear at the Bottom Dollar.

Wilderness Exchange Unlimited
Top Gear. Bottom Dollar.