Before High Mountain Gear made anything, it fixed things.
The name used to be longer: High Mountain Gear and Repair. That's not a rebrand or a throwback — it's just where this started. A sewing machine, a pile of other people's blown-out gear, and the stubborn idea that most of it didn't need to be in a landfill. It needed about twenty minutes and someone who gave a damn.
The first thing I ever sewed wasn't gear at all. It was a 1950s-style mechanic's jumpsuit I made out of snowman fabric. It's ridiculous. I loved it. And it's the reason all of this exists.
The first thing I ever sewed. 2019.
From there it turned into repairs. I embroidered patches and fixed gear out of a booth at the Leavenworth Climbing Festival, in the rain, with a Singer set up on a folding table. Hip belts, blown zippers, torn packs, a set of custom chiropractic horse bales that one time. If it was stitched — or should've been — I'd take a look at it.
The booth at the Leavenworth Climbing Festival — back when it was still “High Mountain Gear and Repair.” 2019.
The mobile setup — Singer on a folding table, in the rain. 2019.
Fixing gear on-site at the festival. 2019.
Then manufacturing became the full-time job. Building our own gear ate all the hours, and repairs got quietly shelved. It was the right call at the time. But it never stopped feeling like something was missing.
A hip-belt repair on a backpack. 2019.
An ID-window rebuild — orange contrast stitching, done by hand. 2019.
Custom-made chiropractic horse bales. Did that once. 2019.
Same materials we build with. Same hands. 2019.
So it's back.
We're taking repairs again — climbing and outdoor gear first and foremost, but we'll also handle clothing, zippers, and the everyday stuff that's worth keeping alive. Same materials we build our own gear with. Same hands.
The one rule: we look before we say yes. Every repair gets filtered so we only take on work we can actually pull off and stand behind. That keeps it honest — you get a real answer and a fair estimate, not a maybe.
How it works
- Send us photos first. Message us through the live chat right here on the site — it comes straight to me, not a bot, not a support queue. Photos let us give you a general estimate and make sure it's a job we can do right.
- Keep it climbing- and outdoor-related when you can, but we'll take clothing and zipper work too.
- We generally don't do drop-offs. We can sometimes arrange something, but it's on a variable schedule — so photos and a message are always the place to start.
That's it. Dig out the thing you've been meaning to fix, snap a couple photos, and send them over.
Good gear is worth keeping. Always has been.
Start a repair — message us in the live chat.