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Expensive Alpine Star moto boots? No need to buy a new pair just get the soles from Alpine Star and get them to us. Good...
04/14/2023

Expensive Alpine Star moto boots? No need to buy a new pair just get the soles from Alpine Star and get them to us. Good as new. đź‘Ťđź‘Ť

03/25/2022

Why not resole?!
By Connie Schmidt

Last month I was walking in downtown Chicago when all of a sudden the sole of my treasured 15-year-old hiking boot began to flap wildly with every step, nearly tripping me as I crossed the street. (Quite the sight!) Anyway, thank heaven for bundles of Sierra Club pamphlets in my backpack, because the rubber bands were perfect to wrap around the toes of my boots for a quick fix, while rushing to the train. But alas, what about the boots, my old faithful friends that had accompanied me on many hikes, urban and wild? The uppers were fine! They didn’t even seem that worn, but both soles were broken loose from the toes to the instep and flapping like a lower jaw.

Well, first step was to head over to REI where I originally bought them, and ask about repairs. Nope. They do recycle, if you want to leave them there. That was good, but not good enough. The kind clerk sat with me and used his phone to begin the “Google search.” It turns out, only two entities in the country do this work, and I chose the smaller company, Rocky Mountain Resole. For $105, they are repairing my boots, and shipping them back to me. (I priced a comparable new pair, and it would be at least $250, and up from there!)

I was so impressed with this small business that I decided to look into it and share what I learned. Rocky Mountain Resole was begun in 2000, but that owner kept it only one year. The woman who was the owner’s secretary bought the business, and now her son, Cory Willoughby (Colorado Park Ranger by day), and his wife are the owners. (I was delighted to hear that occasionally their 2-year-old joins them in the workroom.)

This small outfit does mighty big work. They fix hiking boots, work boots, rock- climbing shoes, river sandals, ski boots--you name it--most any outdoor-related footwear, even cowboy boots! Any good-quality boot, where the uppers are in decent condition, can be resoled. They even do work on the uppers, too. The equipment used includes old-school cobbler’s machines as well as a state-of-the-art hydraulic press from Europe that compresses the soles to the boot shafts. Cory even explained to me that if boots come in too mangled to be repaired, they are kept for patching and pieces when repairing other projects.

Rocky Mountain Resole has been featured in both Backpacker and Outdoor magazine. This Backpacker Magazine quote is on their website: “Rocky Mountain Resole is one of the most respected boot shops in North America. It’s one of the few shops outside Italy that has the parts and special presses to repair the new molded-on sole units from Asolo, Technica, Vasque and others.” I’m just glad I don’t have to bid adieu to my old buddies and can keep stomping in them for another decade!

Another pair of rebuilt 3 pins heading out to NY.
02/19/2021

Another pair of rebuilt 3 pins heading out to NY.

We have dot rubber again! If you need sticky rubber on your approach shoes or river shoes let us know!
12/15/2020

We have dot rubber again! If you need sticky rubber on your approach shoes or river shoes let us know!

Get your moto boots resoled with hands down the best moto sole ever made.
11/11/2020

Get your moto boots resoled with hands down the best moto sole ever made.

We are open! And have no plans on shutting down. If you need anything repaired. Boots, shoes, motorcycles.... we will be...
03/20/2020

We are open! And have no plans on shutting down. If you need anything repaired. Boots, shoes, motorcycles.... we will be here.

Get those Chaco's dialed for the upcoming river season.
02/11/2020

Get those Chaco's dialed for the upcoming river season.

Bouquet of resoled climbing shoes heading to the crag.
09/10/2019

Bouquet of resoled climbing shoes heading to the crag.

07/03/2019

For the month of July RMR is offering $85 hiking boot resoles Give us a call to find out how to get in on this deal 719 680 1632 or 719 539 1455

The river's are going to big this year get you're river shoes ready.
03/28/2019

The river's are going to big this year get you're river shoes ready.

02/12/2019

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211 Oak Street
Salida, CO
81201

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm

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+17196801632

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