Details
Items must be clean!
- Items must appear on brand list
- Items must be in new—or good to great—condition
- Estimates are offered in-store only
- Buybacks only occur on specified buying days
- Valid physical Government ID required for selling – no apps or photos, no exceptions.
- Items with tears, rips, broken zippers, buckles, etc., will not be accepted
- All buybacks and sales at The Switchback are FINAL
Footwear: Clean, lightly used to like new, complete with all laces and footbeds.
Backpacks: Must be clean, complete and functional. No rips, no tears, all buckles and draw strings must be functional and intact. No external frame.
Tents: Must be clean, complete and functional, no rips, to tears, all zippers must be functional. No fiberglass poles. Refer to brand list to see accepted manufacturers. Seller is responsible to pitch tent prior to appraisal.
Sleeping Pads: Must be clean, no patches. Seller is responsible to inflate in-store prior to appraisal. Payment for inflatable sleeping pads will be issued only after successful overnight weight test.
Sleeping bags: Must be clean with no major tears, holes or rips or other defects. Zipper must be functional.
Apparel: We accept technical and lifestyle apparel from all major outdoor brands. Must be clean with no major tears, holes or rips or other defects. Zippers, buttons, and snaps must be functional .
Skis: We don’t buy outdated skis. Must be shaped skis over 80 mm waist. Skis must be free of any major damage. No swiss cheese skis. Bindings must be current and indemnified, if in doubt, Grip Walk or newer.
Ski Boots: No old boots. No worn heels and toes. Must be clean and complete and liners should still have life.
Snowboards: We don’t buy outdated snowboards. 10 years or newer with modern hole pattern (4×4 or Burton Channel) No major damage.
Snowboard Bindings: Will be bought separate from boards. All straps must be functional. Modern plate (4 x 4 or Burton Channel)
Snowboard Boots: No old boots. Liners, and foam must be in good shape. No bad laces, no broken boas, no worn soles.
Gear: Must be free of any major damage. Boots must be clean and complete with liners, laces, insoles.
Climbing Gear: We’ll buy crashpads, shoes, chalk bags, ice axes, haul bags. We won’t buy carabiners, ropes, harnesses, or anything safety rated.