In light of increasing developments resulting from COVID-19 along with reviewing the most current health information from St. Louis City and County health departments, and after discussions with the Shaw Nature Reserve, The Banff Centre, and The Sheldon Performing Center, we have multiple announcements to make for some of our largest events of the year.

At this time, we are officially postponing the 2020 Shaw Bloom Trail 10k/20k, scheduled for Saturday, March 21, and The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour, scheduled for March 25 and 26.

We are officially cancelling all scheduled in-store programs, our Spring Swap, scheduled April 24-26, Ozark Trail Association Pint Night, scheduled Wednesday, April 28, and suspended registration for Tour Of Hermann.

The Shaw Bloom Trail 10k/20k will be rescheduled for Saturday, September, 26, 2020 at The Shaw Nature Reserve. All current registrations will be automatically moved to that date. You do not need to re-register for the event. Due to the extraordinary nature of this situation, we will also offer full refunds to anyone who no longer wishes to participate beginning next week. Information on how to receive a refund will be released by Wednesday, March 25.

The Banff Centre announced on Thursday, March 12 that they are shutting down the remaining schedule of the 2019-20 Mountain Film Festival World Tour as of today, March 13. We are working with The Banff Centre and The Sheldon to determine possible dates for a rescheduled show/shows in St. Louis in September. We are also working with The Sheldon and MetroTix to determine a refund policy for cancelled shows. We will provide more information on this as soon as we have it.

In the meantime, all Alpine Shop and The Pathfinder locations are doing everything possible to keep our stores clean and healthy for all of our customers. We have instituted new cleaning procedures and are dedicated to staying open.

In this extraordinary time when everyone seems to be more and more ready to hide out at home, may we offer a coronavirus-free alternative? How about all of the trails, rivers, lakes and crags that are still right where they've been all along? As far as we're aware, you can follow all city, state and federal guidelines for dealing with this outbreak while in the backcountry (and staying more than six feet from any friends you bring along.)

Unplugging from all of this craziness surrounding us right now sounds like it just may be the best idea, yet.