Wilderness Sports

Just returned from another great over-nighter in the mountains. For 8 years now Bruce and staff have been most helpful in accommodating Avondale College Outdoor Recreation's needs in cross country skiing. I can highly recommend the quality of gear and the reliability of service.

Excellent advice about gear, (rental and buy), snow and weather conditions, different skiing possibilities with kids. Can't get this kind of advice from people who don't do this stuff themselves. Great experience

My girlfriend and I drove up to Jindabyne from Melbourne in July 2017 to do the summit walk of Mt. Kosciusko (Australia's highest peak!). Upon arriving at our hotel we were told we could not climb to the summit, as it was closed for the winter after the long weekend in June. Very disappointed, we tried the town Information Centre to be told the very same thing. We were advised to do some snow shoeing on some trails at Perisher instead.
Luckily, we happened to walk in to Wilderness Sports store in Jindabyne (Nuggets Crossing) intending to hire some snow shoes to walk some trails at Perisher. We were met by the very friendly Bruce and we explained our disappointment at coming all the way from Melbourne and not being able to do Mt.K summit. To our surprise Bruce explained that in fact on this particular day it was PERFECT to summit Mt.K and that the snow trails at Perisher we had been recommended didn't even have snow on them at the time!!! He explained we would have to access the mountain via Thredbo ski resort and take a chair lift part the way up to get onto the trail. (Thredbo by phone AND at the ticket booths also tried to discourage us from going up there for some reason).
We ended up having an amazing day walk up to the summit in perfect weather (check out the photos below). We would highly recommend you go see Bruce at Wilderness Sports in Jindabyne FIRST, if you're planning on doing any hiking or snow sports in the area. He's the man!

Wilderness Sports Jindabyne.

What can I say, excellent service, attention to detail, care for their customers, willing to go out of their way to source equipment (given notice).

Always friendly, and prices are very reasonable.

Ask for Bruce, he owns the place.

Love this place. All the Gear you need for a day up on the Mountain or a week up on the Mountain. I go hear for my last minute back country needs when I forget or break something. I like the fact I can call ahead and arrange timings and pick ups. Failing this Bruce has always been very helpful in doing that little bit of extra homework to give you further insights to the right gear.

Wilderness Sports have always been extremely helpful, knowledgable and accommodating when we have gone in there for a purchase. We bought our snow shoes there last year and this year we will be back in for some cross country gear. Bruce Easton has years of experience in the industry and always seems to be in the shop when I go in (hopefully he has some days off). Highly recommended!