The Trailhead

06/10/2026

Bikepacking tents are like regular tents that have been smooshed into a much smaller package using SCIENCE. Roughly the size of a respectable meatloaf, they can be strapped to your handlebars, bike rack, shopping cart, corgi, or even a large spatula. If you're finding your current tent to be unwieldy, cumbersome, full of buckshot holes, partially melted, smelling like grandma's house and burnt hair, or less waterproof than a saltine cracker, consider one of our high quality bikepacking tents today.

05/21/2026

We had an ad budget for our 15% OFF MEMORIAL DAY SALE, but we used all that money to buy a big bag of gummy worms and told Alec to just get weird with some mannequin hands instead.

The results are closer to high art than any of us expected.

It is, I daresay, a masterpiece. A commentary on the human condition. A meditation on the fragility of life and the stark indifference of time. A sugar-fueled freight train of paradigm destruction, tinged with equal parts neonatal innocence and subversive anarchy.

It's also... good enough. Like, it gets the point across I think.

15% OFF AT THE TRAILHEAD THIS THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY!

05/19/2026

OOPS, we newsletter'd again:

CKS is excited to announce CKS Paddlefest 2026, May 21st-25th. Paddlefest is the Memorial Weekend kick-off to summer fun in Chaffee County, Colorado. CKS Paddlefest is the interactive, hands-on experience of the year providing endless opportunities to shop and demo 2026 paddle gear, choose from a ho...

05/15/2026

IT'S PADDLEFEST TIME AGAIN, PEOPLE:

CKS Paddlefest (May 21st-25th) is Buena Vista’s Memorial Day weekend kick-off to summer. This interactive event offers 2026 gear demos, expert advice, on-water workshops and competitions, hot deals, a paddling gear swap, live music, parties, and an outdoor celebration of Buena Vista, Colorado!

To register or get more information on fun Paddlefest events go to www.ckspaddlefest.com.

04/02/2026

Dear Buckaroos,
Our beloved ski and board tuning operation will be shutting down for the season this weekend. If you want a last minute tune on all of your most horse-kicked, wood-chippered skis and boards (or if you want us to spackle a layer of summer storage wax on them) please drop them off by the end of the day Friday, April 3.

Keep on truckin',
The Trailhead

03/02/2026

WE NOW CARRY MOUNT TO COAST TRAIL RUNNING SHOES, BUCKAROOS.

02/11/2026

If you enjoy the act of running in places that are not paved, hoooo boy howdy do we have some stuff that may interest you.

(shoes. I'm talking about shoes.)
(and some hats)
(also vests, water-holding apparatuses, anti-chafe creams of various persuasions, socks, hikey sticks, sunglasses, and other miscellaneous cardio-enabling brick-a-brack)
(and gaiters)
(and some clothing that can be worn whilst running)
(and some nutrition that is easily digested while your heart rate is somewhere near ARE WE DYING BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE DYING A LITTLE BIT)
..and so much more!

02/05/2026

BUENOS DIAS, GEAR GREMLINS:

Winter took the winter off, so we at The Trailhead are doing a 1,000 yard stare while idly hitting refresh on Opensnow and crying a little bit. “Nothingness haunts being,” I mutter into my cat mug full of lukewarm Hi-C. "The horror. The horror."

But CHEER UP PEOPLE, because our melodramatic existential crisis is your gain - WE'RE DOING 40% OFF a pile of things you actually need (and a few things you probably don't need, but might be nice to have. Retail therapy is still therapy).

Testify? Player please:�
- beacons, shovels + probes
- snowshoes + ice axes
- a smattering of climbing skins
- sleeping bags + pads�
- tents�
- many much shoes
- SOME CLIMBING STUFF
…and more stuff than we can responsibly list without getting lightheaded.

So come see us today at the Trailhead. Buy some stuff and tell it's all gonna be ok.