Ullapool Outdoors

Ullapool Outdoors is the independent outdoor-gear shop on West Argyle Street in central Ullapool. The stock covers the working range that a Highland-base outdoor retailer needs to carry, hill-walking boots and shoes, waterproofs and shell layers, base-layer and insulation, packs and trekking gear, plus a working slice of climbing and sea-kayaking kit aimed at the local activity range rather than just the tourist passing trade.

The shop sits two doors along from the Ceilidh Place on the same west side of West Argyle Street, in the row of small independent businesses that form Ullapool’s working high street. The advantage of an independent over the chain alternatives is the staff knowledge, walking advice on the local routes (the West Highland coast paths, the Coigach hill ranges, Stac Pollaidh, Suilven via Glencanisp Lodge, Beinn Dearg and the Inverlael forest paths) comes naturally from people working in the trade and on the routes themselves.

The brand range covers the standard outdoor-store mix, the Scottish-favourite names (Páramo, Berghaus, Rab) alongside the technical climbing and kayaking specialists. Ullapool’s role as the staging post for visitors heading north into Sutherland and the far north-west means a steady flow of trade through the season for last-minute gear replacements, the missing layer, and the standard tourist-rebuy of waterproofs after a wet day.

Open standard high-street hours; reduced winter. Current stock and opening at the Ullapool Outdoors website.