Ascent Outdoors

Our story begins 24 years ago. Originally a second hand sporting goods store named Second Bounce, we slowly began bringing in more and more outdoor gear focused on activities such as backpacking, camping, climbing, backcountry skiing and biking. In 2001 Second Bounce moved to Ballard, ditched the bouncing items, rebranded as Second Ascent, and became a full-service outdoor retail store with a full service bike shop selling new, used, closeouts & salesman samples. In April 2016 our bike shop moved 3 doors up the street under the name Ascent Cycles. On May 1st, 2017, after 16 years, we rebranded from Second Ascent to Ascent Outdoors. As we have evolved to meet the demands, second hand has become a smaller, though no less an important part of our store. After a sudden closure of the store in April 2019, Sandeep Nain, the founder of retail and mountain climbing group Miyar Adventures, bought the store and Ascent Outdoors reopened July 2019 with a new focus on diversity and community. We...