Mountain High
New Turkey Creek outfitters’ retail shop seizes ‘opportunity;’grand-opening Aug. 26
Mountain High Outfitters, an outdoor lifestyle store, opened Saturday, July 22, at 11367 Parkside Drive, Suite 926. The new store is planning a grand opening starting at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 26.
“I’m so excited,” said store owner Chris Groom, owner, founder and CEO. “Knoxville, obviously, is a booming and growing community.
“I feel like the Farragut area lends itself to everything that we have to offer, and it’s an underserved market for the brands that we carry,” he added.
Groom chose to come to Knox County because “I think it’s the opportunity of the shopping center we chose, the Town in general — Knoxville, Farragut — being a college community, a great amount of growth,” he said.
“The shopping center we’re in, which is Pinnacle at Turkey Creek, is just fabulous; great destination shopping, and we’re excited to be in another Southeastern Conference town,” Groom added.
Two other locations are “in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Auburn, Alabama (SEC campus cities), and I think college communities lend themselves to a great opportunity for Mountain High Outfitters in general,” the owner said. “But overall, Knoxville is just a great, great area.”
The store carries apparel, footwear, gear and accessories for the active and outdoor enthusiasts and for everyday adventure, he said.
“Footwear is a big part of what we do,” Groom added. Among the store’s brands, customers will find: Vouri apparel, Patagonia, Free Fly Apparel, Olympus footwear, On Running Footwear, Hoka footwear and Birkenstock among others.
However, Mountain High also carries coolers, bags, backpacks, hammocks and more.
There are products for activities, such as: backpacking, camping, climbing, hiking, biking, yoga, skiing, trail running, paddle boarding, fly fishing and trips to the lake and beach.
The store, which was started in 1999 and is based in Birmingham, Alabama, has 21 stores in the South — Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida — with this location being the first store in Knox County.
Mountain High is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday.
For more information, call 865-625-4028 or visit the company website at mountainhighoutfitters.com
