My girlfriend and I came here for new hiking boots, and the staff was so helpful. They fitted her and explained every step along the way. We also left with socks they recommended. I would trust these folks with any of my outdoorsy questions - they even pointed us towards some great trails. I look forward to giving them more of my business!

Super knowledgeable and helpful staff here, really friendly as well. Came here after stopping at a big box sporting goods store, and it was a huge difference! Slightly more expensive, but well worth the expertise, and what is (I’m sure) a much better product. Thanks a lot!

Awesome local place. They have so much gear and are very ready to help you make the right purchase. They also have their own personalized gear

They had everything I was looking for to gear up for a big multi day hike Im preparing for. This is an excellent store to find the technical and specific items that the average outdoor store is just not going to carry. The staff were very knowledgeable and polite as well. Cant recommend this store enough.

Fantastic outdoor outfitter store, specializing in camping, water sports, and climbing gear. You can also find nice river and area topographical maps, as well as some old display items not for sale, but fun to view. Of course, they also have retail items in clothing and shoes. The service was fantastic as one of the women working there helped the kids on the balance slackline and swing on the climbing rope equipped with carabiners

Highly recommend! We were having tent pole issues and even though they were out of the required parts to fix the problem (so was every other shop around) Matt still improved upon our situation and gave us a demo. Excellent customer service, wonderful people, great experience! Thank you!

Always friendly and knowledgeable staff, rather shop here for my outdoor gear than any other place.

Awesome place! They had a very good selection of hiking, climbing and camping gear, plus clothing and an especially diverse selection of hiking and day packs.

Good place for camping, hiking, climbing.

Helpful and friendly staff always willing to help you with any of your camping hiking rock climbing and kayaking gear prices are not to bad either and the stores owners dog is awesome and loves to play stop by and check them out you will be glad you did

Super helpful staff, along with a great selection of climbing shoes. They even have a small selection of chips on a wall to test the shoes out on! I left feeling very confident in my purchase and can’t wait to come back.

Great help! I was looking for the perfect pair of boots and they had them!. Beyond helpful with me and my wife. Worth the drive from middle Tn. to see them. 10 stars

Went in for a new hiking shoe. Very knowledgeable and helpful staff. Im very confident in my shoe investment. Thanks Trent!Also a whole wall of Darn Tough and every style in a Large! Its so hard to find the larges.

Helpful staff. Would recommend.

Looked around to see what they have. They were courteous.

Great short hike to the Craggy Flats. Took my 2 year old with carrier pack in March.

This store is full of backpacking/hiking/outdoor goodies!!! The cherry on top is that the employees are very knowledgeable about their products!!!

Black Dome is one of the best local outfitters I have been to. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable and their pricing is competitive. However, supporting local and being able to play with your gear is a big deal with certain items.

This is the most amazing store. I came in for hiking boots, and one of the owners of the shop personally talked to me about what I was looking for, and what they had in stock. He glanced down at my feet and asked if I was a 9.5 shoe size (YES). He was so incredibly knowledgeable about every facet of boots, from the materials, to the trends over the years, and what he would recommend for what I would be using them for. I bought a pair of boots, and 2 pairs of Darn Tough socks (and he threw one of the pairs in for free to wish me luck on my new wilderness job).Ive had the boots on for 2 weeks straight at work and they fit like a glove. I will be coming to this store for everything possible because I trust the integrity they show and the products they believe in.

This place is amazing! The folks are so friendly and the selection of gear cant be beat. Highly recommend stopping in if youre a serious climber / hiker / outdoors person. Competitive prices with local knowledge. Wish I could give this sweet gem more than 5 stars!

Great shop. I forgot thr pump for my camping stove and they helped me out by building one from spare parts.

Skip the chain store and shop at the original outdoor outfitter. Good selection. Great advice from staff who have been there and done what youre looking to do. They sell you what you need not the most expensive shinny new thing.As a bonus they have a mountaineering museum and a bar/lounge for hanging out/events in the evenings.

Expensive, but good stuff.

Awesome little joint!! Lots of outdoor gear, cool small things for gifts (like stickers and key chains) they even have a climbers museum in the back! Not to mention a sweet puppy to greet you at the door. Awesome staff, they have beer on tap with table top foosball at the bar. Couches to hang on, we ended up only buying the beer but we were waiting on hotel check in time and just hung out for an hour or so and the staff was very welcoming :)

Great place. Knowledgeable employees. Had what I needed. Will shop their sgai.

So full of great equipment, gear, knowledge and history. Always my 1st place to go before any great adventure outside

Very wide range of high quality merchandise. Everything you could need for backpacking and more.

I just bought a pair of low top hikers in here and all I have to say is wow. I was assisted by Trent and he was awesome. He is definitely a hiking shoe enthusiast. He told me all about several shoes and helped me pick a winner. I usually would have to think a while about a $150 pair of shoes but Trents expertise made me feel totally confident about my purchase. The shop had great selection. Trent and his wife even looked up some road closures online to help me find my way to a hike they recommended. I will definitely be coming back.

I love this shop. It has a great selection of gear for all types of outdoor sports, as well as a kick ass consignment section, and even a small NC climbing museum. I support them every chance I get.

Fantastic shopping experience in a beautifully maintained place of business. In a world of big box stores and almost nonexistent customer service it is truly refreshing to discover a hidden Jen like Black Done Mountain Sports!

Great service!! Lots of great brands

I had a great experience, they have a great selection of gear for all things from ice climbing gear to hiking boots. The staff were very friendly and knowledgeable. The museum inside is also definitely worth seeing.

We had a great experience here while we were visiting Asheville! I love the layout of this store, it has the essentials without being overwhelming. The service was excellent!! The prices were very competitive (we got a better deal on both of our backpacks than on Amazon)!! I was really impressed. It was a very laid-back atmosphere. We ordered a couple of beers and shopped. We even lost track of time and ended shopping for 45 minutes past closing, and the gentleman just let us shop and didnt say word! I really cant say enough good things about this place! Im sure well be back!

Great selection of quality gear, super knowledgeable staff always available to help you find what you need for your next adventure. That kind of expertise and personalized customer service cant be found online. Locally owned and operated (the owners are there nearly every day of the year!). Also doesnt hurt that they have a bar where you can hang out and share stories about your adventures when you get back from your trip! Highly recommend.

A great Outfitter Store with a great selection of hiking and camping gear. Friendly and helpful staff. However, they never (rarely)put items on sale.

As a member of the Carolinas Climbers Coalition, you can recover 10% off anything at Black Dome. They have what you need for climbing and a guy with lots of information about climbing for all questions and to help figure out what would be best for your needs.However, he is only one person and when he is in a discussion with someone I waited 15-20 minutes for acknowledgment that I was even there in line. With not even a glance or Ill be right with you, I found I needed to get another store person to help me in that department bc its not comfortable interrupting a conversation. I only needed two things - gym rope and a grigri - and shopping wouldve taken less than 5 minutes that day but it wasnt the case.I intend to still shop here for climbing equipment and I hope I would be acknowledged for my presence in line next time.

Great people,treated me like a friend,will do business there allways, you need to stop by and sit a spell

Great shop, very friendly and knowledgeable staff. Gave us some great recommendations for food places.

This is what a mountaneering store is all about. Honest feel of an outdoor store. Helpful, friendly staff. Good selection. They helped me find exactly what I came for. I could have tried any number of big box giants and wasted a lot of time. This is the place. Thanks guys.

Very friendly professional staff, large selection of climbing trekking and camping gear. I recently had boots and insoles custom fit and shaped, the process took 20 minutes, best most ergonomic footwear you can buy in town. Thanks Black Dome!

Stopped here for hiking boots for my husband...what a neat outdoor store! They also have a small bar area serving local beers on tap ..which was great...and We brought our giant poodle in with us (he was very welcomed by Ross and visited with his two poodles ) nice staff...great experience. .my husband found exactly what he was looking for. Definitely recommend if you need some outdoor gear!

Great store very very friendly people who work there and always willing to help! If you have any questions they will answer it if youre new they will take the time to walk you through anything you need! Great place wish I had a place like this near where I lived.

Great store. Super helpful staff, good selection of gear (including consignment). And the in-house beer taps make any visit worth it.

I went in because my son broke one of his tent poles and it needed replacing so he could go to LEAF festival with a fully functioning tent. Not only did Ross show me what I needed to purchase, but went ahead and fixed the damgaged pole right then and there! Amazing customer service!

Everything you need for camping, and then some! With all new tech gear too!

Great outdoor shop. Friendly staff. Nice little museum inside. Well worth the stop

I LOVE this store. I come back every time I go through Asheville. Their little bar has a small, but excellent selection of local brews on tap.

This place is amazing. There are a lot of great gear shops around town, but I usually go out of my way to get what I need from BD. The selection is great for what is a relatively small store, and in my experiences the staff has been super friendly and highly knowledgeable. Keep it up, Black Dome!

Cool outdoor store with all your basic gear needs. My favorite part is the consignment section in the back. Got some like-new climbing shoes for $30! Friendly staff & good beer on tap!

Friendly, knowledgeable staff.

The BEST outdoor store in Asheville!

Nice place, worth a look-see if you are a outdoors person

Knowledgeable real people not the robot kind. They have good pricing considering it is in person retail. Nice selection of tents and most were on display during my visit.

Awesome local outfitter. Well stocked, knowledable staff, expected prices. Convenient location and great parking

Great local outdoor store - climbing gear, clothes, shoes. Great spot!

Whether you are buying a major piece of outdoor equipment or just a tiny thing, Black Dome seems to have a wonderful selection. Ive been going here for years and had an especially good experience today. I came in looking for 3 tiny things and found all of them; spice jars, soap box and replacement push-buttons for the drawstring of my pack. Muchas Gracias!

Nice store for backpacking and mtn climbing. Not so much on boot selection. Ive bought all my serious hiking boots there for over 25 years and couldnt find a good pair in my size recently. Had to find a store that had vasque boots elsewhere. Bummer

Came in expecting a smaller hiking store. I was not expecting this place to be so big! I came up to pick up a climbing guide and left with so much more! I got talking to Ross(behind the climbing counter) and he was packed with local climbing knowledge and was friendly to boot. We talked so long that my little sister had to come drag me away from the counter. Even though I didnt have money for Trad gear he was happy to pull items off the wall, let me play with them and gave his personal opinions on each. Extra points for the 3 shop dogs in at the time too

A nice place, very Friendly.

The place to go for climbing gear in Asheville. Everyone behind the counter is super helpful and knowledgeable about the area. Not to mention they have a museum of gear and stories from NC climbing legends and a thorough library of guidebooks.

Awesome staff, excellent service.

A great spot for gear selection, knowledgable staff. Everyone there who has helped me has been professional and just really nice in general. Best shop of its kind anywhere around....thanks, guys!

Great spot. Knowledge and helpful staff. Sweet consignment area and a beer bar to boot!

The gentleman that helped me was great, friendly, knowledgeable, hooked me up with a nice pair of boots, suggested a pair of socks that are the best and have craft beer on tap to enjoy while shopping. I wish that they werent 8 hours away from me.

If you are looking for any type of high-end climbing gear Patagonia marment etc type outdoor technical clothing tents or backpacks and camping gear this is the place to go.if you are looking for super cheap this is not your store you need to go to Walmart or one of the other big ones this is a very friendly and knowledgeable staff of people who actually go outdoors and hike and climb and use the equipment that is sold here so you can get expert advice although it is mostly the higher-end brands.

Very good experience. Was looking to buy my first pair of rock climbing shoes -so I would no longer rent mediocre gym shoes- and have had no luck in 4 different retailers. A very knowledgable staff member helped me try on all of the shoes I wished and gave great advice and helped me find a great shoe that I would never have otherwise tried on. The only reason I gave it 4/5 is that the prices are high compared to some other outfitters.In sum: extremely friendly, patient, and knowledgable.

Great place for all your hiking, backpacking, and climbing needs. Ive been trading with Black Dome since the 1980s.

Super friendly and knowledge staff!!

Amazing store! The people that work here are awesome and super helpful.

Best outdoor outfitter in Asheville! Locally owned, strong involvement in community, outstanding customer service.

Cool spot very friendly.

These guys got everything you need for a Day hike or conquering Mount Everest there is also a bar and they have coconut oil popcorn some of the friendliest staff check this place out before your next adventure or just to get a cold pint

This place is sweet! Anything you need for adventuring in the area plus a couple local brews on draft!

I feel like they should include more sports then they do.

Nice outfitter store with good selection of hiking and camping gear. Clothing selection was a bit more limited.

Quality outdoor supplies. Very skilled and knowledgeable

Love it here. Every trip up here in stop in. Great place

Family owned by outdoors experts. Great selection of climbing, hiking, and other mountain sports.

Well stocked, friendly service, local focus, good source for local hiking maps, consignment section for tents and similar equipment, easy to access, free parking

I have definitely got a great selection of outdoor gear for camping hiking and anything else you need it is a little pricey but you pay for quality

Loved it and I ready to go again

Great gear shop, really cool selection, even had a mini museum for climbing

Great selection of equipment and very informative staff

Went in for a trail map and the male clerk refered me to the woman/girl. She knew what map to get but was less than helpful on directions except to say did you find it. When I asked about white water rafting outfitters the male passed me to the so called expert again the same woman/girl. She gave me the name of the biggest outfitter in the area and was less than willing to share other information, but did name all the rivers running. She than took off to the back office without even cashing me out, telling the guy to handle it. Later I overheard her complaining about the stupid questions from customers and how that is ruining her day. I guess that was me. Maybe the expert needs a new expertise. The friendly ones where the poodle dog and the woman who said goodbye.

Everything you could ever imagine to need for the outdoors, friendly knowledgeable staff and beer taps to boot.

Awesome store with superb staff. Wish they stocked some barefoot style shoes and sandals.

Awesome shop with an awesome staff! Best shop in Asheville plus they have a full service bar!

Love this place, high quality goods from knowledge friendly humans.

Helpful staff. Locally owned. Check website for deals.

Great store with a good variety of gear for climbing and backpacking.

Staff were very helpful.

Cool place, is as technical as you need it too be. Has all the stuff a person would need to climb Everest.

Great place for hiking and camping equipment and good people

I have been buying my shoes and various gear from here for years. They never disappoint and the staff is always helpful.

Great service....top of the line stuff!

Great spot for outdoor gears and very friendly and helpful staff!

You gotta love an outdoor goods store that serves beer!

Nice staff, not a lot of inventory.

Little pricey but good products and super helpful staff! I bought!

Staff was nice and helpful. Didnt have the brand of shoes I was looking for.