About
Eastside Sports, Inc (also known as Wilson’s Eastside Sports) is a family owned mountain sports store located in Bishop, in California’s Owens Valley. Since 1977 we’ve been outfitting locals and visitors with everything they need for their mountain adventures. Our experienced staff have lived and worked in the area for many years and know the area, our products, and our customers well. We have expertise in boot and pack fitting, sleeping bags, pads and tents, climbing and mountaineering gear, as well as that hard to find local knowledge of the area, and its abundant nooks and crannies. We cater to climbers, hikers, backpackers, mountaineers, fishermen, bird watchers, hunters, and folks who just like the outdoors.
Our area reads like a who’s who of natural attractions: The Sierra range is to our west and the White Mountains are to our east. Both ranges rise to more than 14,000′ and there are a half dozen other mountain ranges and valleys within several hours drive from town. There i
Why we're Green
When we took over the store in 2012, after Co-owner Chris(tine) had worked here since the late 1980's, we knew that environmental sustainability would be an important part of how we wanted to operate. Reducing our footprint on the Earth has long been important to the two co-owners, and we know it's important to our customers, too. There was plenty of low hanging fruit! First we replaced the 204 t12 bare bulb fluorescent fixtures with much more efficient t8 lamps, and we've been slowly replacing those with LEDs.
The next year we insulated the previously uninsulated 6,500 square feet attic space with R38 fiberglass. Fun stuff.
Several years later we invested in a 20kw solar electric power installation on our roof. We meet all our energy needs through this system, though we still heat with propane.
We keep picking away. Office machines have all been replaced with modern, energy star components.