F M Light & Sons — Attraction in Steamboat Springs

This used to be a classy beautiful western store with quality western products, and it was a pleasure to shop here. It’s so disappointing to see how this store has declined…over stocked to the point that you can’t even walk between clothing racks without knocking items to the floor, every display is a complete disaster, kids running out of control shooting pop guns, and playing hide and seek in the displays, knocking people down. Not enough employees to control the crowds, much less offer quality service. The boots area looks like a bomb went off. The clothing areas are so jammed packed with cheap, unorganized merchandise that you can’t walk through them or enjoy your shopping experience. Kids screaming everywhere. Pop guns going off. It’s like being at a western theme Chucky cheese without the pizza. Not the pleasant organized classy western store it once was. It’s more like a merchandise warehouse/corral for out of control kids. Very sad to see...

Fantastic cowboy western outfitter store in one of the most beautiful towns I’ve ever visited. I bought my first cowboy hat at this location, and let me tell you, it was hard considering the massive selection they have. There’s a custom hat booth towards the back corner on the left as you enter the store. Then the wall goes all the way down to the other end showcasing an impressive collection of other cowboy hats and boots to pick from. The prices are great as well, not too expensive when you compare their prices to a place like Cavendar’s Boot City. They also have touristy gifts and items as well along with a display case offering knives, belt buckles and other leather goods. This place is definitely worth stopping by if you’ve never...

Driving to Steamboat from Kremmling you'll see about dozens upon dozens of yellow signs advertising FM Light & Sons. You'd think this was a retail destination with the build up on the road between these towns.

It is actually a normal small town store front with a fairly limited amount of space that is filled with a lot of stuff to cater to the cowboy market. It feels spendy even by Steamboat standards. The staff seems pretty distant, the couple times I have been in not a greeting or asking if I needed assistance.

FM Light & Sons is on the far side of downtown Steamboat, if you're walking that part of the town it might be worth checking out... but if you skip it you're not missing anything despite what all...