Twin Lakes General Store — Local services in Four Corners States

Twin Lakes General Store: Please don't treat me like a dirty hiker. I AM a dirty hiker, but I'm also a dirty hiker with a credit card, and likely would have spent much more in your store had I not been treated with such contempt.

I didn't appreciate being told to "please move" by one of your employees when I was sitting on your front porch, eating overpriced snacks purchased in your store, after almost faiting from dehydration and low blood sugar after climbing Elbert that morning. Again, I might have bought more in your store. I didn't.

Also, your resupply package situation sucks. If you don't want to take packages and manage them in some kind of real way, don't take them. Or consider charging hikers a nominal fee (perhaps $5 per package?) to actually manage them.

But yeah: please consider treating hikers better. Otherwise, we will find some other place to go, and large part of your business...

Last week I was meandering my way up Mt. Elbert thinking about this little roadside stop we’d popped into the day before and it struck me. —This is the greatest place to buy vinyl records that I’ve been to west of the continental divide.— I’ve been to proper record shops in Utah, Arizona, and Nevada but the records I’ve picked from this little shop’s small but really well curated crates have been the best vinyl I’ve bought two years running. My wife and I have decided to plan another trip in this direction this weekend just to see what they got for her. Vinyl. Who’d have thunk it. Also, they have a classic used book bin that is brilliant for those quiet afternoons in camp. I’m jealous of what the owners have and my wife and I had a lengthy discussion of whether we were pursuing the right dreams. These owners have really figured out...

We never pass through Twin Lakes without stopping at this store. Friendliest staff you’ll ever meet and you’ll always find what you’re looking for here!! I’ve seen countless backpackers come down the mountain to this store to hang out, grab a quick snack and drink and refuel. This store was my SAVING GRACE after coming down from a long day on Mt. Elbert. I picked up a bobos bar, energy drink, and even a guide book to the fourteeners. There’s also an accessible microwave to make breakfast burritos and sandwiches of all sorts, any snack you can think of, and hiking essentials + MORE!!! This is the best place to stop in before or after your stay at Twin Lakes; you won’t be...