Outdoor Equipment Rental Center

Students, faculty, staff and community members can rent anything from backpacks to snowshoes to sleeping bags. OERC (Outdoor Equipment Rental Center) is located on the ground floor of Base Camp.

Spring Semester Hours

Monday-Thursday: 4:30-7:00 p.m.
Friday: 3:00-6:00 p.m.

No winter gear rentals: January 30 – February 3

Closed 
Friday, February 1 – Sunday, February 3
Thursday, February 21, closed at 6:30 p.m. (Banff Film Festival)
Friday, March 8 – Sunday, March 17

Good gear, good rates, good folks are all found here, at the equipment rental section of Base Camp.

Sleeping Gear	Daily Rate	Additional Days
Sleeping bag (with stuff sack or compression sack)	$4	$2
Sleeping pad	$2	$1
Tents: 2 or 3 person	$6	$3
Tents: 4 person	$8	$4
Tarp	$4	$2

Camping Gear	Daily Rate	Additional Days
Backpack	$4	$2
Daypack (small green)	$2	$1
Trekking poles	$2	$1
Headlamp (including batteries)	$3	$2
Water bottle (flat rate)	$1	N/A
Compass (flat rate)	$1	N/A
Trowel (flat rate)	$1	N/A
Bear bag/canister (flat rate)	$3	N/A

Cooking Gear	Daily Rate	Additional Days
1-burner stove (white gas)	$4	$2
2-burner stove (propane)	$4	$2
32 oz fuel bottle (flat rate)	$3	N/A
Propane canister	For sale at OERC	Market price
Baking skillet	$3	$2
Stocked utensil bag (flat rate)	$1	N/A

Miscellaneous Gear	Daily Rate	Additional Days
First aid kit	$2	$1
Iodine	For sale at OERC	Market price
Compass/whistle (flat rate)	$2	N/A
Fishing waders	$4	$2
Fly fish rod	$4	$2
Dromedary	$2	$1
5 gallon water jug	$2	$1

Outdoor Climbing Gear	Daily Rate	Additional Days
Rock shoes	$4	$2
Helmet	$2	$1
Ice climbing crampons	$4	$2

Winter Gear	3-Hour Rental	Daily Rate	Additional Days
Snowshoes	$3	$4	$2
X-C skis, boots and poles	$4	$6	$3
Skis only: 1/2 rate
Boots only: 1/2 rate
Telemark skis, boots and poles	N/A	$8	$8
Plastic boots	$1	$4	$2
Mountaineering crampons	N/A	$2	$1
Mountaineering axe	N/A	$4	$2
Synthetic booties	N/A	$3	$1.50
Mittens/gloves	N/A	$2	$1
Shovel	N/A	$2	$1

Late Returns

A late fee will be charged at the additional day rate for the number of days overdue.

Damaged Gear

A repair/replacement fee may be charged.

3-Hour Rentals

Items must be picked up and dropped off on the same day (i.e. during OERC open hours).

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We do not rent the following gear to the public: climbing harnesses, ropes, webbing, climbing hardware, ice climbing tools, boats, PFDs, avalanche gear.