Summit Hut Information

Our Mission The mission of the Summit Hut is to provide outstanding specialty outdoor products and services for our customers in a manner of superior value, service and merit. Our History Summit Hut began its entry into the outdoor retail industry modestly in 1967 when two fifteen year-old friends, Jeff Conn and Summit Hut, Ltd. President, David Baker, collaborated to offer a special order service for Tucsonans who desired backpacking and mountaineering equipment. The boys conducted business from their bedrooms and stored the inventory under their beds. In 1968 David, a senior in high school, bought out Jeff's interest in the company and rented a 150 square foot room attached to a small bicycle shop across the street from their high school. The small-scale business Dave began at the age of fifteen now engages the efforts and loyal patronage of communities extending far beyond those humble beginnings. The integrated Summit Hut mail order business, Internet business and two Tucson retail store locations work collectively, with the cooperation of our esteemed vendors, to provide advice and equipment to people across the United States and around the globe.