Gear Room

Outdoor Gear Rentals

The Student Union Outdoor Gear Room offers a wide variety of reasonably priced equipment rentals to UAA students, staff, and faculty.
Reservations must be made in person, but for information regarding prices and availability, please call 786-1204.

Summer Gear
  • Mountain Bikes
  • Canoes
  • One & Two Person Sea Kayaks
  • Hiking Backpacks
  • Coolers
  • Stoves (Fuel Not Included)
  • Tents in a Wide Variety of Sizes
  • Compasses
  • Bear Boxes
  • Sleeping Pads
Winter Gear
  • Snowboards
  • Classic Skis
  • Skate Skis
  • Snowshoes 
  • Ice Skates
 

Policies and Procedures

Rental equipment is only available to UAA students, staff, faculty, and card-carrying Alumni.  A valid UAA ID is required. 

Each person may rent no more than two pieces of the same kind of equipment at any one time, depending upon availability.

Reservations may be made in person no sooner than two weeks in advance. Reservations cannot be made over the phone. A full deposit or credit card information is required at the time of reservation.

Cancellations must be made in person or in writing no later than a full 24 hours before the rental date, i.e. a reservation made for 12:00PM on July 4th cannot be cancelled after 12:00PM on July 3rd. Customers will be charged in full for all cancellations made within 24 hours of their reservation time.

A rental day is from business hours one weekday to business hours the following weekday, i.e. 8:00AM-10:00PM Monday to 8:00AM-10:00PM Tuesday. A rental weekend is from business hours Friday to business hours Monday (except for University holidays). A rental week is seven continuous days. 

The renter is responsible for checking to see that all equipment is complete and in safe working order. Renters use all equipment at their own risk.

Returns will only be accepted during posted hours. Persons returning equipment late will be charged the daily rate for each day.

The Student Union reserves the right to charge a $25.00 cleaning fee for dirty equipment and to charge the full cost of parts, repair, or replacement of damaged, stolen, or lost equipment.

The Student Union staff will not assist in the loading and unloading of equipment onto renters' vehicles.