About Us
OUR MISSION AND VISION
Routes Outfitter exists to empower people towards wellness in the outdoors.
Routes Outfitter strives to be a relevant and meaningful brand of stores and more for outdoorists (riders, runners, hikers, and more…)
Our focus today: grow within the Pikes Peak area - providing products, services, and engagement to help grow the area’s culture and offerings further and wider. We desire to play a significant catalyst for growth in access, participation, and stewardship in Colorado Springs and the areas around this awesome outdoor-recreation-rich city.
OUR VALUES
People - We value all relationships with the people around us
Play - We value outside and sport, and the wellness that comes from both
Environment - we are stewards of the world we live in and participate with
Community - we value diversity, inclusion, compassion, celebration, and connectedness
Spirit - we promote joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and responsibility
OUR STAFF TEAM
Jason Mezey - Owner & General Manager / Master Bike Tech / Master Ski Tech
From: Denver, CO
Outdoors: Biking, Running, Snowboarding, Skiing, Hiking, Paddle Boarding, Camping, Marveling…
Spotlights: loves Mount Herman trails in Monument, CO, finished an Ironman 70.3, started biking & running seriously at 30 years old, and has podiumed in DH with a broken rib.
Ric Sieben - Associate General Manager - Bike Tech II / Ski Tech I
From: Iowa (CO for last 40+ yrs)
Outdoors: Biking, Hiking, Fall Leaf Peeping…
Spotlights: 20+ countries visited, loves safaris in East Africa, brilliant & patient bike technician, favorite post-ride eats: Walter’s 303 Pizza or Broken Bones BBQ
Scott Marcum - Associate Store Manager / Bike Tech III / Ski Tech III
From: Info coming soon!
Outdoors: Biking, Jumping Bikes, Killing it on Bikes
Spotlights: Info coming soon!
PJ Shields - Experience Associate / Bike Tech III / Ski Tech I
From: Glasgow, Scotland
Outdoors: Biking, Hiking
Spotlights: Firefighter at Station 20 in NE COS, competed at the 2016 Bagpiping World Championships and met his wife through bagpiping, races for the Trails End Race Team, and loves to ride all the new trails in Salida.
Ben Goodman - Experience Associate / Bike Tech I / Ski Tech II
From: Okinawa, Japan
Outdoors: Biking, Camping, Skiing, Lacrosse…
Spotlight: favorite book is the Park Tool Big Blue Book of Bike Repair his parents gave him for Christmas, races XC MTB for Highlanders (the local high school composite team) and the Peak Devo Gravity team, looks up to his dad for his determination - including when working on bikes.
Sam Cavin - Experience Associate / Tech I / Ski Tech I
From: Texas (Monument last 10 years)
Outdoors: Biking, Camping, Skiing…
Spotlight: straight A student at Palmer Ridge High School, hopes to be a bike engineer someday, races XC MTB for Highlanders (local high school composite team), and finished top 30 three years in a row at DH Nationals for age group on the Peak Devo Gravity team
Cy Knowles - Experience Associate / Bike Tech I / Ski Tech II
From: Minnesota
Outdoors: Biking, Skiing, Hunting, Wake Boarding…
Spotlight: races XC MTB for Higlanders (local high school composite team), favorite ride spot in The Springs is Cheyenne Canon for the descents, and favorite memory is whale-watching from the beach in Maui.