Mountain Outfitters outdoor gear shop shut down last fall, after almost 40 years in business. Owner Doug Bittinger said it was “one of the most difficult decisions” he and partner Cindy Reese ever made. After the best year ever in 2020, when the pandemic drove hordes of people into the outdoors and into outdoor gear shops, an economic storm led to the worst years ever for the Breckenridge gear shop. “It all goes back to housing,” said Bittinger, who bought the store with Reese in 2012. The explosion of home prices during the pandemic drove away his workers, who could not afford to remain in Breckenridge as new owners took over properties, he said. He was short-staffed an
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