Document and Entity Information - shares	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Nov. 13, 2015
Entity Registrant Name	Alpine 4 Technologies Ltd.
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2015
Trading Symbol	alpine
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Central Index Key	0001606698
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Common Class A
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		55,066,243
Common Class B
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		16,000,000