Bouldering · Top rope · Lead · 22,000 sq ft
180 problems on the floor, 22 roped lines, and a fresh set going up somewhere in the building every night but Friday. Pick a grade and watch the sequence light up, hold by hold, the way a setter would show you.
Hands on. Watch where the feet go.
Walls & disciplines
Everything is under one roof and everything is measured, because climbers ask. Angles are off vertical, heights are floor to the last clip.
4.6 m · 10° to 45° · 180 problems
No rope, no partner, mats wall to wall. The Slab is where first days happen. The Cave at 45 degrees is where forearms go to die. Top-outs on the Prow only, and you climb down the stairs like everyone else.
12 m · 16 stations · 4 auto-belays
Sixteen stations, four of them auto-belay so you can climb alone at 7am. Belay check at the desk takes ten minutes if you already know how. If you don't, the class is 90 minutes and $45.
14 m · 6 lines · 25° headwall
Six lines, bolts every 1.2 m, and a 25-degree headwall that keeps the last four clips honest. Lead card required to tie in; the test runs Tuesdays at 7 and takes about forty minutes.
3.2 m · 40° · 96 holds
Ninety-six holds, no set problems, no tape, no grades. Make your own and argue about it. Two fingerboard bays beside it and floor space to actually warm up. The spray wall never gets reset. That is the point.
The set list
Three setters, one rotation, no surprises. When a wall is being stripped only that wall closes, and there is always a sign at the bottom of the stairs. Tonight's row is marked.
| Night | Wall | Angle | Problems | How it works |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | The Cave / The Prow | 45° / 30° | 28 / 34 | Alternating weeks. Strip at 7, brushed and taped by 10. |
| Tuesday | The Slab + kids' corner | 10° | 30 + 18 | Every fourth week. Lead test runs the same night at 7. |
| Wednesday | Top rope stations | 0° to 15° | 16 lines | Half the stations each fortnight: 1 to 8, then 9 to 16. |
| Thursday | Lead lines | 25° headwall | 6 lines | Two lines a night, so every line turns over every three weeks. |
| Friday | Nothing | — | — | Nothing gets stripped on a Friday. Friday is for climbing. |
| Saturday | The Comp wall | 20° | 26 | Once a month, 7 to 9am, before doors. Come watch with coffee. |
| Sunday | The Arête + traverse wall | vertical | 32 + 12 | Sunday evening, quietly, while the yoga class runs upstairs. |
That adds up to 180 problems on the floor at any hour we are open. Every problem gets four weeks, five if people keep coming back to it, and the log book by the desk decides which ones earn the extra week. Setters this season: Nita Fenwick, Dov Aranda and Priya Sundstrom — ask them which of their own problems is lying to you.
Passes & membership
One price gets you everything: bouldering, both rope walls, the spray wall and the training floor. No peak hours, no extra for the cave.
Every wall, all day, in and out as many times as you like. Handstamp holds till close.
Full-time student card, or a birthday after July 2008. Same access, five dollars lighter.
Ten day passes cost $220, so this saves $40. No expiry date and you can hand it to a friend.
Best for twice a monthNo joining fee, no contract, thirty days notice to stop. Pays for itself at four visits.
Where most people landTwelve months for the price of ten — $158 less than paying $79 a month all year.
Two months freeFirst visit
Nobody here is watching you, they are all staring at a hold they can't reach. Here is the whole first hour, in order.
What the tape means
Bring: water, and tape if your skin is soft. Leave at home: gloves, rings, and any opinion about grades formed at another gym. Chalk is $3 if you forget yours.
Come pull on plastic
First Hold sessions run weeknights at 6 and Saturdays at 10. Four people maximum, forty-five minutes on the wall with a setter, pass and shoes included.
1140 Kiln Row, Bellhaven Heights
(555) 018-4402
Parking behind the building, free after 6