Brand New?

We’ve got you covered! Although it is not needed to climb at our gym, our Intro to Climbing class will give you all the basic skills to start climbing our top ropes! This class covers how to properly secure your harness, give commands, belay your climber, and how to catch a fall and lower them back to the ground. Then you’re all set to start your climbing career. For more information on classes, please click here.

Kids

Climbing is an amazing family activity, and we have routes available for all age ranges. Children of any age can partake in our climbing, however children under the age of 14 must be supervised by an adult while climbing in the gym. Children must also be at least 14 years of age to belay in the gym.

Belay Requirements

Anyone that would like to belay in our gym must be belay certified. This means you must pass our belay test. If you are brand new to climbing the best way to do this is to take our intro to climbing class. If you are confident in your ability to belay, you can opt to take the test instead. The test is free and can be administered throughout the day for any interested participants. Please note, any person that would like to belay must be at least 14 years of age.

Top Rope/Auto-Belay

Top rope climbing is a style of climbing in which the climbing rope passes through a set of anchors at the top of the climb and back down to the belayer. When you think of “rock climbing” this is what you picture. This is the most common style of climbing, and the most user friendly for climbers wanting to make the move from auto-belays to more advanced styles climbing. Perfect for beginners and experts, top rope climbing in our gym has something for everybody!

 Bouldering

Bouldering is a style of climbing that is performed without the use of a rope or harness, but don’t worry you stay pretty close to the ground. Because of this, bouldering utilizes shorter but more intensive moves to provide a challenge to climbers of all levels.

Lead Climbing

Lead climbing is a style of climbing in which the climber ties into the rope at the ground without it attached to any anchor points. The climber protects their falls by clipping the climbing rope into quick-draws hanging from the wall as they climb up. Falls while lead climbing are generally longer than falls on top ropes. Therefore, additional skills and training are required for both the climber and belayer before they can lead climb.