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Added by Jopie, at 11 January 2017
Opening Hours
- Monday 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Tuesday 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Wednesday 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Thursday 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Friday 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Saturday 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Sunday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
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13 Reviews
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05 December 2017
Helpful staff, nice local indoor climbing space. Routes changed with okay frequency. Frequently crowded. Good program for teens.
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22 November 2017
I think this is a fine place for what it is. As the name implies, it's really more for bouldering, as the walls aren't that high - maybe 20'. It's funny to think about lead climbing here at all, but I suppose it's a good place to learn. There are a lot of kids and many birthday parties. The holds aren't super clean and the whole place could use a face lift and an increase in vertical space. I had high hopes for a nice gym in Madison, but this isn't it. It'll do and it's a good place to learn if you're starting out.
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22 November 2017
Boulders is a great place for people to practice and have fun climbing the walls. The walls have many different difficult and easy routes to climb. Overall I think this is an amazing place.
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26 September 2017
From a beginners perspective this place was great, only thing keeping it form 5 stars is the fact they have open cubbies instead of lockers available
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13 September 2017
Bouldering routes seem to be graded a bit harder than what I'm used to. Maybe it is just a different style - lots of dynamic/big moves. Also, since the ceiling isn't that high, the routes seem to be about 75% crux. Not a huge place, but I didn't have to wait to climb for the most part. Seems like a fun place overall if you are looking to get in some bouldering.
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17 August 2017
Staff is friendly and the atmosphere is welcoming. Despite the short routes, the settings are creative and fun. It's just really busy a lot of the time and this city needs a new climbing gym.
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04 August 2017
Can I give 0 stars?
After climbing in Boulder, Colorado for years, climbing in this gym was pretty horrendous. The best way to describe the gym is that someone read an article about climbing gyms in men's journal, and called up their friend to build a gym and told him what to build, only they had a poor connection. The I normally can pull about a V5 outdoors after a couple tries, but here the route setting was so inconsistent that I flashed a V8 and couldn't pull a V3. I would recommend that the staff use some of the money they save renting out dated equipment, to take a trip outdoors and learn a few things. Don't even get me started on their top rope belay system. Some day, some time, someone is going to inadvertently die because of the bad habits learned at this establishment.
If you are a serious climber and need to train, I would recommend that you pay someone $20 to hang off their door frame, rather than go here.response / report this review -
05 July 2017
Great place to go and hang off the walls! Nice staff and fun climbing possibilities. Since I have yet to make the step to buying climbing shoes, I climbed in my sneakers, and did it with no problem.
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30 April 2017
Mediocre gym overall. Usually I could forgive the aging walls and mostly grimy holds, but the staff really knock down the experience. Every encounter I've had with the male staff has been very unpleasant. They're rude and incredibly arrogant.
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14 April 2017
Great place for climbing. Good for most ages.
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03 April 2017
Good place to climb indoors. Children friendly and helpful staff.
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13 February 2017
High Quality equipment and friendly staff. Great for birthday parties of any age.
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18 January 2017
THE GOOD: Route setting is high quality. They always have new routes going up for roped climbs and new boulder problems. They have equipment that is in good shape with new ropes getting installed pretty regularly and a nice mix of holds. Their staff is friendly and helpful. The weight room has everything I need.
THE BAD: The gym gets really crowded in the early evenings with large after school groups of youngsters and the after work crowd. They don't open early enough for me to go before work. They could vacuum and sweep more. (+1 star for fixing any one of these)
OVERALL: Boulders is good and improving. They recently added extra storage cubbies for shoes and bags, got all new rental shoes, new paper towel and soap dispensers in the bathrooms etc.
Edit: I think it's an awesome thing that I can climb year-round at Boulders. If not for them I would go crazy.response / report this review
