Boulder is the densest climbing-gym city in America — 13 gyms for a town of 107,000, which tells you everything about who lives here. The Spot is the bouldering institution, Boulder Rock Club the ropes stalwart, and half the customer base climbs outside at Eldorado Canyon on the weekend. Expect strong setting, strong climbers, and no shame in falling — everyone here is training for something.
4.7 ★★★★★ 455 reviews
Multi-use recreation facility featuring indoor basketball and tennis courts, plus a pool, climbing gym, soccer pitch, and ice rink.
4.7 ★★★★★ 406 reviews
This indoor rock climbing facility offers freestanding boulders & training equipment for all levels.
4.7 ★★★★★ 390 reviews
Besides a rock wall, this gym offers yoga classes & other training programs for all levels & ages.
5 ★★★★★ 361 reviews
Professional mountain guides and climbers lead backpacking tours, expeditions and river trips.
4.8 ★★★★★ 234 reviews
Indoor climbing gym with kids' classes, plus parties, camps and open-gym sessions for 2.5- to 19-year-olds.
4.2 ★★★★☆ 261 reviews
Busy gym featuring challenging climbing walls, along with fitness & yoga classes.
No rope, no partner, no experience needed — these gyms have bouldering walls: University Of Colorado Boulder Recreation Center, The Spot Bouldering Gym, Boulder Rock Club, Colorado Wilderness Rides And Guides, Movement Boulder, ABC Kids Climbing. New to it? Our bouldering vs rope climbing comparison covers which style to start with, and the bouldering gym directory has the full national list.
These gyms host birthday parties with staff belayers and party rooms: The Spot Bouldering Gym, Boulder Rock Club, ABC Kids Climbing, Superhuman Academy - Parkour, Trampoline, Tricking. Read our party-planning guide before you book — every guest needs a waiver signed by their own parent ahead of time, and that's the detail that ruins party days.
Parents rate these highest for kids classes, camps, and youth programs: The Spot Bouldering Gym, Boulder Rock Club, Movement Boulder, ABC Kids Climbing. Our kids climbing guide covers the real age minimums and how classes, camps, and teams differ, or browse the full kids climbing directory.
During my time in CU Boulder, I spent most of my time here. The perfect REC center inside out, can easily spend hours in here and every thing is available, free weights, lifting rooms, machines, 20 different type of cardio machines. I miss this place and highly recommended
Visited while on travel, and this gym is officially tied in first place for the most fun climbing gym I've ever been to. Every route, regardless of whether or not I knew I was going to flash it, was an absolute blast. The walls and holds were suitably clean (the fastest way to lose stars in a review!
Excellent staff, excellent route setting. The best community there is for a gym in Boulder! A great workout room, moonboard, bouldering, and of course rope climbing!
