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Anteater Recreation Center
4.6 ★★★★★ 487 Google reviews · Climbing gym in Irvine, California
Modern, spacious facility with basketball, tennis, and racquetball courts, plus a climbing wall and a pool.
Plan your visit
- Gear rental nearly every climbing gym rents shoes (~$5–8 typical) and chalk; harness rental is often bundled with a ropes pass
- Waiver always required at climbing gyms — sign it online before you go to skip the front-desk line
- First timer? bouldering needs zero experience — rent shoes and walk in; staff will point you at the easiest problems
- Memberships available — worth asking about if you'd climb more than a few times a month
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (949) 824-1149
- Website campusrec.uci.edu
Hours
| Monday | 6 AM–10 PM |
| Tuesday | 6 AM–10 PM |
| Wednesday | 6 AM–10 PM |
| Thursday | 6 AM–10 PM |
| Friday | 6 AM–10 PM |
| Saturday | 8 AM–8 PM |
| Sunday | 8 AM–8 PM |
What's inside
“Only two disappointments come to mind: 1) climbing wall has no autobelays, which I expect relates to its heavily restricted hours.”
“There's plenty of machines although I prefer to be in wellness center because it seems more inviting than the actual weight room.”
What climbers say again and again
“There's plenty of machines although I prefer to be in wellness center because it seems more inviting than the actual weight room.”
From the reviews
They have several wheelchair accessible machines. Including 2 cardio handcycles and cable weights. The general staff is not well educated on these machines but the Director of fitness and wellness (Courtney Burke's) was well informed. She took the time to show me where the machines are located and how to use them.
Great complex with good management. I went on a weekday morning and there were not many people. I'm interested in that swimming pool, it's very clean.
Fantastic gym. Huge facility with multiple areas for various sports and activities. You can play pretty much any sport here except grass field sports. They even have a squash/racquetball courts!.
I'm a spouse not a student, so I actually pay for the ARC separately, and I am extremely happy to. It is an excellent gym with many well thought through amenities. Only two disappointments come to mind: 1) climbing wall has no autobelays, which I expect relates to its heavily restricted hours.
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