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City Climb Gym

4.8 ★★★★★ 120 Google reviews · Climbing gym in New Haven, Connecticut

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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
  • Belaying ropes gyms teach belaying or check your certification at the desk; bouldering and auto-belays need no partner and no belay test
  • First timer? bouldering needs zero experience — rent shoes and walk in; staff will point you at the easiest problems
  • Kids programs classes, camps, or youth teams mentioned — check the current schedule
  • Yoga & fitness mentioned alongside the climbing — ask about the class schedule and what a pass includes
  • Ages 0–18 — the gym's own stated range
  • Memberships available — worth asking about if you'd climb more than a few times a month
  • Today see hours ·
  • Phone (203) 891-7627
  • Website cityclimbgym.com

Hours

Monday 2–10 PM
Tuesday 2–10 PM
Wednesday 2–10 PM
Thursday 2–10 PM
Friday 2–10 PM
Saturday 10 AM–8 PM
Sunday 10 AM–8 PM

Hours can shift for holidays, competitions, and youth-team practice — worth a quick check before a special trip.

What's inside

Walls and programs at City Climb Gym, confirmed by climbers' own reviews.

🪨 Bouldering Gyms 5 mentions

“If you are a beginner like we were we walked in for a 30 min belay session, that included the shoes, and with it we could stay as long as we wanted to boulder.”

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🧗 Top-Rope Climbing 4 mentions

“Florence at the front desk was super engaged and helped us get top rope certified and gave lots of good tips about the gym!”

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🪢 Lead Climbing 5 mentions

“Ive been climbing at City Climb for almost 2 years and just took the Lead climb class last night!”

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👦 Kids Climbing Programs

“They have a kids club and also a climbing team”

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What climbers say again and again

The things reviewers bring up again and again across 120 Google reviews — with their own words as proof.

👶 great for kids 2 mentions

“My kids are in the climbing club once a week and love it-they never want to leave!”

🧗 great route setting 2 mentions

“The route setting here is unique and full of personality with something challenging for climbers of all levels.”

🔰 beginner friendly 5 mentions

“If you are a beginner like we were we walked in for a 30 min belay session, that included the shoes, and with it we could stay as long as we wanted to boulder.”

😊 friendly staff 5 mentions

“The staff is super nice and helpful, and the climbs have a range suited well for all climbers (V0 - V9, 5.”

🤝 welcoming community 10 mentions

“I am a beginner and found the staff and other climbers to be so welcoming it was more like a community vibe rather than a competitive gym type atmosphere.”

From the reviews

Honestly such an amazing gym! The community is super friendly and it truly feels like a second home. I've made countless new friends and grown exponentially ever since I began climbing here. Everybody is so supportive, making this gym an excellent place to train and to hang out.

★★★★★ — Ella, Feb 2022

City Climb Gym is amazing! You can expect to be welcomed into this gym by kind and caring individuals (staff and members) that are extremely encouraging to one another and always happy to lend a helping hand. Climbing is such a good form of exercise, and this gym has a great community.

★★★★★ — Katie, Oct 2020

I have to admit I feel better about myself after I completed a few of those walls, it being me and my BFs first time doing this we had fun & I found out he's spider man which is dope, we deff plan on coming back after we pop and heal the blisters on our hands as well as finish picking the massive wedgies we got.

★★★★★ — Lory, Jun 2021

This is a New Haven gem for anyone looking for an authentic rock climbing experience indoors. The staff is amazing! Always encouraging and supportive no matter what your level of climbing is.

★★★★★ — April, Mar 2021

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Kids classes & camps at City Climb Gym

Reviews and the gym's own info mention kids programs at City Climb Gym — climbing classes, school-break camps, or a youth team where kids learn technique from coaches instead of just scrambling around. Program schedules and age groups change each season, so check the current lineup before you plan around one.

Where to find City Climb Gym

342 Winchester Ave, New Haven, CT06511

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