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Climb Time Oakley

4.8 ★★★★★ 294 Google reviews · Climbing gym in Cincinnati, Ohio

Auto-belays

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
  • Auto-belays mentioned here — clip in and climb ropes solo, no partner needed
  • Ages families visit with kids 11–12, going by reviews
  • Today see hours ·
  • Phone (513) 818-8017
  • Website ctoba.com

Hours

Monday 12–9:30 PM
Tuesday 12–9:30 PM
Wednesday 12–9:30 PM
Thursday 12–9:30 PM
Friday 12–9:30 PM
Saturday 10 AM–6 PM
Sunday 12–6 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 Climb Time Oakley, confirmed by climbers' own reviews.

🪨 Bouldering Gyms 8 mentions

“With a varied boulder wall, dedicated training area, moonboard, suite of autobelays, toprope, and lead routes.”

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🧗 Top-Rope Climbing 4 mentions

“With a varied boulder wall, dedicated training area, moonboard, suite of autobelays, toprope, and lead routes.”

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🪢 Lead Climbing

“With a varied boulder wall, dedicated training area, moonboard, suite of autobelays, toprope, and lead routes.”

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⚙️ Auto-Belay Gyms 7 mentions

“This gym has a lot challenging routes for advanced climbers while also having plenty of fun climbs for beginners on the auto belays.”

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🛠️ Training Boards

“With a varied boulder wall, dedicated training area, moonboard, suite of autobelays, toprope, and lead routes.”

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What climbers say again and again

The things reviewers bring up again and again across 294 Google reviews — with their own words as proof.

🧗 great route setting 2 mentions

“The hard thing to find is quality route setting and a frequent turnover of new routes.”

🔰 beginner friendly 7 mentions

“This gym has a lot challenging routes for advanced climbers while also having plenty of fun climbs for beginners on the auto belays.”

⚙️ auto-belays for solo climbers 7 mentions

“This gym has a lot challenging routes for advanced climbers while also having plenty of fun climbs for beginners on the auto belays.”

😊 friendly staff 6 mentions

“The gym is bright, the holds are fresh, the routes are original, and the staff is helpful and friendly.”

From the reviews

Pretty cool gym - has rope and boulder (I only bouldered). When I went it was crazy busy and a lot of kids, so if you're looking for a more chill experience, maybe see if there's a specific chill time to visit (I went noon on a saturday). Clean, friendly staff, parking lot.

★★★★☆ — H, Nov 2024

It's an amazing facility for all levels of climbers. Our whole family enjoyed the routes, problems, and auto belays. I like how when you walk in there's a bouldering area, which makes it feel more intimate. If you want to get some endurance or train for the Red this is a great place to do it. Great location!

★★★★★ — Sara, Sep 2019

My home gym away from home, I make sure to visit Oakley every time I'm in the cincinnati area. The gym is bright, the holds are fresh, the routes are original, and the staff is helpful and friendly. With a varied boulder wall, dedicated training area, moonboard, suite of autobelays, toprope, and lead routes.

★★★★★ — Ian, Jan 2021

First time at a climbing gym and had the best time! Staff was very nice and explained everything before we got started. Even with no experience I was able to complete a couple v0 routes👍🏼 everyone in the gym was so nice and there was a very relaxing environment! Excited to go again

★★★★★ — Livia, Dec 2023

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Where to find Climb Time Oakley

4460 Orkney Ave, Cincinnati, OH45209

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