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Crimper's Climbing Gym

4.3 ★★★★☆ 162 Google reviews · Climbing gym in Christiansburg, Virginia

Yoga & fitness

Gym featuring indoor bouldering and top-roping sections.

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
  • Yoga & fitness mentioned alongside the climbing — ask about the class schedule and what a pass includes
  • Memberships available — worth asking about if you'd climb more than a few times a month
  • Today see hours ·
  • Phone (540) 251-3040
  • Website crimpersclimbing.com

Hours

Monday 3–9 PM
Tuesday 11 AM–9 PM
Wednesday 11 AM–9 PM
Thursday 11 AM–9 PM
Friday 11 AM–9 PM
Saturday 11 AM–7 PM
Sunday 11 AM–7 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 Crimper's Climbing Gym, confirmed by climbers' own reviews.

🪨 Bouldering Gyms 12 mentions

“This seems to be a really great bouldering gym, but from the top rope and lead climbing perspective it’s not super exciting.”

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🧗 Top-Rope Climbing 6 mentions

“It's come a long way in the years it's been open and now has a dedicated Kilter board, campus board, lifting and weight room, and even some top rope (with autobelays) and lead.”

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🪢 Lead Climbing 4 mentions

“This seems to be a really great bouldering gym, but from the top rope and lead climbing perspective it’s not super exciting.”

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⚙️ Auto-Belay Gyms 3 mentions

“It's come a long way in the years it's been open and now has a dedicated Kilter board, campus board, lifting and weight room, and even some top rope (with autobelays) and lead.”

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🛠️ Training Boards 3 mentions

“It's come a long way in the years it's been open and now has a dedicated Kilter board, campus board, lifting and weight room, and even some top rope (with autobelays) and lead.”

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What climbers say again and again

The things reviewers bring up again and again across 162 Google reviews — with their own words as proof.

🧼 spotless & clean 3 mentions

“New routes are set on a weekly basis, and everything is kept clean.”

🧗 great route setting 4 mentions

“While it's not as opulent as the large mega gyms I love the atmosphere, great routesetting and friendly staff.”

🔰 beginner friendly 4 mentions

“The bouldering problems can be challenging, but there are many easier top roping problems to try if you are a beginner.”

⚙️ auto-belays for solo climbers 3 mentions

“It's come a long way in the years it's been open and now has a dedicated Kilter board, campus board, lifting and weight room, and even some top rope (with autobelays) and lead.”

😊 friendly staff 5 mentions

“Gear for rent is high quality, staff were friendly, we will definitely be going back.”

From the reviews

the grading here is harder than other climbing gyms, and for good reason. very detailed routes with a ton of variety. clean, awesome community and environment to be in for hours. i wish there was a crack to climb but the amount of volumes is more than any other gym ive been to.

★★★★★ — Masha, May 2022

Fantastic gym. Great people. Amazing setting. A real climbers gym and a wonderful community. Also, I stayed here back in 2025 when my humans house lost power (i.e., my water fountain stopped flowing). It was a nice stay, some nice people pet me, and I stayed warm when it was snowing outside.

★★★★★ — Marley, May 2026

First time at this gym. I’m a noob climber so I went with my brother. Yeah hey have a normal weightlifting gym, a decent rock wall and two other types of climbing walls that they have equipment for. I went when they opened so there was only 2 other people there(which was nice).

★★★★☆ — Matthew, Jul 2022

This is a very good climbing gym. It has quite a lot in it despite the small space. New routes are set on a weekly basis, and everything is kept clean. They use colored tape to set the bouldering problems. This takes some getting used to, but it really is an efficient way to use the space.

★★★★★ — Danielle, Jun 2024

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Where to find Crimper's Climbing Gym

100 Central Ave, Christiansburg, VA24073

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