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| - This is a solid climbing gym on the west side. Note, it is in Peoria not Gilbert. It's a bit hard to see from the street, as the sign on the building just says "rock climbing". It's not far from where my brother lives, so we came here with my sister to do some climbing before I had to fly back to San Jose.
It seems all the local rock gyms don't open until 3pm, this one included. We came a bit after 3 and the place was basically empty except for two or three other guys. Signed a waiver, watched a brief video, and we were ready to go. The guy at the desk was really helpful and gave my brother and sister some reminders on belaying, using a grigri, etc as they hadn't climbed in awhile.
The gym seems pretty new and they definitely had lots of routes up. There's mostly TR routes, a smallish lead area, and a steep overhanging "globe". The bouldering area is kinda small, but includes a tunnel with holds on the roof and a stairway going back down. Also, there are bouldering problems on the walls that have TR routes, so they're definitely making good use of the wall space.
There seemed to be good selection of easy/moderate/hard routes on TR and there were even a few self belay devices if you came by yourself and didn't want to boulder.
There's not really a locker room, but there are separate men's/women's bathrooms and a water fountain. They have a small gear shop selling some basic stuff and you can also buy cold drinks from a fridge near the entrance.
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