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| - Let me preface this by stating that I am a rock climber and that gym climbing is usually just training for me. I didn't come here for my kid's birthday party or to try "climbing" indoors, so if your visit is geared toward that...my review will be of little utility.
That being said, this is an alright local climbing gym. The staff is friendly, most are psyched on outdoor climbing, which is rad, and recognize that the world does exist down the road beyond the myopic scope of the climbing gym. Not much pretense either, with the exception of one female staff member who is quite rude.
As far as the facility itself is concerrned, overall, it is a well-utilized facility with a solid variety of options and extremely well-used space in terms of route density. The boulder problems are super fun, challenging, and varied. Rad! A lot of the proper routes put up, on the other hand, are bad to poor. Some are fun, aesthetic movement , while others are just difficult to be difficult and awkward. Route settin' ain't easy, but somebody's gotta do it (isn't that part of a rap song?) and these guys are trying hard I am sure, and they do a decent job. At least it isn't like many other climbing gyms where it goes from cruising to a sudden boulder problem to cruising.
The cleanliness of this gym and the maintenance on the routes is lacking. The place is undeniably dirty - I'm not asking for a climbing gym that I can eat off of the floor of, but like someone else mentioned....don't want to be getting ringworm from the climbing gym. The bathrooms are also pretty gnarly.
A huge detractor to this gym is that they do not have a water fountain there. While it's not a huge deal to bring your own nalgene from home, it's a pain in the ass when you don't remember and find yourself parched during a climbing session.
Overall, it fits the bill for a decent place for locals to train when the weather is bad or time simply does not permit heading a few miles down the road to Red Rock.
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