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Best of · climbing gyms

Best gyms for beginners

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40 ranked gymsUS nationwide

Ranked list

Standout beginners gyms

Ranking methodology

  1. Number 1: Method Climbing Gym

    mixed climbing · Newark, New Jersey · indoor climbing · bouldering

    36 documented

  2. Number 2: The Spot Thorton

    mixed climbing · Thornton, Colorado · indoor climbing · bouldering

    31 documented

  3. Number 3: The Gravity Vault Hoboken

    mixed climbing · Hoboken, New Jersey · indoor climbing · bouldering

    29 documented

  4. Number 4: Mission Cliffs

    mixed climbing · San Francisco, California · indoor climbing · bouldering

    32 documented

  5. Number 5: Rocknasium

    rope climbing · Davis, California · indoor climbing · boulder walls

    26 documented

  6. Number 6: Philadelphia Rock Gym

    mixed climbing · Oaks, Pennsylvania · indoor climbing · facility size

    28 documented

  7. Number 7: Class 5

    mixed climbing · Torrance, California · indoor climbing · bouldering

    28 documented

  8. Number 8: Central Rock Gym Cambridge

    mixed climbing · Cambridge, Massachusetts · indoor climbing · bouldering

    29 documented

  9. Number 9: Movement - Belmont

    mixed climbing · Belmont, California · indoor climbing · bouldering

    27 documented

  10. Number 10: Ruckus Climbing Gym

    mixed climbing · Jamestown, North Carolina · indoor climbing · bouldering

    29 documented

  11. Number 11: Velocity Climbing

    mixed climbing · Brownsville, Florida · indoor climbing · sport routes

    24 documented

  12. Number 12: Central Rock Gym

    mixed climbing · Kennesaw State University, Georgia · indoor climbing · climbing terrain area

    28 documented

  13. Number 13: The Gravity Vault - Middletown, NJ

    mixed climbing · Middletown, New Jersey · indoor climbing · bouldering

    24 documented

  14. Number 14: Movement

    mixed climbing · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · indoor climbing · bouldering

    28 documented

  15. Number 15: Movement Plano

    mixed climbing · Plano, Texas · indoor climbing · bouldering area

    27 documented

  16. Number 16: Steepworld Climbing & Fitness

    mixed climbing · Billings, Montana · indoor climbing · bouldering

    26 documented

  17. Number 17: Alaska Rock Gym

    mixed climbing · Anchorage, Alaska · indoor climbing · facility size

    26 documented

  18. Number 18: Movement Gowanus

    mixed climbing · New York, New York · indoor climbing · bouldering

    27 documented

  19. Number 19: Movement RiNo Climbing + Fitness

    mixed climbing · Denver, Colorado · indoor climbing · bouldering

    26 documented

  20. Number 20: Central Rock Gym

    mixed climbing · Tampa, Florida · indoor climbing · bouldering

    26 documented

  21. Number 21: Movement San Francisco

    mixed climbing · Sausalito, California · indoor climbing · bouldering

    25 documented

  22. Number 22: The Studio

    mixed climbing · San Jose, California · indoor climbing · bouldering

    26 documented

  23. Number 23: The Gravity Vault

    mixed climbing · Chatham, New Jersey · indoor climbing · bouldering

    24 documented

  24. Number 24: Berkeley Ironworks

    mixed climbing · Berkeley, California · indoor climbing · bouldering

    23 documented

  25. Number 25: Boulder Rock Club

    mixed climbing · Boulder, Colorado · indoor climbing · bouldering

    25 documented

  26. Number 26: Central Rock Gym

    mixed climbing · Doraville, Georgia · indoor climbing · bouldering

    26 documented

  27. Number 27: Momentum Indoor Climbing

    mixed climbing · Seattle, Washington · indoor climbing · bouldering

    25 documented

  28. Number 28: Movement Climbing, Yoga, & Fitness

    mixed climbing · Denton, Texas · indoor climbing · bouldering

    26 documented

  29. Number 29: Movement

    mixed climbing · Portland, Oregon · indoor climbing · bouldering

    23 documented

  30. Number 30: Movement Baker

    mixed climbing · Denver, Colorado · indoor climbing · bouldering

    25 documented

  31. Number 31: Scrapyard Climbing Collective

    mixed climbing · Holland, Michigan · indoor climbing · bouldering

    24 documented

  32. Number 32: Central Rock Gym Stoneham

    mixed climbing · Stoneham, Massachusetts · indoor climbing · bouldering

    25 documented

  33. Number 33: MetalMark Climbing + Fitness

    rope climbing · Mayfair, California · indoor climbing · lead wall height

    26 documented

  34. Number 34: Momentum Rock Climbing

    mixed climbing · Houston, Texas · indoor climbing · bouldering

    25 documented

  35. Number 35: Central Rock Gym

    mixed climbing · Atlanta, Georgia · indoor climbing · bouldering

    24 documented

  36. Number 36: Mesa Rim Austin

    mixed climbing · Austin, Texas · indoor climbing · top rope lead wall height

    24 documented

  37. Number 37: Momentum

    rope climbing · Midvale, Utah · indoor climbing · climbing terrain

    24 documented

  38. Number 38: Movement

    mixed climbing · Baltimore, Maryland · indoor climbing · bouldering

    26 documented

  39. Number 39: The Front - SLC

    mixed climbing · Salt Lake City, Utah · indoor climbing · bouldering wall height

    25 documented

  40. Number 40: First Ascent Arlington Heights

    mixed climbing · Arlington Heights, Illinois · indoor climbing · climbing terrain area

    22 documented