Description
Grand Valley Climbing in Grand Junction, Colorado, is a spacious and welcoming indoor climbing gym perfect for families with kids. The gym features a wide variety of climbing walls—including rope climbs, bouldering areas, and auto-belays—that cater to climbers of all skill levels and ages, making it an excellent place where kids can climb safely and independently under supervision. Children as young as 2 years old are welcome to participate (with some weight and age guidelines for equipment use), and there is a family bathroom with a changing table to accommodate young children and babies[1][3][4].
The facility is clean and well-maintained, with friendly staff who provide orientations and training to ensure climbers understand safety procedures, especially for using the auto-belay systems. This makes it a safe environment where kids can explore climbing with confidence. There are also special classes for kids and both beginner and advanced climbers[1][3].
In addition to climbing, the gym offers other fitness equipment and activities like yoga, creating a fun and active outing for the whole family. The large size of the gym (about 12,000 to 14,000 square feet) provides plenty of space for kids to move around and challenge themselves with different climbing problems at their own pace[1][4].
Overall, Grand Valley Climbing stands out as a family-friendly spot where children can develop physical strength, coordination, and confidence while having a great time in a supportive and safe environment[1][3][4].
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6 Reviews on “Grand Valley Climbing”
I’m surprised there are not more reviews of this place. It’s a neat little climbing gym with some surprisingly tall climbing walls. Bouldering, top roping and lead climbing routes are all available here. There’s also a fitness area upstairs. The locker room has a shower and lockers for storing valuables (cubbies are found next to the main climbing area). There’s even a small store where you can purchase climbing gear. Pretty much you can find all the amenities you’d expect at a typical climbing gym.
One big thing for me is the ventilation. Some gyms are horrible at it and you are pretty much breathing in a ton of chalk and dust while climbing. However, this gym seems to do a great job at ventilating the place! Then on second thought, I haven’t been here on a busy day so I’m not the best judge of that.
There are student, military and family discounts on the monthly passes so that’s something to consider if you are thinking about signing up. The $16 daily pass is pretty pricey, but there’s currently a deal for $8 passes on Wednesdays after 5pm.
I think it is great that there’s an indoor climbing gym in Grand Junction! Super friendly staff and chill vibes here. The only con is the pricing. It’s quite expensive for a small gym… I’m from Seattle where indoor rock climbing was born so you can imagine the gyms there can be pretty big. That said, this gym is relatively small but the pricing is comparable to a much larger gym. Another thing to take into account is the cost of living in Grand Junction, which is much less than Seattle, so lowering the price can potentially bring in a lot more customers.
Our family has been going here off and on for a couple years now. Always a great time to keep the kids busy for a few hours in the winter and the staff is always friendly.
This place is amazing. On vacation from Chicago, my wife ended up in a local hospital with a broken back, after a freak accident in an ATV 60 miles from here. Our twin, 8-yr-old daughters have been, well, sad and timid since, understandably. Enter Grand Valley Climbing, and the 3 fierce but gentle young women who were working there today.
We came unannounced, as the website encourages, but it’s Saturday, so I was nervous. They took us right in and showed us the ropes (*rimshot). My girls have always wanted to visit a climbing gym, but we never had. There were clearly a few great climbers working out, but we novices felt right at home.
I can’t say enough about this place. Normally, we would have been on our own, which I now know would have been fine. But the woman at the counter mentioned that there was a birthday party ending, and the assigned staff person might be up for staying and providing a little instruction. Well, it turned out Rachel WAS up for it, and what a delight she was. She spent an HOUR with my little girls. I can’t tell you the transformation in them, in just that little time. She remarked several times how much she loved this teaching, especially to little girls, and man, it showed. She had them fearless, and 50 feet off the ground in no time.
Upon returning to the hospital, my wife was feeling better too, sitting up in a chair, 2 days since back surgery. Even she remarked how different the girls seemed. Chokes me up to think about it. A huge thank you to Rachel, and everyone else at Grand Valley Climbing. You were JUST what my family needed today.
I use to think this place was so inclusive and welcoming. I have only been here 5-6 times to climb. I was there a couple weeks ago and heard and saw somethings that left me sad. A young girl came in and was greeted with a snarky eye roll and comment of ” do you even climb anymore”. It was odd. The girl responded with a confused “that’s why I’m here”. The girl at the front desk watched her the whole time the young girl was climbing. The look on the older girl’s face (around 20 yo) as she watched her was nasty. I felt sorry for this young girl. I couldn’t help but wonder how much bullying/judgement this young girl (small, maybe around 15 yo) had taken at this gym. It is so sad that ALL kids can’t find a safe and inviting place to have fun. I hope the young girl moves on and finds a more encouraging place to be. I will NOT BE RETURNING
I was pretty disappointed to see employees not wearing masks when it was clearly stated to me (and multiple signs mandated it) that masks were required anytime one was not actually climbing. Furthermore when I inquired and pointed out an individual who didn’t even have a mask on his person that individual got angry and made rude comments to me in front of employees who attempted to deflect his behavior. They stated rules changed so much that they weren’t sure exactly and that it was ‘subjective anyway. It was my first time actually inside a building with strangers since March and I had been assured on the phone that covid precautions would be strictly enforced. It couldn’t have been further from the truth. I will go back but not until the covid situation is resolved. I think its a great gym but not a safe environment to be in under such circumstances.
Our family was visiting from out of town and were looking for a place for our 2yr old to climb and Grand Valley Climbing was close. The owner David was very courteous and hospitable. I was impressed that they did not charge for kids under 5yrs old which is not normal; this was helpful since young kids are hard to keep focused on one task, especially something like climbing. Great place and we will definitely be back!