★ 5

Excellent bouldering only gym, staff were very kind.
Gym was incredibly well maintained and all of the facilities were exceptionally clean.
They honor the industry pass!

Jordan at the front desk was incredibly good at his job!

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★ 5

This is my absolute favorite gym in Pittsburgh. I joined when they first opened and have never looked back. The gym is immaculate, the facilities are pro and the staff is lovely. If you're a person who likes a quieter gym or climbing session this is the place for you!

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★ 5

First time visit during saturday evening was great! Gym was not busy at all. Really enjoyed the puzzles. Very clean facility and super friendly staff! Oh and they have phone tripods around the gym so you can record your send!

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★ 5

We were in Pittsburgh Area for 3 days. My son is a competitive climber and has been to many gyms in Philadelphia and New York area. This is one of the best gyms we have been to and for an amazing price. There were many routes and enough for everyone from the v8 climber (son) to a v3 climber such as myself. My son loved the full cave. He spent hours climbing in and around that. We loved it so much that we went back before coming home from the area. Highly recommend the gym. If we are back in pittsburgh area, we will definitely return.

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★ 5

From out of town and was looking for a place to boulder. One of the best climbing gyms I’ve been to! Facility is massive and there are so many problems to try. As well as full fitness center and training board too. Staff was awesome as well. Definitely will be back if I’m in the area!

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★ 5

Great gym! Super clean, staff is great, good music, and great mural by a local artist I love. Will be climbing here more!

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★ 3

Clean facility, spacious gym, and friendly staff!

It's definitely great for beginners, but the route setting doesn't feel quite as fun or creative as the other rock gyms in pittsburgh. The pads are also very stiff, so it hurts a little more to fall here. It's also bouldering only.

They do validate parking for 2 hours.

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★ 5

Great and always fun!

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★ 5

I love everything about this place. The employees are friendly and helpful and the weightlifting equipment is top notch. The boulders are set very nicely and they do a great job at maintaining high quality in the boulders.

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★ 5

I took the day after Father’s Day off work to bring my kids here for the afternoon. This place was MASSIVE! There were challenging wall climbs galore!

We had an excellent instructor who gave us an overview of the entire experience. The manager helped us by honoring the Father’s Day promo, and get the beginners setup for fun.

Very clean!! My kids loved it and want to go back. The areas are color coded, and have labels for easiest to hardest. There are areas for free climb and billets.

Great staff, helpful even when a few climbed up the wall but did not want to return back down, the staff helped talk them down. THANK YOU!

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★ 5

Everything is very clean and organized, and bathrooms are spotless and offer toiletries.

The rock climbing walls have a large selection, with a range of beginner to advance paths. I do like there are multiple angles and challenges to the walls. They also have great padding for you to land on, a bit firm, but it does a good job of keeping you safe.

The prices are great, costing under $30 to climb for the day, or under $20 if you already have shoes and chalk.

Overall amazing facility, and I will definitely be back to train again!

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★ 5

Great experience, clean facility, staff is very helpful, not too crowded.

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★ 5

Modern and well maintained boulder gym. Staff are friendly and helpful. The routes are enjoyable.

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★ 5

Great people, climb options, and gym area! Also the bathrooms have showers, lockers, a foot washing station, lotion for after climbing dryness, and nail clippers. A truly wonderful climbing gym.

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★ 5

I truly enjoyed my first experience. The staff was very help and informative. Super welcoming and the facilities are extremely clean. Love the bathroom/locker room. A lot of accommodations for ladies.

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★ 5

Nice gym. There are a ton of boulder routes and a nice looking gym. The setting was generally pretty good and the place was clean, well lit, and well staffed. The change rooms were quite nice. Overall, a nice place to climb in you are in the area

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★ 5

Our family had a great time visiting FA Climb. Our kids from toddler to teenager had so much fun and did not want to leave. The gym was exceptionally clean, well-lit, and inviting. The rock walls offered many options for all skill-levels. Thank you for a great activity we could all do together as a family.

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★ 5

Had a great time, very kind and welcoming employees, as well as other people.

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★ 5

Great experience as I’ve never rock/boulder climbed before and just happened to stumble across FA while walking around station square. So many options for the different levels. Appreciate the discount on parking as well. Don’t forget to bring your parking stub to get the discount!

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★ 5

Great facility with so many options to climb and workout - the space was easy to navigate and made for an awesome family activity day!

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★ 5

Very fun, and friendly environment!

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★ 5

First time going and the space and setting is amazing. Would definitely recommend and come again

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★ 5

Great atmosphere. The facility was clean. I went with a friend who’s been climbing for years and my nieces who never climbed before. There were plenty of fun and challenging routes for everyone.

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★ 3

setting is ehh, and free liquid chalk dispensars are gone:(

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★ 5

Plenty of area to climb for various skills. The staff were professional and fun. I really enjoyed the day there and plan to go back soon

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★ 5

We had a great time today, it was our first time there. There are plenty of walls to climb, and they give you everything you need.

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★ 5

A great bouldering gym. The place was clean, the routes were fun and diverse, the staff were friendly and personable, and the gear I rented was in great shape. I also love how they have grade meet ups once a month, yoga, and events otherwise. Not to mention, the building is beautiful. I loved the wood ceilings and big windows. Such a lovely place I’d love to return to.

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★ 5

I was in town for work and had some free time, so I decided to checkout FA Climbing, and I was SO impressed! There was a huge variety of routes ranging from beginner to advanced. I particularly enjoyed the arch in the back of the gym! In addition to a massive climbing area, there was a fitness and training room, gear shop, and yoga studio. Super thankful I was able to stop in for a couple of hours during my visit to the city!

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Visiting from CO, definitely the best setting and best walls in the Pittsburgh area. They have a cave and plenty of climbs that go above v7! 🤩

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★ 5

Such a cool gym

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★ 5

Cheapest day pass in the city and they validate parking. Largest climbing gym in the city as well.

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★ 5

Beautiful facility (and super clean)!!
Super kind and helpful staff!!
Had a great time!!

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★ 5

My colleagues and I had a great time learning to climb/boulder at FA! We worked with Nicole to set up the group lesson and it couldn't have been better. Shout-out to our instructor Evan; we all learned a few tips and tricks, even the more experienced participants.

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★ 5

In town for a conference and wanted to climb to unwind. This gym was a gem to find! It's really spacious and has a good variety of climbs (styles, difficulty, length of route). If I lived in the area, this would definitely be my home gym!

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The perfect experience 👌

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Friendly staff. Multiple meetups and events going on.

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★ 5

Such a nice bouldering gym. Not too busy, really great routes for all levels of climbers and super duper clean!

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★ 5

Big enough space to have different boulder routes. The weights area are a big plus and is not too busy most of the time. The place is also nice and clean. Love the gym and the people. Hoping the gym would last forever!!!

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★ 5

This gym is great and the people that work here are greater.

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★ 5

My favorite climbing gym in the city! FA's staff is always so kind and helpful, and the facilities are spotless. There's a great sense of community here, and I've never felt pressured or outcasted as a new-ish climber. I look forward to many sends ahead at FA!

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★ 5

Great gym with friendly employees who care. Facilities are always clean. Large enough that it never feels too crowded. Challenging climbs for all levels and frequent route setting. They do a good job of scheduling regular events to keep things interesting. Hard to think of a single complaint honestly, it's a great spot.

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★ 5

Fantastic staff and route setting! Clean gym, spacious, and great community. Responsive to feedback and constant member events to attend

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★ 5

From the staff to the extra details of LED lights in the cave, FA Climbing a 5/5 experience. The environment is welcoming of everyone no matter if you’re brand new to climbing or if you were born with rock in your hands. Not to mention a fantastic training area for all skill ranges. I will 100% be coming back soon!

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★ 5

Partner and I both got memberships a few weeks ago and have been loving it here! Not sure how long this promotion lasts but since we signed up as a pair the initiation fee was waved. It’s very community based and less competitive than other gyms we have been to. It’s not just the staff that’s friendly and approachable but the other members as well! I think that all the different events/classes (both climbing based or non-climbing based) definitely add to this environment and we filled up our calendar with all the different things to do this month. It’s usually not overly crowded but even with league nights it’s not overwhelming and still really easy to hop on the wall! Route setters seem fond of crimps so my finger strength will definitely be improving quickly!
Over all - great location, parking validation, free chalk dispensers, great community and staff, welcome environment for all🤠

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★ 5

We celebrated my daughter's birthday and it was a great experience! Easy to set everything up for the event, very responsive to email pre-event and day of party our instructors were great! All the guests had a wonderful time, and was a first time experience for many of them. Thank you!

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★ 5

Genuinely nice people here. I had a great first time experience here, and I can't wait to go back!

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★ 5

Went in on a whim with 4 kids! The two ladies that got us all checked were friendly and patient. We climbed for about 2 hours and will defiantly be back soon!

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★ 5

Great place to challenge yourself and have fun at the same time! Staff is friendly and the faculty is very nice! They even have a gym!!

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Had a great first time bouldering. The yoga class was really nice and gets relaxed and stretch before boulding. They had a lot of beginner friendly climbs and we had a really enjoyable time

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★ 5

I had such a great experience at FA Climbing! The staff was super kind and helpful. The atmosphere of the gym was great for never having climbed before, and I will definitely be going again.

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★ 5

So much fun and a great workout!

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★ 5

Awesome indoor climbing. Great climbing walls, really clean and great and friendly staff. Will definitely go back

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★ 5

Fun Boulders, helpful staff. Walls are high making for an exciting experience.

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★ 5

First time. Humbling experience, but great place very friendly staff

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★ 5

Great place to climb and hang out. Staff is cool and helpful. And the building is really clean

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★ 5

Best gym in the area! The women with green highlights at the front desk was so welcoming and answered all my questions. Felt at home and definitely my gym of choice for now on! 🧗

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★ 5

This place is really fun! They have good prices for military, students and teachers. It’s very organized and clean, and not super crowded that you can not climb. Staff are soooo nice and d approachable, and there are so many good places around to eat.

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★ 5

One time last night with my two sons and had an awesome time. The staff was friendly and helpful. They have yoga facilities and a complete gym on the premises as well.

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★ 5

I've been a member for around a year now, and I've genuinely enjoyed my time here. The gym maintains a clean and inviting atmosphere, making each visit a pleasant experience. One of the perks of being a member is the ability to bring friends (first timers only or you can use your points) along at no additional cost. I've had the chance to introduce several friends, all of whom found the gym appealing as well. Additionally, their yoga classes are a personal favorite of mine. Overall, it's been a positive and enjoyable journey at this gym.

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★ 5

A nice bouldering climbing gym. Bring in your parking ticket for 2 hours of validated parking. There are showers, a yoga room, a decoy board, free weights, treadmills, and a stairmaster.

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★ 5

Absolutely killer bouldering gym. Tons of different problems that cover every style of climbing. The actual workout room/gym is also really nice. The cave they have is probably the nicest I’ve ever seen. They did a great job with the layout.

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★ 5

Climbed here while I was in town for CWA. Fun boulders, awesome staff!

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Came on a busy Saturday afternoon, and couldn't have been more impressed. The staff were super friendly and helpful, the climbs were creative and fun, and the whole place had a community "3rd space" type of vibe that is my favorite thing about climbing gyms. Looking forward to my next visit.

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★ 5

Super awesome place, friendly staff and cool nametags.

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★ 5

They may be the outsiders of the PGH gyms, but they are building community that is just as welcoming and friendly as any of the other folks 'round here. Setting is quality for, what I assume, is still a green bunch–it'll only get better as the group keeps working together. The terrain here is diverse so you've got plenty of styles to train with. Staff are friendly and the space is clean. Check em out!

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Nice place, friendly staff, fun bouldering

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★ 5

Great place to have fun exercising together as a family. Plenty of space to climb!

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We saw a Groupon for a family deal so tried it out. Was worth every penny. Would have been worth it full price. Staff was very helpful and very good with the kids. All of the kids asked to have their next birthdays at First Ascent. We will be back many times.

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★ 5

Very friendly staff. Great orientation for new clients as well as for those new to the sport. Clean facilities and great amenities. Kid friendly.

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★ 5

Super cool place, first time climbers dont get frustrated. It was alot of fun and great customer service

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★ 5

Awesome space! Staff very friendly and helpful. Fun, clean, welcoming. Can’t wait to go back!

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★ 5

Arrived at 10 AM on a Sunday and was welcomed warmly with enthusiasm and professionalism! What an impressive space! It was immaculate… and when it started getting more crowded there was still so much room to climb any route I wanted! All walks of life were enjoying the gym: young, old, families, and groups of friends. I can see why- this space is so welcoming and not the least bit intimidating! It was so much fun watching the more advanced climbers challenge themselves and it was so comfortable for me to work on improving my strength and technique on beginner routes. I will be back to play again soon!!! Oh, and the staff was helpful, friendly, and attentive too!

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★ 5

World class bouldering gym with beautiful and clean walls of every angle. Setting is creative and interesting, and community is really friendly. The training facility and yoga studio are also amazing with a variety of equipment. They validate parking so make sure to bring your ticket in. I'd come here every day if I could!

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★ 5

Great fun today! I like that it's a day pass, we could climb, then eat, then climb again. The bathrooms are very nice!

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★ 5

The person working there was friendly, helpful, thoughtful and clear explaining everything about the climbing walls. Also the place was clean and spacious.

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★ 4

Visited one time. My compliments to the route setters. The routes were SO FUN and had the perfect level of "challenging" for my climbing experience. Probably the best routes a climbing gym has out of the other bouldering gyms in the city. 5 stars to the experience. 4 stars because it was annoying to have to take my shoes off to go in the bathroom just to wash my hands. There should be a sink (unless I didnt see it) outside of the bathroom for people to wash their hands without having to go in a bathroom. Also, location. I used to live in Chicago. I am familiar with this company which is based out of Chicago. It seems like someone with a chicago lense picked the location of this gym since this gym is in more of an "urban" location. It's in a very inconivent location and in a touristy area. The gym seemed to attract first timers and out of towners rather than local, consistent climbers. No judgment because climbing is for everyone! but there seemed to be a lot of first timers and young families. It didnt feel like a "climbing community." Take that with a grain of salt because I was only there once and could have been an aytpical time and day I was there . This would be my home gym if it was in a better location (for me). Also, Wish they had a FA Pittsburgh page to follow on instagram to keep up with. They don't seem to advertise well because I had just recently heard of this gym and a lot of my fellow climbers didnt know this gym exisited.

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★ 5

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★ 5

Excellent bouldering gym with a wide variety of terrain and well-set problems. Love that they open at 6am on weekdays.

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★ 5

Went for a kids' birthday party and had a blast. I decided to climb as well and we both were helped out getting shoes that worked and then led through some warmup exercises and safety talk and ten set free to try the courses or routes. Lot of fun, arms and hands gonna be sore tomorrow, kids all had a great time.

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★ 5

The staff here were AMAZING! Emily was incredibly helpful to work with for booking our event and ironing out the details. Nicole & Laura were professional and attentive during the day of and they did an excellent job of wrangling the wild children from my daughter’s birthday party. The facility itself was impeccably clean and spacious, with more climbing structures and surfaces than I’ve ever seen in one location before. Everyone went home exhausted and happy. Plus, validated parking for 2 hours! 10/10!

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★ 5

Very nice staff, great routes, the free liquid chalk spots around the place was a nice touch that I haven't seen before

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★ 5

Great gym with a lot of climbs. I liked the route setting style that they used. It is a much better fit for me than another popular gym in the city - there is a reliance on technique for the climbs and not necessarily just the brute strength. I love the gym and will visit again in the future

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★ 5

This was a fun new experience for my 8 year old (and I climbed with her too) - the staff at FA Climbing Station Square was very helpful, informative and friendly - there was plenty to do, and even taking a lunch break, we were there for a few hours climbing and playing ping pong. The day passes offer a lot! It was great exercise, fun to challenge child and myself, and will definitely go back.

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★ 5

They check everything off on the list, very clean, great service, and great community. And of course there is a great number of roots, with a great variety of styles, from slab to almost roof-like features. With the amount of routes, I can definitely not see myself going there and getting bored anytime soon.

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★ 5

The staff was great. Very friendly. It was nice they took the time to give you tour of the facility and a quick tutorial of the bouldering scale. We’ll go back there!

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★ 5

Quality routes and friendly staff. I hope this place could be more crowded.

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★ 5

Great gym! The staff was very friendly and engaged in conversation about various routes as I was climbing. I particularly enjoyed the free liquid chalk available throughout the gym and overall cleanliness of the place. They also had nice lounge areas and even validated parking at the Station Square parking garage!

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★ 5

Great climbing location! I may be a little biased towards one of the other climbing gyms due to their practices particularly towards the other climbing gyms. But the staff here are very friendly, helpful, and provide a very inclusive environment! I recommend this gym to everyone I know with an interest in rock climbing (bouldering)

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★ 5

This place is totally amazing! Friendly and helpful staff. And bouldering is just totally cool. The facility is clean, bathrooms spotless, and the other facilities for fitness are fantastic.

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★ 5

Nice facilities, warm staffs!

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★ 5

Really impressive facility, one of the nicest I’ve ever been too! Challenging routes, friendly staff, and plenty of options for climbers of all skill levels. I’ll be sure to come back next time I’m in Pitt.

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★ 5

I've been climbing here for a month, and it's a perfect place to do both climbing and other workouts (weight lifting, aerobic exercise, etc.). They also offer a towel and a locker for free (so far at the least). Regarding the route setting, routes are mostly dynamic-oriented (not exactly dyno, but dyno-ish) rather than balancing-oriented. I like such settings but some might want more balancing-oriented routes.

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Great place! Very spread out so you have room to climb without a ton of people around. Staff is super friendly and helpful.

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This is the nicest climbing gym I've ever visited. It is huge with walls well spaced out, plenty of seating all around, and a good variety in the route types at all grades. Just wish one was in my town

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★ 5

Wow! I’ve climbed at a few dozen rock climbing gyms, and this is one of the best I’ve been to. It just hits everything you want from a gym:
- Friendly and welcoming staff, who gave a tour, helped newbies know what the norms are, and helped climbers who asked for help trying to figure out how to finish a tricky problem, or find a good route to try.
- Easy parking, and they even validated our ticket for 2 hours for free.
- Good route setting. Seriously fun problems here for everyone in our group, despite different body sizes and experience levels.
- Clean facilities
- Yoga studio
- Weight lifting equipment
- Decoy Board! Like a symmetrical Moon Board or Kilter Board.
- Very reasonable pricing, and free equipment rental for first timers.
- I know I said it before, but I really liked the staff here. Very welcoming and friendly.

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★ 5

Nice place, teacher's discount, lots of climbing routes. Great for casual, fun exercise.

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★ 5

Best climbing gym I've been too. They have everything.

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This place is awesome, so happy to have a climbing gym a little closer to those of us in the South Hills. They have so many walls that will be great for the beginner and vet. We took the intro class with Bryan he was very informative and knowledgeable. Look forward to many more visits

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★ 5

Spacious climbing facility with friendly staff open to everyone from beginners to seasoned professionals. Love the yoga rooms and gym equipment.

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★ 5

Excellent climbing gym with a lot of space and a great workout area. You can give your parking ticket from neighboring lots to the people at the front desk, and they will automatically discount it. This makes parking free if you're there for ~2 hours and cost $1-$2 if you're there for longer.

I was skeptical about another bouldering gym given we already have Ascend and Iron City, but this place did not disappoint.

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★ 3

Routes are nice, but the mats are not safe IMO. A little pricey, but a higher-end experience with less people could justify the price. All-in-all not bad.

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★ 5

Awesome new climbing gym! It also has the best workout area out of any other climbing gym in Pittsburgh, hands down.

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★ 5

This was my second time climbing and it was a lot of fun! They even label the difficulty of climbs, and for a new climber like me this was helpful. The staff was incredibly friendly. There is also a work out section (free weights, cables etc) as well as a yoga studio.

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★ 5

My 9 yr old daughter and I were very nervous about her climbing without a harness. It was her first time, but by the end my daughter felt really comfortable and can't wait to go back.

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★ 5

Great new climbing facility at Station Square.

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★ 5

Everyone is super friendly and the variety of climbs available is great. Perfect for all ages! Except for infants, and most babies. A toddler would probably not do well in this type of environment. So it is not, in fact, perfect for all ages. Perfect for all those of climbing age, I suppose, which is probably subjective and different for everyone. Like, could I climb at 4 years old? Probably not. But that doesn't mean there isn't some talented four-year-old kid out there who can boulder with the best of 'em. To the parents of that kid: Keep him/her/them going, train them hard, and instill in them that one day they will bring their family and community honor by earning gold in the Olympics. If the Olympics still exist when the kid is old enough to go...at this rate, the world itself may not exist by then. But I digress. Fun gym, check it out before the world is destroyed by global warming or nuclear fallout!

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★ 5

Great place!

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★ 5

Lydia is the Yoga Queen! But I also need to add after belonging to other gyms 🏋️‍♀️ this one is very welcoming and supportive atmosphere without the stink eye and judgment.

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★ 5

We visited for the grand opening and had a great time! They staff was super friendly and quickly gave us all the information we needed to get started. A quick safety video helped ease my concerns and taught us proper techniques.

We will definitely be visiting again soon!

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★ 5

Great staff and really an outstanding gym. Bathrooms are fantastic, so many routes, and a great experience overall.

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I had the opportunity to to go before the official opening, it was my first time rock climbing and I could not have asked for a better experience! The staff was amazing and very helpful with tips and advice. Everyone was very friendly and the space and their offerings with a gym and yoga was much more than I expected. I definitely plan on getting a membership and recommending to my friends.

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