★ 5

I was doing laps, on the five auto belays after a 3-year layoff.

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This is a really great gym. Has everything you need, fun routes, clean, super friendly staff. It's an overall win.

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One of the most unwelcoming climbing gyms I've ever been a part of. Between the people at the desk and the boomers climbing on weekdays, its a constant reminder of how toxic the climbing community has become.

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★ 5

If you're a visiting climber, this is the place to meet locals. If you're interested in climbing, the instruction and/or classes are excellent. There are many yoga classes offered as well. The atmosphere is very friendly and welcoming.

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★ 5

Great staff and gym! I learned about body movement by taking a class. Definitely worth the $25 for a 90 minute class.

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★ 5

My daughter and I bought two week membership for our resent say. I can’t say enough about this special place. All the staff members were friendly and helpful. Matt gave great directions when setting us up and I could tell he worked with kids the way he interacted during the instructions with my 8 year old. Over all we came in almost every day, there were plenty of 5.6 to 5.9 routes for her to challenge herself on. Highlight for me was getting to see my daughter grow every day and progress little by little up there big walls.

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★ 5

Had my son's birthday party here. Super fun! Zach and Corey were fantastic with the kids. All the kids, at different climbing levels, had a great time. Thanks, Blue Granite! I highly recommend the gym and its staff.

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I also want to highlight how incredibly supportive this gym is of the Tahoe community. They go above and beyond—helping fundraise for youth who might not always be able to afford climbing, hosting nights for those with adaptive needs, and giving back in so many ways. It's really impressive to see a business so committed to making climbing accessible and welcoming for everyone.

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Having spent a while in Colorado climbing at the best gyms there, and in Tahoe, this is one of my favorites. Tall walls with plenty of difficulty climbs and incredible route setting.

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★ 5

Great gym! Well run with awesome route options, special events and yoga classes!

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★ 5

Great spot to get some climbing exercise in between times you can be on the rock. Pretty quiet and chilled when I've been off-peak.

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Took the intro class with Gianna and it was great! Very excited to explore more of the gym and improve on their great variety of options. Staff is friendly and welcoming as well!

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Great place. Friendly staff. Highly recommend to anyone wanting to tryout climbing.

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Solid little gym that does a lot with a little. Most things I could ask for amount to having more space, including the limited parking (there’s roadside parking around the corner).

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★ 5

Friendly staff and great routes

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★ 5

Blue granite has better setting than any Bay Area or LA gym. Also love saying hi to Sergio at the front desk, such a great climbing community.

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★ 5

Nice place, more than just a climbing gym. There's a sauna and some nice spots to hang out.

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Love this gym!

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Absolutely in love with this place!

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Cool climbing gym! The front desk guy gave us a tour and explained everything thoroughly. It was my first time climbing and I had a good experience. Totally recommend for anyone who wants to try this out if you haven't it's an experience. I believe I remember it totaling up to about $60 or so for an adult and child. We had to borrow the shoes and gear so if you have that it would be cheaper. Either way I think it's worth the stop for some memories. (:

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Awesome climbing gym! Just getting back into climbing in Tahoe, Blue Granite way exceeded my expectations for a climbing facility in our little mountain town. Lots of routes, auto belays, a weight area and classes. Stoked!

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Great gym, new and great vibe. Amazing friendly staff. We had an adoption event and Fundraiser here. The owners are so chill and Tahoe folk are the best.

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Awesome staff. Great environment and great route setting. They host so many events that bring the community together. I've climbed in many gyms across the country, and this is by far my favorite.

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Amazing climbing gym!

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We had an awesome afternoon at Blue Granite climbing gym. The staff, owners and members are so friendly and welcoming of us as truly rookie climbers. We will be back next time our travels bring us to Tahoe!

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★ 5

Great gym, has a clean tension board. Staff is very friendly and they offer an industry professional discount. Whenever I am in Tahoe, I will go to this place.

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Bouldering section: 4/5
Rope Section: 4/5
Staff: 3/5
Safety: -69/5

The gym was extremely understaffed, but the whole layout was really cozy and had some overall good setting. I’ve been climbing for 5 years and have visited gyms in different countries and a majority of the US. This is the ONLY gym I have ever seen neglecting safety of boulders on every level imaginable. The way the bouldering section is designed is immediately set up for injury. The major and biggest flaw that should be addressed IMMEDIATELY are the large gaps in the crash pads on the gym. I finished my climb and fell from the top of the wall and my entire leg fell sideways into the crack of the pad, fracturing my right tibia, putting me out of climb for the months to come. Again I have been climbing for years and have visited over 50+ different gyms, not a single one had empty unprotected gaps IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MATT. This is absurd and should be fixed immediately to prevent any future injuries. Despite the lack of safety, this gym is pretty good!

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★ 5

Had an amazing experience here! I’m a beginner rock climber and went later in the day. Not too many people, the gym is a bit on the smaller size but has amazing routes and two stories full of stuff to do. They have routes that use auto belays and ones that require a normal atc. In addition, their bouldering routes are great too! Lastly, my favorite part about today’s experience was the staff. The man at the front desk was very kind and helpful!

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Nice climbing gym with good sets. I only had a chance to boulder here, but I enjoyed what was there. The bouldering area is upstairs and is on the smaller side with 3ish walls, part of it a cave. There’s also a kilter board next to the bouldering area. We were there while they were resetting one of the walls, so unfortunately we couldn’t climb everything there. The workout area of the gym is really good considering how small the gym is. I wouldn’t be disappointed if this was my home gym and will return when I’m in the SLT area again.

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★ 5

Sick place

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★ 5

Amazing gym and great community. Has enough of everything.

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We stumbled on this while visiting Tahoe! What a great space, vibe and so kid friendly with different rock climbing and bouldering levels. Employees and members were really friendly and inclusive. The space is very well laid out, clean and my kids loved it so much they are still asking to go back. We can’t find anything close to this where we live.

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Fun small town gym. Clean and professional. The route setters always put up fun and creative lines. There's a few auto belays in The Pit. Also, there's a Kilter Board!

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★ 5

Great experience. The staff was very helpful.

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★ 5

Blue Granite is an amazing climbing gym. It has really become a community staple for South Lake Tahoe. I feel fortunate to be a member here and am so grateful that this place exists. From the yoga and fitness class offerings to the bouldering, top roping & sport climbing wall.. there’s also a fitness area too. This gym is awesome!! Check it out! There is also a lounge, sauna and a gear store. I’ve made a lot of friends in this space over the years and am grateful for that!😌

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★ 5

Great modern gym, fun routes, super friendly staff. Also loved the 4-week membership, which is a perfect deal for a monthly visitors.

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Jacob has been an amazing help, all the staff is friendly and knowledgeable. Thanks for always being helpful

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Blue granite is an ideal climbing gym. The friendly staff allow a very friendly environment to go. The top roping and bouldering rating are very close to outdoors, so expect to be humbled upon arriving. I highly recommend this gym to anyone who wants a positive environment to climb.

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★ 5

The gym is small, but it has a bit of everything - bouldering, sport climbing, gym, sauna.

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Best climbing gym for the price ever, rad people. Awesome sauna!

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Really well-run gym. So much nicer than all the big corporate gyms.

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This is my favorite climbing gym. The staff are always so nice and happy to help. Great route setters are always hard at work providing us with a fresh and challenging experience in both the top rope and Bouldering sections.

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Great place if you are looking for a nice community of Kool Kidsss! And by kids, I mean young adults 😎 Good vibes all around. Nice rocks too.

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lovely staff, great vibes. highly recommended

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Fun little gym in town. The bouldering room is a bit small, but they make up for it in route setting.

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Great gym

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The gym was clean and the community was really wholesome

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Fabulous, lots of routes for all levels (but skewing a bit more towards intermediate/expert), good rental equipment, community events.

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It’s the best!

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Great climbing gym for all level climbers. Workers were super friendly and nice and the customer service was great as well. Overall very good, had no complaints.

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It’s my favourite place. Ariel yoga is excellent. Love the sauna after bouldering.

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I didn't fall to the ground !

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Sweet little gym with a nice vibe. Been here twice so far and def not disappointed. The boulders are fun, haven’t tried the ropes yet. There’s a kilter board too and an area with lifting equipment. Staff is friendly and helpful and community seems nice (no brobrahs have been encountered yet). And, most importantly, there’s a sauna <3

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★ 5

Great small gym in the south lake Tahoe area

Cool boulders - mainly tried the steep stuff and enjoyed the new set

Friendly staff gave me a discount for being a coach 🙏

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Blue granite is the best little local climbing gym. Gianna, and her crew, are some of the liveliest I’ve ever met. I love it there.
Suana, showers, yoga, climbing, bouldering, all the things. Amazing place.

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Great Place 🧗‍♂️

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Great climbing gym, a little small but friendly people and a great little community

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There are few climbing gyms that are as friendly and inclusive as Blue Granite in South Lake Tahoe.

Finding climbing buddies is a breeze and the gym has something for everyone.

The setting is appropriately graded, the hold variety is great, and the movement on the climbs is far from simple ladders and big moves.

Full workout setup with some machines + decent locker room and a sauna.

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Very nice staff, fun routes, bouldering, rope climbing, auto belays, tea, training area.

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★ 5

Your local climbing gym! Great community of people, none of that pretentious climbing gym vibe you see elsewhere. Staff are super friendly, knowledgeable, and engaging. Climbing and bouldering routes are updated quite frequently. I like that they do a community rating process of routes and problems to decide difficulty. BG has a great selection of yoga and exercise classes with some awesome teachers. Small exercise area with limited equipment, but it gets the job done.

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Great gym.

If I had a vote, I would vote to only allow liquid chalk. Folks were out of control with loose chalk and airborne chalk the other day. There aren't any chalk eaters, as well

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★ 5

Quaint local climbing gym with great setting and what looked to be a great community. The draw for me was the sauna!

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★ 5

Great facility, awesome fitness and yoga classes, and a wonderful community & staff. Would give six stars if I could!!!

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Six and a half stars !
Great climbing gym and business. They are super nice and friendly to everyone and very fair too. From regular people to world class “dirt bag” rock stars this is by far the best climbing gym in South Lake Tahoe . I give it my highest (no pun intended with altitude) recommendation!

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Sweet place to climb

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Always friendly staff, that has done a good job to make a safe environment to climb. Fun for all ages

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SHAME on you, Blue Granite. I called ready to pay for the discounted 30-day membership at $55 today in order to exercise before my full-time job due to the smoke, and not only was I treated extremely poorly by your very inept and incompetent “front desk manager,” Henry, I was also told I couldn’t pro-rate 10 of my 30 days due to the fact that I would be flying out of state for 10 days in that bracket. I wasn’t even ASKING for a discount, just some calendar flexibility. Sorry not sorry, but in the world of small local community businesses, you should be more flexible to the needs of your established local residents.

Reprehensible way to treat your community members, I will be taking my business elsewhere.

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Great gym with everything you need to get strong. Staff is great too!

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I don't think I've ever written a business review, but i am so grateful for Blue Granite being built in South Lake Tahoe. My previous residence in Paradise CA had no indoor climbing for 100 miles. This has helped me reignite my passion with rock climbing.

A minor addition i wanted to add is that they no longer have a coffee bar, but i never got coffee there and i dont think many members did. Still remains a 5/5 climbing gym for all of its other awesome features.

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Amazing place! And has a sauna 👌

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I want to start off by mentioning I have never provided a review on an establishment before; however, after my experience at Blue Granite today, I felt compelled to do so.

My two sons ages 8 and 12 have shown a recent interest in learning to climb. I took them to Blue Granite on a Saturday at around 10am and was immediately greeted by a very professional young man (Ivan) at the front desk.

Ivan welcomed my family and I and squared my boys away with some climbing shoes and harnesses. We were provided a tour of the beautiful facility and given a very thorough introduction to safety and climbing.

It was not long and my boys were literally climbing all over the walls in the gym.

The facility was exceptionally clean and the other patrons were friendly and helpful to my boys.

Our day pass afforded us the opportunity to leave for a few hours and return at our leisure. We left for lunch and visited family in West Shore then returned the same evening for more climbing as the boys couldn't get enough!

We live in Pollock Pines and will definitely be back to attend more classes to better our knowledge in safe climbing practices with hopes to take this outdoors during the spring and summer months.

Thank you to Ivan and the Blue Granite team for such a memorable experience.

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It was a pretty busy New Year's Day, but the other patrons were super friendly. The gentleman at the front desk patiently did his best to meet everyone's needs and provided belay training for several of us on the fly. Thanks for that, man!

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Friendly staff

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Great staff, amazing gym routes changed regularly!

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so grateful we have a climbing gym... it is really nice

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This was the most incredible experience and the staff so very thorough and kind. I'm addicted!

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Amazing gym

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Friendly helpful staff. Nice high walls. Fun place to climb for out of towners who may not have time to go outdoors or if the weather is bad. The Refuge cafe also has great grilled Cheese and smoothies. I recommend the blueberry smoothie with espresso beans. It's delicious.

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★ 5

A fabulous space and great route setting. 👌🏽

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Love this gym!! In south lake for the summer and have loved it! Super nice people and very well run gym!

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We were visiting and looking for something to do. We had never been to a climbing gym and now my kiddos are hooked. The staff was helpful and very nice. We would go back for sure.

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Great gym, excited to visit again. Good bouldering problems.

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Amazing facilities and great staff. This new climbing gym is everything a gym climber would want. Though the gym is a little isolated on the edge of town it is relatively quiet and not too crowded.

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So happy to have climbing gym in Tahoe! Place is great!

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Fantastic facility.

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Great progression for the area...the owners and staff are wonderful people.

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blue granite is such a great addition to the community! Amazing staff and i love that they have a full gym on top of their climbing equipment. My kids love it too!

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Very nice, small town family oriented climbing gym.

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Great place for all ages. Has sauna and coffee shop as well. Awesome to be able to climb in winter months.

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Very cool place! Would love to be a member if we lived nearby!

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Very clean, and great routes/atmosphere. Staff is very friendly.

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Amazing gym with friendly staff and awesome routes. Great stuff!

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Best staff ever!!

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Great gym at a great price.

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Amazing gym with friendly and knowledgeable staff!

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10/10 only complaint is the water fountain could use more pressure

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★ 5

Really just an awesome place. Fun routes, lots of variety, friendly climbers, and the staff are way cool. Definitely recommend the Foundational Movement class for beginners, I learned a TON and Zach was a great teacher!

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★ 5

Fantastic team, great climbing facility. Took their introduction class and for 1.5 hours I learned so much and came back to actually climb and purchase gear. The staff was so helpful and welcoming, bought their punch card pass. Looking forward to more climbs!

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★ 5

Very welcoming climbing gym, their intro class helped us start having fun the first day. We ended up finding a new sport to love! Staff is very friendly and helpful!

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Very clean,professional, and fun environment.

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