Central Rock Gym

West Hartford, 99 Shield St, West Hartford, CT 06110 | β˜… 4.9 (147 Review)

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Central Rock Gym West Hartford offers indoor rock climbing, fitness, and yoga! This facility has bouldering, climbing training boards, fitness equipment, a yoga room, and saunas!

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Joseph DeMarco

β˜… 5

Great boulder gym and great atmosphere. Variety of different challenges for climbers of all ability from beginners to competitors. They also offer an assortment of classes for climbers, training and yoga!

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Mr E

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JEFERSON EXE

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Pete Sullivan

β˜… 5

They only have bouldering but if that's your thing then this is a good place to go. They have a wide range of difficulties and some other less-climbing related things like yoga.

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Jack Doshi

β˜… 5

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Justin Lagassey

β˜… 5

I love bouldering here!!! Great setting, kind staff, very clean facility.

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Kyle Doll

β˜… 5

Would give 4.5, nice modern and clean with solid amenities, layout could fit more climbs as only the outer walls have climbing but this leaves a large empty space in the middle with a bunch of couches
Climbs are solid but grades are frankly bad, easy graded climbs are a bit too hard and V5-V8 are all very similar

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Nathan Artruc

β˜… 5

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Gino Penasa

β˜… 5

Great little gym. They have around 50 color circuit problems and decent variation in their walls. The grading is a little variable but overall good. They also have a fitness area. Definitely go!

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Jeff Melnick

β˜… 5

Central rock is pretty great so far. I'm from Houston Texas where I used to climb, and Central Rock is the only local climbing gym that gives me a similar professional experience.

I've visited the Glastonbury and West Hartford locations so far and the employees are nice at both places. The routes are great, but maybe a bit softer than back in Texas.

Really looking forward to continue my membership there and meet more of the community.

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Paris Sideris

β˜… 5

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Dylan Cocco

β˜… 5

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D B

β˜… 5

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fscsoccergirl

β˜… 5

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Joey D

β˜… 5

Nice, clean gym. Not huge but had a little bit of everything to work on. Chalk stations were really nice to see. I only did a drop in so I don't know if it gets really busy but it was quite the day I went and I didn't have to wait or "fight" to climb what I wanted to. If it does get busy, I could forsee issues with a lot of the routes intersecting with each other. Overall a great spot and I enjoyed dropping in.

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Erica Keeley

β˜… 5

Awesome bouldering gym. I love the setting style and the open layout. Always clean. I really wish the hours were better (open earlier) so I could enjoy it more, but I won't knock off a star for wishing for more time ;)

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Michael Flanagan

β˜… 5

I broke my leg here. The deductible for surgery was $6000

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Farnoosh SaeediNejad

β˜… 3

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Will Schwarzer

β˜… 5

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Ginger Jacobs

β˜… 4

Solid bouldering gym. Spacious with a good spread of grades up to V9 and varied movement. A nice mix of holds as well. Training facilities included two adjustable boards (Kilter and Decoy), campus board, and a few fingerboards (although these were not adjustable and some of them were set at weird heights). Tidy and decently equipped fitness area, including several squat racks, benches, and a cable machine. There is also a yoga room and a bathroom with showers (no towels though, and water temperature is meh).

The space felt a bit under-utilized and barren, with a large open area in the middle of the floorplan which could easily host a sick bouldering island. Maybe something steeper than the surrounding wall angels? Fun climbing, again, but not particularly stiff.

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Steven Hollis

β˜… 5

Was in town seeing family and had some time to kill. As a climbing enthusiast I was both impressed and challenged. Wouldn't have gone anywhere else.

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Solin Kim

β˜… 5

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Joey Donohue

β˜… 5

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Matt Tassiello

β˜… 4

awesome climbing gym. lots of bouldering problems for all skill levels. friendly staff. could use some more exercise equipment (some hammer strength style machines, some cables and a couple more benches would put this place over the top).

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Monica Leal

β˜… 5

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A G

β˜… 4

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Libby M.

β˜… 5

This gym has such a variety of overhanging walls and slab. The kilter and decoy boards are awesome for training. There’s a great variety of styles as well. I’ve gotten stronger climbing here. :)

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Taylor Engels

β˜… 4

Great gym, needs to be open more

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Joseph Adamski

β˜… 5

It's a bouldering gym with a ton of boulders and very modern secondary facilities like a weight room. Has two great boards (I think they are decoy brand?) something missing from other gyms.

My only complaint atm, is I hope the hours expand to a little earlier on weekdays eventually. I would like to come use the weight room on lunch breaks.

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N G

β˜… 5

W place! It was so fetch.

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Rita Gorbenko

β˜… 5

It’s a very safe environment to learn and grow as a climber. The climbs are exquisite and very fun to climb on. I would definitely recommend giving this gym a try!

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Amelia Tyndale

β˜… 5

amazing staff and large sinks 10/10

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Anna Mendonca

β˜… 5

Great gym, lots for any level. They also switch up the rocks so there's always something new. Also pizza parties every month.

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Max Carlino

β˜… 5

Cheech’s setting is making this place great!

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Yifan Wang

β˜… 5

world class route setting at this location.

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Tom E.

β˜… 5

Great rock climbing gym with a nice variety of routes!

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Alex Kaliszewski

β˜… 5

Great bouldering gym, with plenty of place to socialize in between climbs. Seems like they update regularly.

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Peter Marshall

β˜… 5

Awesome new climbing gym in my area!

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Chelsea Benoit

β˜… 5

Love this gym and the whole facility. Have taken a yoga class as well. Would recommend!

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Michael and Karissa Christiano

β˜… 5

Love CRG WEHA! Gym is awesome, kept clean and a great environment.

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Karissa Steltzer

β˜… 5

Brand new gym! Always clean, friendly staff and new paths weekly. Highly recommend

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Isaac Silk

β˜… 5

Great bouldering gym. Super nice wall features, excellent setting and two training boards. Highly recommend

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Konrad Jandzinski

β˜… 5

Goated on the sticks!

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Echoe Lim

β˜… 5

This gym is better than any gym in CT! Absolute fire😫

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Oliver Malkus

β˜… 5

Love it here! Friendly staff, good climbs

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Charlos Parlos

β˜… 5

Good setters, and way less kids than Glastonbury

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Kara Prichard

β˜… 5

This is the best place ever. Get noodles tho.

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Erica Evans

β˜… 5

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Brian Blass

β˜… 5

These places are great. I've been to three of the gyms and each one is cool and different. I'm not a great climber but it's fun to try different routes and see other climbers who are better.

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Brandon Mead

β˜… 5

The gym is clean, I like the route setting, and there is free chalk available. Also a variety of other convenient features.

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flynn lantz

β˜… 5

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Wesley Dz

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Tobias Eckert

β˜… 5

Really good gym! Strong points include an exceptional hold order, high quality routesetting, and really good natural light among many other things

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Patience Bearse

β˜… 5

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Jacob Pollock

β˜… 5

Got a good deal with Groupon. Spent about 1.5 hours. Lots of different routes, and they change with regularity. I went with a friend and we had a good time. Very clean bathrooms.

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Timothy Kwan

β˜… 5

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Joe Amarello

β˜… 5

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William L Cabrera

β˜… 5

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G Salvo

β˜… 5

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Lisa Michele

β˜… 4

So far I'm really enjoying this gym. The staff is friendly. The weight/cardio room is well equipped but usually empty so a nice place to get a private workout. The routesetting is pretty good, I like that they do more of the "oldschool" style of setting rather than the gymnastic/comp style that's popular elsewhere.

The gym is definitely geared more towards intermediate climbers. I'm a long time climber coming back from time off/injury and I find there are enough VB-V2 to get a good workout in. I wish they'd add an extra "downclimb" hold or two so that it's possible to downclimb to the floor without jumping.

The gym is surprisingly busy all the time, there aren't really "off hours".

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Ashley Caron

β˜… 5

New to bouldering and this is a great place to learn some new climbs!

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Luke Olari

β˜… 5

Solid bouldering, great for training! Welcoming to new and experienced climbers!

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Mackinly Yorgensen

β˜… 5

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Sydney Walters

β˜… 5

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Ashley Hampton

β˜… 5

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Neil Gagne

β˜… 5

Nice bouldering gym. Very clean and has a good amount of routes. It usually isn’t super crowded so it is easy to get on a wall

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Justin Gough

β˜… 5

Great gym with bouldering only. Good variety of walls and style of climbs.

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Toni Moore

β˜… 5

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Corey Willix

β˜… 5

What a phenomenal gym!

Friendly staff - love the variety of climbs and classes, spacing and levels....well done!

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Will Roser

β˜… 5

Excellent new gym, great boulders and community!

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Tiffany Lavada

β˜… 5

Great Boulder spot

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Aedan Bagunski

β˜… 5

So much fun, highly recommend

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Robert Garland

β˜… 5

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Tim Mele

β˜… 5

My new favorite bouldering gym!

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Kaitlyn Hiller

β˜… 5

This gym is SO nice and new! Everything is super clean here and very spacious. I love the variety of climbs they have as the brand new chalk bins they offer.

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Eli Doggart

β˜… 5

Interesting routs set fairly often

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Maura

β˜… 5

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Garrick Leclue

β˜… 5

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Kellyanne Cahill

β˜… 5

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John Quinn

β˜… 5

Best bouldering in the state!

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Aurore Henry

β˜… 5

Great spot for bouldering - problems are on the tougher side πŸ‘

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Chantal Henry

β˜… 5

Awesome addition, great environment and bouldering

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Julie Ghizzoni

β˜… 5

Fun place, great challenges

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Michael Ghizzoni

β˜… 5

Awesome Bouldering routes. Will definitely be back for more!

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Rachel LaRosa

β˜… 5

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Zhihua Gan

β˜… 5

Great addition to the CRG Glastonbury!

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Connor m

β˜… 5

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Griffin Lavine

β˜… 5

Best boulder gym eva

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sebastian rengifo

β˜… 5

5 stars all around! Great staff and the best bouldering around!

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David Macharelli

β˜… 5

Nice bouldering gym with interesting routes. Clean and new. Worth a visit.

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David C

β˜… 5

Was so excited when this opened. Great space with a wide variety of boulders for all levels. A great spot for bouldering.

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michael arslanyan

β˜… 5

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Delaina Pedrick

β˜… 5

This gym is so new and clean I love climbing here! Phenomenal setting

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Cooper McCom

β˜… 5

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Michael Powell

β˜… 5

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β˜… 5

Staff was very nice when I have been considering I don't usually go to this location. Eevryone there made sure I was set and knew what I was looking for. Can't recommend them enough.

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Christopher Gonzalez

β˜… 5

Very fun, great with friends and nice way to stay active

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Vyvy Nguyen

β˜… 5

Super open gym and a lot of overhang climbs! I love the outside sink to wash up so you don’t have to go to bathroom to wash your hands.

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Eyan Rolfe

β˜… 5

Newish bouldering only gym...which is great because I primarily boulder! It is a bit farther than my usual gym but is worth the trek for the greater variety of boulder routes. Decent weight area and yoga room available.

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Heather Haggerty

β˜… 5

Love it here!!!

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garlic bread

β˜… 5

Amazing bouldering and great staff

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Evie Garland

β˜… 5

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Troy Sward

β˜… 5

Legendary climbing

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Elise McClellan

β˜… 5

Love the new branch! It’s good spot for some bouldering and it’s in great new facility.

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Meghan Cahill

β˜… 5

Great bouldering!!

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Neeyor Devtale

β˜… 5

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Yusuf Zaidi

β˜… 5

Awesome

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Thomas Logsdon

β˜… 5

Brand new bouldering gym the settings great and it even has a kilter board

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Brianna Leone

β˜… 5

I love this gym. It has an amazing atmosphere with a welcoming community.

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Caleigh A

β˜… 5

awesome place to go bouldering

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Tyler Clement

β˜… 5

Super clean, fun setting and friendly staff

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Eren E

β˜… 5

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Nate Ayer

β˜… 5

Plenty of challenging boulders and a very good fitness area. Love the added challenge of the steep cave. Highly recommended! The staff is second to none!

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Shannon Downey

β˜… 4

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Eliot

β˜… 5

Super fun bouldering gym with a ton of options (moonboard, kilterboard, etc)

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Talya Berger

β˜… 5

I have climbed at CRG West Hartford many times now. The setting is both fun and challenging; the walls are reset often enough where you don't get tired of the problems, but not too often that you cant project. The amazing staff quickly volunteered to helped me set up the kilter and decoy apps on my phone when I was having trouble. Can't wait for the sauna to open!

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Dylan McClure

β˜… 4

Awesome bouldering spot with regular gym equipment if you don't feel like climbing! Grips are a little rough because they're new, but that'll be fixed soon

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Brianna M

β˜… 5

My favorite bouldering gym by far! The overall atmosphere is so relaxed, very open with tons of nice lighting. I’ve been to a few CT gyms, and this is the one I’d choose to bring both newbies and seasoned boulderers alike.

The climbs themselves have a great range, from VB up to V10. I love the variety of sets they have as well. There’s multiple inclines, slab, and everything in between, AND there’s usually traverse climbs, dynos, and even coordination starts.

I also love the hand-washing station separate from the bathrooms. β€˜Cause sometimes I’m too lazy to walk to the bathroom but you gotta wash that hands.

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Ann Wetstein

β˜… 5

Love having a new climbing gym in the area. Great bouldering. Frequent resetting, from super easy to super hard. Friendly, helpful, professional staff. Great climbing community. Super clean. Lots of parking.

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Zina Zygmunt

β˜… 5

The climbs are hard, but in a good way!

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Kathy Granata

β˜… 5

Great place. Awesome location

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Natalie Smith

β˜… 4

All bouldering gym! The holds are a bit rough to the touch, but as they get worn it it won’t be an issue. So happy they added another location, but I do wish there was at least some auto belays.

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Devan B

β˜… 5

Been a long time member of the Glastonbury location so having a change of environment is much appreciated. The gym is great for meeting new people and getting a good climb in

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Matt Voelker

β˜… 5

Central Rock in West Hartford is a brand new facility. Excellent, grade accurate setting and friendly welcoming staff can be expected. Awesome place for climbers of any ability. Highly recommend.

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Themelis Pelekanos

β˜… 5

Love this place. still waiting for the sauna to open!

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Mateo Alvarez

β˜… 5

Such a good environment! Everyone wants to help you learn and get better. Hidden little gem for weights and lifting too. Promotes you finding a group of friends.

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April Masters

β˜… 4

Smaller than I thought. They should have built some boulders in the middle of the room.

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Vanessa D

β˜… 4

The holds are really bad and the routes aren't really challenging.

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Adrienne N

β˜… 5

A fun place to boulder with a great community full of friendly people.

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Christiaan Boll

β˜… 5

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shoshana pursley

β˜… 5

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monster kitten

β˜… 5

Climb rock yes

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Silke

β˜… 5

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David sands

β˜… 5

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Eric Nadolnik

β˜… 5

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Anya Jensen

β˜… 5

I'm glad they opened this location as its helped a bit with crowds in Glastonbury and offers another convenient location to stop by. There's a salvation army and brewery/coffee shop nearby, which makes it fun to spend a Saturday in the srea. Lots of fun bouldering problems and variety, and there's always plenty of parking. I've always been able to find a spot to sit, and it never feels overly crowded, but I may be going at off hours.

The staff are all super friendly, and I found the weight room met my needs.

Only real complaint is that the holds are brand new so I shred my hands every time I go. I'm waiting for the holds to wear down (or my hands to toughen up) before I make it a regular spot for me.

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Cynthia Mathieu

β˜… 5

Great gym for bouldering

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Nic L

β˜… 5

Totally worth the drive down for some awesome bouldering. Excellent job by the setters. And wow, super nice facility

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Shelby Hedrick

β˜… 2

PROS: Nice facility and friendly staff but they have a ways to go to be great. It's a bright space with plenty of room to spread out. The bathrooms are large and nicely done. The setters do a good job at setting new routes frequently.

CONS: There's no yoga or workout classes at the gym yet. The props that they've purchased for the gym (yoga mats, blocks, lack of resistance bands) are low quality. The afternoon only on weekdays hours are inconvenient. The weight room is missing mirrors and all of the treadmills, bikes, stair steppers etc face blank walls. Whoever designed this was definitely just a climber and not a gym goer. This gym had such potential to make the already expensive membership fees of CRG in the Hartford area worth the money but it's not quite there. Compared to other large climbing gym memberships that I've owned around the country, CRG has been the most disappointing.

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Kermit Adams

β˜… 3

Visited last night to just check it out, many really good features but still a lot of development needed. Super friendly staff and hopefully they will bring some Tai Chi classes in to mix things up a bit ( short Yang form would be great).

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Alex Fedyk

β˜… 5

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Nathanial Chandler

β˜… 5

Great gym, clean facilities, great staff. CRG is top tier.

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Will Henn

β˜… 5

Love climbing here

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Scott Haller

β˜… 5

Amazing new gym! Setting is world class, staff is super friendly, and the open layout can't be beat. Definitely worth checking out if you're in the area!

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Abigail Bassett

β˜… 5

Small but nice gym.

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adam constantilos

β˜… 5

This is a gym for core rock climbers, all the tools you need to level up.

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Tadeusz Witczak

β˜… 5

Great addition to the CRG - clean open space, workout room, yoga and what is most important a ton of great problems

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