Bolder Climbing Community

Fantastic experience: Bolder is a great place to start climbing. The gym is really fun and staff are super helpful. Denise really helped me get going!

Fantastic experience: This is a great place. I started rock climbing not so long ago. And it's a really cool pastime, especially if you have like-minded people. It's much more fun in great company.

Fantastic experience: Great gym friendly staff and environment to be in. Changes routes every week so there is always something new to work on. Great diversity of grades for all types of climbers. Decent price for a 10 drop in pass and membership pass.

Fantastic experience: Really fun and challenging obstacles. Great atmosphere. My goto for climbing

Fantastic experience: Didn't go , but there sure have good reviews

Fantastic experience: Love the atmosphere and layout of the facility! It’s always super clean, everyone takes turns at the wall and encourages each other. There’s a great warmup area upstairs. There are lots of options for memberships or one time passes so everyone can climb!

Fantastic experience: Was just visiting Calgary but glad I was able to drop by. Really enjoyed the problems at this gym. Facility is nice and clean.

Fantastic experience: Had a great experience here, the front desk clerk has great customer service

Fantastic experience: Prime setting up to the higher grades. Moon 2024 for training Great taste of music! Ended up getting a shirt cause the vibe hit all the spots.

Positive experience: Friendly staff, familiar atmosphere, good vibes and some very motivating climbing. It felt a little unfair though to have to take off your shoes direct at the entrance while soccer mom was allowed in with 4 (!) kids that ran all up and over the place in street shoes for two hours straight.

Fantastic experience: Excellent and consistent route setting. Good variety of skill levels on the wall. Good mutually supportive vibe as almost always seems to be the case in the climbing community. Will climb here again next time through town

Fantastic experience: Great resets and friendly staff. Amazing environment for meeting new friends.

Positive experience: Best boulder setting in the city! Unlike the other Gym in town this doesn’t feel like a corporate factory of classes taking up the facility. The music on the other hand. Not all of us enjoy UK Rap, and using head phones doesn’t work as the music is so loud.

Fantastic experience: Love climbing here. My friend and I go 2-3 times per week when I'm not working out of town. Finally got a one year membership. All the staff are really friendly and welcoming.

Fantastic experience: Climbing is my new addiction! It's tough to meet new people and make friends, but I've met more friends bouldering this past month than I have in the past 10 years!

Fantastic experience: My wife and I love climbing here. Great staff, fun routes. The only thing that could make it better is different music. The hard rap gets old and some positive, upbeat music might be fun sometimes.

Fantastic experience: Brought two 7 year olds thay loved it. Staff was friendly and amazing. I want to go back myself!

Fantastic experience: Excellent facility. Bouldering seems small but the routes are reset quite frequently with difficulty level that are fair. Because of this without any rigorous training I find myself improving. Engaged and friendly staff.

Fantastic experience: My personal preference for indoor climbing. Both locations have perhaps the best interior layout and climbing routes and all around serve a young, lively atmosphere. (Also they never miss with the music taste)

Fantastic experience: Love this gym! Coming from out of town, I was blown away by all their routes. Lots of v0-V3!

Fantastic experience: Both of the Bolder gyms are the best in town for bouldering by far! Love them both! Especially love elevated due to it being closer to home

Fantastic experience: Good walls, nicely organized. Great staff, very kind.

Positive experience: Best bouldering in the city by far. Super clean facility with a good variety of climbing styles in their sets. Staff are all super friendly. Decent coffee as well, but not my personal favourite.

Fantastic experience: Love Bolder! I have started climbing more at their Elevated location, but this gym is great. If I had one criticism: I wish they played fun music here again. The other location has some great tunes that really makes it a blast to climb there.

Fantastic experience: Great facility - tons of variation for all skill levels. I’m very much a beginner climber but I always have a good time here.

Fantastic experience: Great gym! Good setting (a little soft imo), friendly staff, fine workout and seating areas. Resetting is frequent, and they seem to put on events quite frequently! They have a good variety of beverages and climbing products for sale as well. A moonboard, and a good spray wall with community-set problems on the Stokt app put the cherry on top of this gym, making it one of the best in Calgary. One critique: the bass level of their acoustic system is deafening.

Positive experience: Routes were great, nice atmosphere, but the air was super chalky/dusty. I've been to many climbing gyms, so I understand there's always chalk in the air, but this was a bit much for me personally. I would still go again though!

Fantastic experience: Foster and Patrick are hands down the most welcoming staff. Highly recommend Saturday mornings here. It's great vibes.

Fantastic experience: Straight up incredible. Huge facility, top of line walls and equipment. As an intermediate west coast climber, most of the climbs in AB are rated pretty generously allowing new and intermediate climbers to conquer the majority of the climbs. I love it cause it gives you access to exploring the entire setup. My favourite gym for sure.

Negative experience: Today, I came with a group of moms and homeschooled children all under 10. The place was clean, staff were OK but the MUSIC was so loud and completely inappropriate considering it was right after mom and tot time and there's still a big group of kids. Swearing every other word and disgusting rap lyrics. There were more kids than adults climbing in the whole gym. So unprofessional and disrespectful. First time and last time visiting!

Fantastic experience: Great variety of problems, great music choice, a good cafe, nice Rocky Mountain soap co. Soap and lotion?? This place is great. I wish they had a NW location so I could go more often.

Fantastic experience: Awesome climbing gym. Nice atmosphere and fun problems.

Fantastic experience: Super fun! Extremely clean, staff super friendly and happy. The old outed are changing often. It’s a great environment to climb and socialize. The music is pumped and fun. Highly recommend!

Negative experience: First time visiting. Gym was clean, decent settings. Complete lack of a safety orientation is off putting. Staff completely disengaged and preoccupied with texting. Asked for a safety check for top roping and was told our group couldn't be seen to be discussing different ways to tie knots or practicing in any way. As such, we were not able to have a safety check but only able to use the auto belay. (absolutely zero explanation on how to use those safely from staff) As the staff really weren't engaged in anything we were doing otherwise, I am not really sure why a discussion on ways things could be done was such critical failure in our day. Our group has climbed a fair amount in the past so we generally know climbing safety rules but someone with no experience could get seriously hurt here. Do better, I hope that this was a one off and not your normally way you operate.

Fantastic experience: The staff are soooo friendly, especially the cool lady. She gave loads of info and recs for the merch I was buying. They sell climbing accessories from bags to even shoes, and some shirts. The gym is pretty decent-sized. There is a space for working out with pullup bars and weights; a splash wall is there; so is a moonboard; there is a large slab wall; overhanging routes; loads of vertical walls; there is also a cute mini wall with some fascinating routes; and an endurance wall. Interestingly, the gym houses a cafe as well! Very cool.

Fantastic experience: Drove down for a weekend in Calgary and ending up meeting up with friends for an afternoon rock climbing session. Friendly staff, nice clean facility and good vibes. We don't really climb regularly but we enjoyed it!

Positive experience: This place is good for a quick visit, it's clean with friendly staff, and high quality walls and mats. The reason it doesn't get 5 stars is because I find it too small for the grade range it has. Because it goes from V0 to V12 it has very few sets of each grade, for a visit it was fine but I wouldn't want this to be my home gym as it would get boring quick.

Fantastic experience: I absolutely love the atmosphere in this gym. I have met many of my friends climbing here. Not only that, the staff has always been nice and welcoming. As for the boulder settings, I enjoy climbing here more than at the CCC gyms.

Fantastic experience: The service and helpful of the staff are incredible here. Wherever you are they are ready to help and for questions. The climbs change periodically and make a challenge every time I come.

Fantastic experience: I've been climbing here since April, and what I want to say is that this gym is incredible. Staff is always friendly and open for small conversations. They share your interests in climbing and are simply extremely nice when it comes to helping with anything. The routes are always fun to climb, and they are trying to use as many different holders for each difficultly level as possible. So it doesn't really matter if you're a beginner or more experienced climber you can find boulders to develop different skills and muscles as well. They also have a second gym that recently opened, which is located slightly remote from the downtown area, but still very fun to go there too, as their membership cover both gyms. I'm existed to be a part of this family

Fantastic experience: I’ve been climbing here for almost a year and it’s such a great location. The staff are much friendlier than they ever were at CCC Rocky, and the regular climbers are always so nice as well. It feels way more like a climbing community

Fantastic experience: Amazing gym, setting is very fun and movement flows well. Good balance between different styles of climbing. Staff also very welcoming

Fantastic experience: I love my home gym! Y'all are so friendly! I enjoy the challenge

Fantastic experience: Great for your ego if you're just visiting. Grades are rather soft (1+ full v-grades soft). Not so good for your ego if this is your home gym, haha

Fantastic experience: Ccc has nothing on this place! This place is a great introduction into climbing, not overwhelming people with large and long climbs! Boldering is the perfect middle ground. I like to think of it like traditional rock climbing and parkour had a baby. Great vibes great community. Really grateful for what this place has given me.

Positive experience: Decent gym. It has some cool features, but the small space, lack of lockers, lack of safety orientation, and odd method of using tape the colour of the holds instead of the colour of the grade to mark the finish (I know what colour the holds are, that's very clear. What I want to know is where the V6 ends) make it only a 3/5.

Fantastic experience: What a great place to climb, staff are fantastic and walls are getting updated constantly to keep it fun and engaging! If you haven’t been here before you definitely need to check it out!

Fantastic experience: Good vibes and fun setting! Definitely one of my favourite climbing gyms in Calgary!

Fantastic experience: Love the setting here. Challenging and fun. Amazing community and atmosphere. Good music and coffee. They serve alcoholic bevvies that you can order post-climb. Highly recommend their Bolder & Beats nights! Can’t wait for their new gym down south to open.

Positive experience: Great bouldering routes and friendly staff! Sometimes you even get to see cute dogs walking about. Only complaint is the music. A lot of the time it's vulgar and inappropriate. I wanted to invite my little cousins, but was worried about the music that would be playing.

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, great facility, interesting and varied boulder problems. Only issue is it's busy all the time because it's so nice and bouldering is so popular now

Fantastic experience: What can I say. I love this place. It’s my sanctuary, my safe space, and my second home. Everyone here is so friendly and welcoming. The facility is great for climbing and fitness…not to mention thirst quenching needs. The setting is top notch, too.

Fantastic experience: I don't have a lot of experience, but I wasn't made to feel that way by staff or patrons. I don't know how most of these places are run, but I hope it's like this.

Positive experience: Overall a great climbing gym, while it is older looking it is still in great shape and has everything you would need to have a good climbing sesh. Great walls with lots of variety of problems, and good overhang wall as well. Clean bathrooms and lots of equipment if you need a gym (for a climbing gym). Has a gift shop and also a coffee bar. 4 stars because it's quite small compared to the other climbing gyms in the city. The new boulder elevated location is much bigger, the only downside is that it's far from the city center.

Fantastic experience: Such a great place to get my introduction to climbing, very friendly staff and climbers, lots of different routes to climb and rotated on a regular basis. Super affordable compared to other gyms, with a very decent area for strength training and cardio. To top it off they have a nice little cafe and it’s very satisfying to have a coffee and watch others climb while I cool down. Couldn’t recommend enough and I bring a friend here with my monthly guest day pass as often as I can

Fantastic experience: This is such a great spot for bouldering! I got a 1 year membership at this location earlier this year. The facility is clean, and the walls get reset on a bi-weekly schedule. The staff are wonderful people and so is everyone that comes by for some bouldering. They also host lady nights, and house music nights. Really good spot located on Macleod trail, close by Bulk Barn and Memory express.

Fantastic experience: Had a great time, lots of different types of climbing walls. Good price and has helpful staff.

Fantastic experience: I have loved this facility since I started going in 2017. The staff is respectful and professional, and they take the time to answer any questions. I don't have a high level but I have always felt welcomed. plus, the coffee bar is very nice addition. If you like a friendly place to boulder with a clean facility and experienced staff, I recommend Bolder.

Fantastic experience: Fun route setting. I'm mostly climbing in the v3-v4 range with some v5 sprinkled in, so I can't speak to the more advanced routes but I think this place is great. Nice upstairs warmup area too with a couple stationary bikes and a rower.

Fantastic experience: Made a special trip out of town to come see this gym, and I'm so glad we did! Lots of varied angles, slab and cave, and really great setting. Loved it! And everyone inside was so so friendly and cheering on each other. What a great climbing community!

Fantastic experience: Great vibes, great climbs. Been going to bolder for 5 years and they have always been amazing. They have started to outgrow their space though, it can get really crowded after work hours (4-8PM).

Positive experience: Ratings seemed pretty inconsistent but all problems fun nonetheless. And super friendly staff plus chill atmosphere. Cool that you can stay for a beer after you climb! I wish there were a gender neutral washroom.

Fantastic experience: The staff there is amazing! I’m new here so haven’t experienced the community yet, but so far it’s been great!

Positive experience: Had a good time, but it was very busy with people sitting on the edges of the mats around the whole gym, and I think their climbs rated wrong (they are easier than I expect by about 1-2 grades)

Fantastic experience: Miss this place so much since I moved from Calgary. Always make a point to visit when I'm back and it never disappoints. The atmosphere is relaxed & supportive, super friendly staff & owners. "Community" truly belongs in the name. Route setting is next level - far more interesting problems than any other gym I've visited, and very approachable for progression.

Fantastic experience: My favorite place to go climbing in Calgary. The setting is awesome and the holds are nice. The drop in fee is relatively cheaper than the other facilities in Calgary, and the community is great!

Fantastic experience: One of my favourite climbing gyms in Calgary. Lots of variety in terms of difficulty and climbing styles. Moon board and small gym available. Fun atmosphere. My husband says the coffee there is really good too.

Fantastic experience: Great bouldering gym…super friendly vibe from both staff and other climbers. Enough beginner problems to keep a newbie happy and enough challenging ones for more advanced climbers. Great coffee too!

Fantastic experience: Great bouldering facility. They're well outfitted and have a lot of different routes to climb at all levels. The staff were super friendly and gave me come helpful tips to get started. Good vibes and a fun place to hang out with friends and challenge yourself.

Fantastic experience: Honestly I'm pretty sure this is the best place to Boulder in Calgary. Great varied sets. Lots of different shaped walls. Busy of course but great job. Open another!

Fantastic experience: Went when it was packed still a great time, good layout, interesting climbs. They had a whole slabby wall which I loved. Great prices compared to Van or Toronto.

Fantastic experience: Great place to spend an evening with friends who love adventure. This place has great environment, great routes to try and may find friends around aswell. The place can get crowded sometimes but it's just people taking rest between attempts. Fun and super energetic place. Get staff and they have coffee also

Fantastic experience: Awesome community and good diversity of runs. 20$ drop in, discounts with passes.

Fantastic experience: This is my happy place! I love coming here and I like the amount of time they leave routes up before changing them - long enough to have time to work on trickier projects, but short enough to keep things fresh and exciting!

Fantastic experience: The best boulder gym in Calgary! Amazing routes, cozy atmosphere and good attitude to customers!

Fantastic experience: An awesome experience that I would recommend everyone to try! Community here is so kind and supportive. Facility is clean and organized. Shout out to Denise who welcomed us and gave us a great training session. Thanks so much for making it feel safe and fun!

Positive experience: A great atmosphere, wonderful staff and a perfect range of difficulty. The only downside is the highly inappropriate music, I'd like to bring my kids climbing, but not here.

Fantastic experience: Fun little gym, very friendly and helpful staff, some interesting route setting that gave me a different experience from my usual gyms. Worth checking out!

Fantastic experience: Great climbing gym in the competitive Calgary climbing scene. Fun route setting with very diverse terrain (overhung, slab, mix). They have a decent spray wall, a 2019 setup Moonboard, a circuit wall, and campus board. The training space is good and has all the equipment you need to train. Above all , the climbing community is full of stoked happy people and the music is awesome. I couldnt help having a little boogie in between my sets.

Fantastic experience: Love this place - keeps me coming back every other day. Great atmosphere, staff are friendly, place is clean as a climbing gym can get. The music can be a little loud on occasion, but that may suit the community that comes here, though, it's usually banger music. The routing setting is always exciting and fun to tackle. The higher level boulders can be challenging to solve which means the route setting is great. Oh, and they have AC.

Fantastic experience: Best gym around - blows CCC out of the water. I love how approachable the staff is, I’ve made many friends here. It is a great community and the creative setting is awesome- not your boring boulders over and over. If it’s busy, come at a different time. If the music is off putting, wear headphones. I also enjoy how there are less children running around there is vs. CCC.

Positive experience: Very dynamic gym, a lot of climbs start very high up the wall or begin with campusing. I would not say it’s a great gym for beginners, or those who want to develop more static skills. I was disappointed in the slab area and I felt that there was a lot of unused space on the walls. I still had a lot of fun, I will likely go back, but I would not expect to become a well rounded climber at this gym.

Fantastic experience: Awesome climbing wall with routes for all levels, changed weekly. Also has a cute bar that sells coffees and beers. Great place to climb and work out or even just to study and chill.

Fantastic experience: Bolder is great! We took the complimentary Bold Workshop on our first visit. Our instructor was very friendly and knowledgeable. He didn't try to sell us any extras. He just made us feel welcome. We've been back at least once a week since! This place is great!

Fantastic experience: Love it here. The setting is some of the best for indoor bouldering in Calgary. The only other boulder wall that competes would be CCC Chinook. The music is always a vibe and the community is extremely nice.

Fantastic experience: Best climbing gym I've been to. The routes are always fun and the setters are creative, even with the v2 and under problems which you dont always see. The gym is always clean, and there is rarely a shortage of problems. new routes are also set weekly so stuff doesnt get old very fast. Music taste kinda sucks tho sometimes, not gonna lie lol. No real complaints, and nothing but praise for this place

Fantastic experience: Great bouldering gym with very helpful staff and overall a great community. Majority of people are more than willing to help and keep the gym positive. Extremely excited for the new location as well!

Fantastic experience: First time visiting and I will definitely be back. Great atmosphere and loved all of the boulders I had enough skin to try

Fantastic experience: Awesome place. There was a mix-up with payment and the people at the front helped me out big time. Regular resets, great training area, friendly staff. Highly recommend.

Fantastic experience: Great atmosphere, solid, friendly knowledgable staff, good grilled cheese, good beer, very entertai ging routes for beginners and experts alike, route setters make sire that beginners arent bored. the only thing this place was missing was some air freshener for the shoe area but that's a negative I only noticed the first 30 seconds of my stay.

Fantastic experience: Best bouldering gym. I've been to bouldering gyms in ON, QC, BC and AB and this one is the chillest, most reasonable, best music and community. If I ever move to Calgary this gym would be my home gym!

Positive experience: This gym is great for bouldering one of the best in Calgary even. Membership’s are cheaper than competitors, friendly staff. **Come on the weekend it’s less busy** The Cons: However at this gym I find the route setting to be quite inconsistent. V1, V2, and V3 are the most inconsistent. The routes are quite hard (V3’s here I find equivalent to V4’s elsewhere etc) The Pros: The gym is cold which at first seems like a negative but once you start climbing it’s wonderful because you don’t overheat. Large variety in routes most feel unique Friendly environment

Fantastic experience: Such a welcoming atmosphere to get started with climbing. Tons of route options and a safe space for any person to learn and improve. Staff is super friendly and the facilities are super well maintained. Always worth the drive from the NW to the SE just to climb.

Positive experience: Great environment for meeting people who are into bouldering. The building isn't too big, so the crash mats are a bit smaller than what I'm used to. Some of the smaller holds are full of chalk, which makes it hard to differentiate between gray or white. Overall, I had a great time! There were a diverse range of climbers, so it was super easy to start a convo!

Fantastic experience: First time bouldering, fun experience, friendly staff and environment. Will definitely add to my list of hobbies.

Fantastic experience: This is my favourite place to be, the environment is chill and everyone there is always incredibly friendly if you're feeling nervous! I started out bouldering here and from day one felt like I belonged. Highly recommend :)

Positive experience: 1st time going & We really enjoyed it & would love to go back for more learning

Fantastic experience: Top class joint. World class setting, hold selection, coffee, beer, honestly could not ask for more. Owners and management team care about community development and welcoming new climbers to the sport. Lots of programs for all abilities.

Positive experience: Tough one to post. Setting is 5 star. However the music is much too loud and there can be way too many people in the evening to walk around. There can be no social distancing. Can be a nice place to climb at times. Front desk are helpful and welcoming.

Fantastic experience: Fairly equivalent to any of the other major bouldering centers in Calgary and generally quite busy. It is cold inside, but I personally prefer it.