Active Climbing - Indoor Rock Climbing

We celebrated my daughter’s 8th birthday at Active Climb Augusta, and it was an amazing experience! Everyone had a wonderful time. I really appreciated that the party room was private and spacious—plenty of room for tables and a separate area for food. The kids had a blast climbing, and the two staff members assisting with the climbs were absolutely fantastic. They were so attentive and great with the kids. Several parents even commented on how impressed they were with them Thank you for helping in making my daughter’s day so special!

Great little gym. The people are nice. Do note…moms and dads of teens / your kids need to be 16 to belay you, period. That was a bummer…. Esp since my 15yr old is 6 foot 165lbs and could have easily be tested off - he’s belayed me since he was 12. Thankfully I found a guy there who was solo and gave me a few catches… but would have otherwise only been able to do auto belays. I mainly climb in the Atlanta area at stone summit - I will say the routes here were really hard! Like maybe overly hard… and can be frustrating to climbers as well as newbies. I normally climb 5.11 on lead at my gym. Flashing them, no falls… on almost 70 foot walls, and could barely touch their 5.10s. I fell on a 5.8! That never happens… Outside I have climbed 5.11s in Tennessee, the red, sand rock, the new river gorge, etc and yet these climbs were brutal 😅😅😅😅 - My 15yr old son can do v6/v8 at our gym, could only get up to a v4 here. But so long as you don’t care about grades the climbs were fun, although some times awkward feet placement, which could be problematic for shorter climbers… I think they should put a few more intermediate beginner climbs and maybe bump their grades. 5.9 is 5.10* here etc etc. so 5.7 here is a stout 5.8. Just trying to leave good feedback, as these things do matter to climbers… as someone who’s climbed in numerous gyms across the east coast and several outdoor crags I feel like I have a good amt of experience with climbing grades. I’ve even coached kids for years at a climbing gym in Atlanta from 2019-2023 The gym is very hot too…that sucked! if you don’t like the heat - may want to come early in the morning or later in the evening during summer… But overall great little gym and atmosphere… would come again, just in the winter instead 😅😅😅

Chris, you and everyone on staff there this weekend did us solid. My big kid was so grateful to get in and loved exploring your densely packed boulder routes. So many projects and great all around vibe. Sick artwork. Clean gym. Recommend 100%.

The kid section is great. It’s a really large, separate room with bouldering and top rope routes. The bouldering tops out onto a platform with a swing, silks, and a slide. Then there’s another kid friendly loft with more bouldering and monkey bars. The GM teaches the climbing class and let my son jump in a class, even though we’re not local. The staff is super and the class was great. The regular section has good bouldering, top rope and auto belay for adults, although some routes and problems are doable for the kiddos too. 5/5 recommend for both a family friendly gym and for avid climbers.

I would move to this town for this gym. Old school. Before the modern big jim there were crazy guys that found enough money, people, time to build gyms by hand. In the garage, in the warehouse. Whatever. This place feels like that spirit before climbing culture was something you could buy. It's a good size. It's got a work out area. It's boulder heavy. The top rope setting is bouldery. And the lead had a refreshing snaking traversy route. If every good town city had a place like this the world would be a better place. Don't sleep on stopping by and having a good session. Roped walls are short and bouldery. On ropes it would be nice to have a bit more flow, route density, and a harder grade distribution. But this gym isn't set for me. I'm sure if I asked nicely they'd work it in the rotation. I'm coming back whenever I stop in town.