Climb Base5 (North Vancouver) - North Vancouver, British Columbia

James C.

The gym is great. Lots of cool features in the walls and fun cracks. They also had a cool dry tooling workshop on tonight! However, I work contract work across the country and I’ve been to a lot of different climbing gyms, also worked at a couple and haven’t had this experience before. Guy working tonight with long black hair started shutting everything down 20 mins before the gym was supposed to close. Told everyone to finish the climb they were on and leave. Another person told me he usually does this! I stuck around and at 9:45 he told me he was shutting down the mats and that I couldn’t climb anymore. I didn’t listen, but it was still lame. He even started collecting my stuff off the floor and I had to ask a couple times for my water bottle back. Very unfriendly. Lights in the gym were shut off at 9:55, maybe earlier, can’t quite remember. Not cool. I understand wanting to go home and getting people on the move, but not that early… pretty much everyone else had left when he first asked, good on them I guess but I paid for a day pass, wanted my moneys worth and felt rushed. Still left the building a few minutes early too. Otherwise, it’s an awesome gym!

Potter H.

Solid climbing gym! Many different levels of climbing routes. Super friendly staff and great prices for evening climbs.

Sy Y.

2024-07-03

It was my first time taking a belay course, and it was an eye-opening experience. After doing the Via Ferrata in Whistler, I became interested in learning more about related sports.

Thanks to our professional and friendly trainer.

第一次参加保护课程，真是大开眼界。在惠斯勒体验Via Ferrata后，我对相关运动产生了兴趣。

感谢我们专业又友好的教练！

Es war das erste Mal, dass ich einen Sicherungskurs gemacht habe, und es war eine augenöffnende Erfahrung. Nach dem Via Ferrata in Whistler habe ich Interesse daran bekommen, mehr über verwandte Sportarten zu erfahren.

Danke an unseren professionellen und freundlichen Trainer!

Paul R.

Super friendly staff and a great climbing gym... Pretty much the perfect combination!

Angela S.

We had such an incredible family outing at Climb Base5 in North Vancouver this past weekend! Our initial outdoor plans were spoiled by rainy weather, so we took advantage of their huge indoor climbing gym for the first time. I was initially nervous because I tend to be scared of heights, but our girls' energy and enthusiasm inspired me to climb higher than I would have ever imagined. The staff got us set up with harnesses, climbing shoes and a tour within minutes of arriving, and we spent over an hour racing each other up walls of varying difficulty, always reassured about our safety with the sturdy retractable harness lines. Such incredible family bonding time + exercise all wrapped into one. And I felt great pride watching our girls climb way higher than me with no fear at all. We'll definitely be back - maybe next time for a date night!

Brad C.

Fantastic gym, great staff and great sets. I’m a climber and route setter from Australia, visiting Vancouver on holidays and I can absolutely say the setting is fantastic. Plenty of climbs to warm up on, and heaps fun and challenging routes. I briefly spoke with one of the setters after my session (I’m sorry I didn’t get your name!) and he definitely knows the trade well. 100% will be back next time I’m in Vancouver, keep it up Climb Base 5!!

Erica F.

Really good setting in a diverse range of styles! I recently dropped in on a rainy Sunday, understanding that of course it was likely to be busy given the circumstances. Not a big deal, I don't mind waiting for a turn.

Unfortunately, there were a large number of children running around the bouldering areas unsupervised that day, often ending up directly under the fall zones of either myself or other climbers. The facility appeared to be too short staffed to be able to spare any oversight, and the few adult supervisors in charge of them were either too ignorant of the danger or too indifferent to do anything about it. I hope this was just an anomaly or someone is bound to get hurt. Every rule is written in blood, as they say.

Also, as is often the case with most gyms these days, a lot of the holds are too new and quite harsh on the skin. I prefer old and polished, but that's maybe because I'm old (and UNpolished...)

Kieran D.

`We enjoyed learning to climb on our own here, and the staff were helpful. However, I can't recommend their kids' camps. It's unfair that they shorten the lesson time on class days; my child ended up standing around with nothing to do for 20 minutes during a 75-minute class.