Far North Climbing Gym

Fantastic experience: This place is great. Only climbing gym near me, but that doesn’t matter because this one is all I need! My high school goes here for PE 2x a week usually (no school gym) so all the freshmen and sophomores have memberships we can use whenever. Lots of both easy and hard boulders (no roped climbing). You can start out with a bunch of V0s (right now there is a pink one that is especially easy) and there are 2 V10s as of the moment. One complaint is that all the holds are covered in chalk. Extra amenities include weight room, kilter board, and treadwall.

Fantastic experience: Love this! I didn't even realize we had a wall climbing venue like this in Humboldt. The grandkids saw it and we HAD to go! So much fun.

Fantastic experience: Visited while on a work trip. I found the climbers there friendly, the staff helpful, and the routes original

Fantastic experience: Back again, noticed they spacing of the routes was more. Nice to not worrying about banging into holds. Went around midday and was pretty warm inside. Definitely wearing lighter clothes next time. Still fun and reasonable priced. Thanks to the staff and setters!

Fantastic experience: Little climbing gym in Arcata. Climbed with my daughter for the morning, and went for a walk down the street at the marshes. Very well maintained and with some neat accessories for the size of it.

Fantastic experience: Awesome gym! Lots of fun routes here to try

Positive experience: Very interesting. Family fun.

Fantastic experience: This is a great bouldering gym. They frequently change the routes and their staff is consistently friendly and helpful. They have added a wall that manually inverts and lights up various pathways based on a phone app. They have also added a wall that continually moves as you climb, slightly like a safe hamsterwheel for climbers. The weight room in the back has a great selection too. I've brought several friends here and they have all gotten memberships since it is a great experience.

Fantastic experience: Friendly and fun environment.

Fantastic experience: Hey there Delilah was about to play and they skipped it immediately. thank you I’ll return fosho

Fantastic experience: Great community. Decent bouldering!

Positive experience: The climbing and route setting is really good. It's a true, no-frills bouldering gym! Love this place. My only complaints are that they could reset routes a little more often, and could definitely do some vacuuming.

Positive experience: The grading was really hard but unique bouldering. The routesetters do a really really good job. Although the cleanliness was kind of a negative while traveling through and stopping here. Felt like a teenagers spot, reeked like weed in there and bathrooms were pretty dirty. Not a good vibe, but great climbing.

Fantastic experience: It might be the only public climbing wall for a long way but I don't know of many that could compete with the atmosphere present here. Some of the nicest people you'll ever meet and some routes that will challenge any climber, regardless of your skill level.

Fantastic experience: Cool little gym. Fun routes, wasn't very crowded around 4pm on Tuesday which was great. Cheap day passes at $15 a person. Definitely recommend a visit if you're in Arcata!

Fantastic experience: Great movement on these routes. The style is much different than my home gym, and the routes climb 2 grades harder for the rating. I wish I could climb here all the time.

Fantastic experience: The only climbing gym in Humboldt other than the rec center at the University (that I know of). The staff have made some big improvements since the last time I was there. They've gone back to the standard boulder ratings. They opened a new space in the back and added a Kilter board and are soon going to get a Moon board and Tension board. The pads were in good shape, the staff were very friendly, and the price was reasonable for a drop-in. They also let us bring our little ones (under 4) in for free. Also to note, while everywhere else is increasing their prices, they actually lowered their monthly membership! Thank you on behalf of the community!

Fantastic experience: Great bouldering.

Fantastic experience: Sweetestttttt climbing gum in the area! It’s flufffffin awesome!!!!!!

Fantastic experience: I climb in the SF bay and found this gym to be very satisfyingly set in the v6-8 range, with more complexity in many of the routes and more varied wall shapes. Where my usual gyms increase difficulty by making bigger launches with tinier edges, many of the routes here used heavy tension and compression that I rarely get to flex otherwise. Would love to have a magical portal to Arcata so I could climb here more often.

Fantastic experience: Our favorite bouldering gym.

Fantastic experience: Helpful, friendly staff and large variety of routes for all styles.

Fantastic experience: Dope! Was driving back down South during my solo expedition up North through the Redwood State and National Park when I planned to stop by and climb at this little nook. Manager with the cute dog Tofu greeted me and got me in for a day pass (15$) and had me a great time! Thanks for the good vibes and letting me cook my cheese quesadilla and watch my Netflix out in the gym parking lot without feeling like a bum hahaha

Fantastic experience: I love this gym. I mostly do bouldering rather than traditional rope climbing, and this gym is definitely geared towards bouldering. Lots of routes, tons of differently shaped walls, and a staff who knows how to challenge climbers with hard problems.

Fantastic experience: Great gym with great people. Includes free weights.

Positive experience: Best (and only to my knowledge) climbing gym in Humboldt. You can tell the folks that run and maintain it have a focus on coming up with interesting climbing challenges & building community. My only critique is that there’s sort of a steep learning curve and not much explanation once you get there, so beginners might want to read up on climbing gyms and bouldering before going. It seemed last time that more of the challenges were geared towards experienced folks over newbies, but in fairness they were also redoing two walls :)

Fantastic experience: Lovely little break from your day. Good coffee and some outdoor seating.

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality , Value

Fantastic experience: It's awesome

Fantastic experience: Love going here. Friendly people, nice variety of routes. I'm new to the sport but I've enjoyed my experiences here

Fantastic experience: It was super awesome!! Loved it

Fantastic experience: Love the fact that it’s all bouldering. So many options, friendly staff, super cool layout. Definitely plan to return whenever I’m in Arcata again.

Fantastic experience: Nice Bouldering, setting is really cool and creative! They help you out with anything about climbing. Good sends!

Fantastic experience: Buenisimo para escalar y pasar todo el dia

Fantastic experience: Super cool little spot. Quality routes, good people, good vibes, + they have a squat rack in the back

Fantastic experience: Great climbing, lots of options

Fantastic experience: I've climbed here off and on for a couple years and love it. I'm a beginner climber but staff and other climbers are very welcoming and supporting of climbers of all skill levels

Fantastic experience: Nice climbing gym with a variety of routes.

Fantastic experience: Divertido

Positive experience: Cool tucked in place in arcata. Prices are nice. I recommend the membership pass if you plan to go even at least once a month.

Fantastic experience: Great way to wear out the kids

Fantastic experience: Privately owned bouldering gym. Excellent setting and sandbagged routes. No freebies. It's a great community of local climbers. A most resource for anyone who wants to climb on the north coast.

Fantastic experience: Absolutely awesome place to take your kids have a birthday party just a lot of great family fun

Fantastic experience: My son (9 years old) LOVES the after school program (Spider Monkeys). The staff is extremely knowledgeable and create a fun safe environment for the kids to climb.

Fantastic experience: Great spot to climb indoors. Lots of space to accommodate all climbing levels. Can get membership or drop in. Price seemed reasonable to me. Staff was friendly and helpful. Parking is limited and entrance is not very noticable from the street.

Fantastic experience: Good climbing gym

Fantastic experience: Awesome place. Walls change alot.

Fantastic experience: Not as good as arcata scoop

Fantastic experience: Such a friendly and great place! I highly recommend it!

Fantastic experience: Nice to have such a great gym.

Fantastic experience: Cool staff, fun place to climb.

Fantastic experience: Solid bouldering gym located in central Arcata run by a wonderful, welcoming community of climbers. Fair membership pricing which includes discounts on gear and apparel as well as a monthly guest pass

Fantastic experience: My son loves it here. He had so much fun in the after school program they do.

Fantastic experience: I can’t thank the staff enough for our fieldtrip today. Both of the instructors were helpful, hands on and knowledgeable. It was so easy to book and they accommodated us in so many ways. Thank you!

Positive experience: Good facility and great staff.

Negative experience: I became really interested in climbing after watching some of the recent Netflix documentaries. I signed up as a monthly re-occurring member here for $60 a month despite the expensive $45 initiation fee. After 2 months, I realized with my busy schedule that I was unable to come often enough to make it worth the monthly dues, and tried to freeze my account and only do drop-ins for $15 until my schedule opened up. I was told if I freeze my account, I could not do drop-ins. I still wanted to climb on occasion, I decided to cancel my membership (which seems a little backwards). The next month, on my bank statement, I noticed a $50 charge. When I called in to question it, I was told it was in the contract I signed when I started autopay (first time I've heard of this). So, for two months, I ended up paying $215 for membership fees. Contract or not, I think this is a dumb method of "retaining customers". Although I still enjoy climbing, I don't want to support this business anymore. Not only did this company lose my future business, but the friends I had recruited as well. Greedy.

Negative experience: I actually have not been in here but was interested in starting at this gym because I believe it's the only one near me. I looked at their website for pricing, and it doesn't even make sense. $50 a month or $165 for three months? Plus a $50 initiation fee? I noticed that couples climbing memberships are only $75 so in a way it is discrimination against those who are not "married," (and yes it says "married" on their website. Not only that but their location, e-mail, and phone number aren't listed on their website. Based on all of this, I will not be going and I haven't even set foot in there.

Fantastic experience: There was lots of things to climb.

Fantastic experience: Climbing gym, great climbs, hard but lots of them, awesome vibes!

Fantastic experience: Excellent routes for all aptitudes. Great atmosphere.

Fantastic experience: Great climbing gym, friendly staff

Negative experience: Terrible hours. But theyve got stuff to pull on

Positive experience: A lot of bouldering routes. They change them up fairly often. Not really any top rope climbing. A lot of people being their kids here, which can be quite frustrating as the parents often do a poor job of making sure their kids don't run directly underneath people climbing. Friendly staff.

Positive experience: Short version: - Friendly staff - Friendly, laid back atmosphere - Good problems, whether you are a beginner or a mutant you'll be challenged - Reasonable pricing - Lacks drinking fountain (bring your own water) Long version: Edited from eleven months ago. This gym feels more like a professionally-run establishment. The problems I mentioned last year with setting have improved. There is more natural progression and less of a wall between beginning/intermediate, and advanced/mutant climbers. There is now a yoga area in the gym and weekly classes. A great addition. I think classes are Tue/Thurs at 5 p.m. Some things that would make this place five stars: A drinking fountain/tap spout Earlier opening time More staff, especially at peak hours This may be a pipe dream, but some gym swag (e.g. competition shirts)

Fantastic experience: Best climbing gym in Humboldt!

Positive experience: Good place just lack of staffing can't provide harness for kids

Fantastic experience: Nice folks. Great rainy day activity.

Fantastic experience: Fun

Positive experience: They are pretty busy, but they have good service and good walls

Positive experience: Only boldering, no top rope. Fun little location.

Positive experience: Great gyn! Always getting better. And well thought out routes. But I have been denied access. #4 times this year due to changing of rroutes and competition events. I does not it it it not possible to get gym time as a member for a month. Without being shut out for a couple days a month. Why not change the routes on off hours and post a large calander of events at front desk. I'm not going to call or look up a Web site every time.