Rock Climb Fairfield

Fantastic experience: Great Facility. The best I have seen on east coast. I live in NYC so i climb brooklyn boulders, chelsie piers, new rochelle gym and a bunch in nj. The fairfield carabiner's gym has the best lead section, very diverse and lots of routes. Decent bouldering sections (should be much improved summer 2012 with expansion) and probably 100 of top roping sections. I am primary a lead so this gym is perfect for me. The staff is awesome. The vibe in the gym is very positive and healthy. Love this place! They have some crack climbing (i have not seen this in any gyms before) great for real deal trad climbing! You name it they got! Route setting is also sick, very diverse and stuff gets changed up at a good pace. Unlike Chelsie Piers once a year...

Fantastic experience: Awesome experiece and a healthy way to spend your time. Not as easy as i thought it would be considering i go to the gym 5 times a week, engages muscles you hardly ever use. Also not a bad price to have a lot of fun.

Fantastic experience: Lots of variety and something for every skill level.

Fantastic experience: Lots of climbing options. Friendly knowledgeable and helpful staff.

Fantastic experience: Awesome place. Tons of bouldering problems, and plenty of top rope and lead climbing routes! Nice gym areas as well. Staff is excellent. Very friendly, welcoming, and knowledgeable.

Fantastic experience: Fun thing to do on a rainy day

Fantastic experience: I have been climbing here for a few months. I am extremely lucky to have RCF as my local gym. I’ve been to a few others across the east coast, however RCF stays on top for a few reasons. Whilst I cannot offer insight on the routes as I exclusively boulder, all of the problems set are incredible. Each week, the boulders in one out of the five Boulder locations are completely replaced with fresh, new climbs. Each area is unique with cave climbs to slab climbs given equal love by the fantastic setters. Oftentimes at bouldering gyms, I find that a lot of attention is focused on one form of climbing. Thankfully, RCF does not fall in to this trap. Secondly, the community at RCF is very welcoming and inclusive. It is not rare to celebrate after completing a new climb and be offered a fist bump by a complete stranger. Additionally, beta is usually only a question away with everyone at the gym being extremely helpful. This praise is not very exclusive to RCF and can be applied to the climbing community as a whole to be completely honest. But, what is exclusive to RCF is how welcoming it is to all age groups. I have seen people as young as 13 working on the same problems as someone 60+ years of age. It really is a great environment. I guess in this section I should also mention how helpful the staff have been; RCF really checks all the boxes for what makes the climbing community so great. Finally, RCF is a VERY high quality rock climbing gym. From the bathrooms to the walls themselves, the building feels clean. Sometimes, climbing gyms feel musty and dust-covered. This is most certainly not the case at Rock Climb Fairfield! On a separate note, an entire corner of the gym is sectioned off and filled with exercise machines, hang boards, weights, and pull-up bars. Sometimes I end up coming to the gym for the machines alone! Lastly, Rock Climb Fairfield has a Kilter Board. It’s just the cherry on the top for such a phenomenal gym. This is my first review I’ve ever left on google, but I just had to make sure I wrote one for RCF!

Fantastic experience: It's a lot of fun to climb here and the staff are very nice.

Fantastic experience: What a great place to climb! My husband and I have been coming here for years and absolutely love it! The vibe is laid back, fun and welcoming for all climbing levels! Definitely worth while!

Fantastic experience: It is amazing so fun to go there, the staff is the best and it is a amazing time.

Fantastic experience: One of the best indoor rock climbing facilities. They are wonderfully generous when it comes to defining who qualifies to be added to your "family" plan for discounted rates.

Fantastic experience: Oh man. Can't say enough positive stuff about RCF. The staff is incredibly professional and attentive. The prices are great for the beautiful facility that it is and the fun it offers. The people who frequent the gym are always there to lend a hand, and contribute to the friendly atmosphere that RCF has. 100% would recommend to new climbers, novice climbers, or veterans. They also offer an awesome yoga class that I would definitely recommend. Love me some RCF :)

Positive experience: When you sign waivers ahead look for an email confirmation. For some reason my waivers didn't go through the first time. Besides that great workers, great environment. I felt safe and if I had a question they'd be right there to answer it. Great family environment.

Fantastic experience: We had such a great time we went again the very next day. The staff is amazing.

Fantastic experience: Lots of problems and climbs. Went for a couple weeks with some buddies and had a great time. This place is really neat.

Fantastic experience: Well equipped gym with friendly staff and fun routes for lead climbing and bouldering.

Positive experience: Really great place fairly priced and workers are really kind. I have been here a while back and I remember having a good time! This time though the only reason for the four stars is because i noticed there were less walls with the automatic belay. It’s almost as if they want to push sales to purchase the help or certification to belay to use more of the walls. If there was less “beginners” it would’ve been better but with lots of beginners and less walls there was times we had to repeat a wall or wait for a new one. Besides that definitely go and try it’s fun!

Fantastic experience: Great climbing gym! When I first came I had no idea what I was doing and everyone who worked here was so helpful and encouraging. They are all happy to answer any questions and to make sure you have what you need to climb safely and successfully. Plus they change out the routes fairly often so there’s always something new to try out.

Fantastic experience: Great instructions for beginners and walls for various levels of climbers.

Fantastic experience: Awesome climbing gym! So many routes and auto belays for climbing. The route setters do a great job of switching things up to keep the climbs interesting for frequent climber/members. The central top out wall is amazing with many different types of climbs to challenge all levels of climbers.

Fantastic experience: Amazing gym, amazing people, and amazing programs for members! Weekly group meetups for anyone looking for climbing buddies and free yoga.

Fantastic experience: Great family gym - they’ve got all the climbing styles well represented, as well as an area for strength conditioning, cardiovascular, and yoga. They also have programming for children and those who want to get more involved with outdoor climbing.

Fantastic experience: Fantastic gym. Really good space with a ton of walls for bouldering and rope climbing, lots of angles, interesting aspects, new holds. A full Kilter Board! Really really great setting--truly some of the best bouldering setting I've climbed anywhere. Love the mask policy--they asked me for proof of vaccination then let me climb maskless.

Fantastic experience: I brought my toddler here to climb earlier. They have autobelay courses which were a little too advanced for her but also bouldering which might have been okay if she were bigger. The staff, specifically Jen, was very patient and accommodating and even though it was a bust I’m so glad we came here! It was affordable, and not too busy. We will definitely be back someday!

Fantastic experience: Had a great experience with the kids today. Marissa was a great teacher. I was taught patiently, thoroughly with safety in mind and with no judgments for my utter ignorance. Will come back often

Fantastic experience: Unforgettable experience for our 10 years old daughter as a birthday present. She is very, very happy. Stuff was kind, and helpful. Happy to recommend the place.

Fantastic experience: great climbs; has variety, lots of courses, and staff is concerned with safety

Fantastic experience: Great gym, friendly service. Has kept me sane during these unprecedented times. Great routes and problems and just enough auto belays to keep solo climbers busy. They have followed struck guidelines regarding Covid and I have never once felt unsafe climbing in the gym.

Fantastic experience: Always a solid place to climb. Plenty of space making it easy to social distance. They routinely update the walls so there’s something fresh to climb every week. Staff are always friendly and helpful.

Fantastic experience: We had a blast doing the belay course! The facility is very nice - clean, open, and well maintained. All of the staff members we interacted with were very friendly and helpful, especially Julia who was a great instructor. After doing our course, we got the orientation to the entire facility and were allowed to go off on our own to climb and explore. It was a fun afternoon activity, a great workout, and we'll definitely be going back for more.

Fantastic experience: It’s always a pleasure climbing at RCF! Such a welcoming community and the facility is great. The best place to unplug and reset.

Fantastic experience: Has everything you could want from a climbing gym. Really good, challenging boulder routes are especially noteworthy, and great service

Fantastic experience: Phenomenal place to take your child. I was so proud of my son when he kept progressing to new heights. All of the regulars were really supportive of him as well. He ran around the place a bit and some of them played with him which made us both feel very welcome. They are constantly switching up the rock walls to give variety. Plenty of parking outside and the staff is informative and tentative. They even have a gym if your looking to stay fit while picking up a new hobby. I would have joined but I work out at 5 am and they don’t open until 7 am. My schedule wouldn’t allow it but if my son continues to show interest I will be getting a membership and climbing up walls and be laying down!

Fantastic experience: Great place to spend an afternoon. reasonably priced per day. rentals are cheap. membership is a good way to save some money if you plan on going more than once a week. I love the environment here it's unlike a lot of other places where you would go to work out. There is an air of immediate friendship when you and another person get stuck on the same wall and puzzle it out together. They have weekly meetups if you are looking for a partner to climb with which I highly recommend, but you can alway rent a coach to belay you as well. All skill levels are welcome and you will definitely find something you can climb weather you need something as easy as climbing a ladder or you want to push yourself on the lead wall.

Fantastic experience: Staff are great. Facility is clean and lately there have only been a handful of other climbers when I go. Super fun !

Fantastic experience: Really nice facility. Ample space, great variety of climbs for all levels, top rope as well as 10 auto-belays, and challenging bouldering. We were most impressed by the friendliness of the staff.

Fantastic experience: A great spot! A wide variety of routes and a great bouldering area. Younger climbers and parents will appreciate the dedicated beginner areas, while advanced climbers can take advantage of cool roof leads and hard top ropes. Highly recommend Rock Climb Fairfield!

Fantastic experience: Fantastic staff who will help you get on the wall with confidence. Tireless setters regularly creating new routes weekly. A friendly community who encourages you to make it all the way. So glad I found this place.

Fantastic experience: Love this place, eager to see the improvements done! It would be nice if I could go to the gym before work, there are no gyms open in this area earlier than 10am. I'd be willing to bet you would get more business opening at 6am (even 5am) instead of 10am. Be the first to do it!

Fantastic experience: I've been to over fifteen climbing gyms, including out in the western states where they are often quite large with many amenities. This stacks up with the best in terms of the volume of climbing available, and the prices are better than those huge gyms out west. I was surprised to see people calling it overpriced. This place is great with managing the younger population in the gym. Sometimes I don't notice that the team practices are on because they don't take over the place. The only bit of feedback I have is that I wish new boulders got set more frequently. I recently was gone for over a month and came back to what appeared to be the (exact?) same set...maybe the top rope and lead wall were getting more attention? Also, given that the autobelays upstairs see so much traffic, it would be nice if they were set more frequently.

Fantastic experience: How can you review a family? How can you quantify some of the best times of your life with a few gold stars? I've been climbing at Rock Climb Fairfield since it grew out of the previous gym Carabiners. While I admit in full disclosure, I used to work at Carabiners. I can tell you first hand, how improved the climbing, the management, the facility and overall experience has become and continues to improve. I've been climbing for decades now and have climbed all over this great nation and I'm proud to call RCF my home gym. The holds and volumes are quality and recent , the indoor terrain interesting, the setting is challenging and spans a great range of difficulty. In addition, I've recently enrolled in some personal training , and while I could always open even the most stubborn of jam jars, I've seen some amazing gains in overall strength, flexibility and health. The weight room has a great range of heavy things, equipment and supplies for nearly any routine. Lastly, it's the community that I love the most. I've met some of my best friends through this gym that have enriched my life in countless ways. I consider RCF to be a part of me, that makes me healthy, happy and fulfilled. Big thanks to Matt and the entire staff for making RCF such a great place.

Fantastic experience: Avid climber and have been to rock gyms all over the US - this gym and staff are 10/10! Highly recommend! Excellent bouldering, tall walls with auto belays, and challenging lead routes. Membership prices are very fair and gym is clean. Great for beginners as well!!

Fantastic experience: I started by bringing the kids for a climb, then they joined, then I joined, now we all climb. Fun, friendly and helpful staff, exciting, clean, safety obsessed... Great workout and so much more fun than lifting. We all love this place.

Fantastic experience: I checked this place out for the first time today and couldn’t be happier with what I encountered! I’m an amateur climber who is absolutely petrified of heights, but loves being a thrill seeker who tries to push past my fears in any way, shape, or form. This place has it all! They have all sorts of walls and obstacles to climb as well as a cardio section and gym! The staff was insanely friendly, genuine, motivational, and helpful in not only getting me started, but also by pushing me to my absolute limits and getting me closer to overcoming my fear. Thanks Andrew! You guys rock

Fantastic experience: Big open gym, even when it's crowded, there's plenty of room. Just so much space! Lots of bouldering, leading, toprope, slackline. The permanent mats are great as well. Nice locker rooms and good vibes!

Fantastic experience: Really fun place to go. They have many features to climb at all skill levels. Bouldering, Auto Belaying, and Belay climbing are all avaliable. If you don't have some one certified to Belay in your group you can have a Staff member Belay for you for a tip.

Fantastic experience: I honestly cannot recommend RCF enough! Great facilities, nice staff. I am a student and I am only in the area maybe 2 months out of the whole year. RCF accommodates this very well since they offer prepaid one month memberships and give student discounts.

Fantastic experience: This gym is absolutely amazing! The routes are fun and graded properly. Plenty of top roping and bouldering. Lots of great projects.

Fantastic experience: I took my daughter there this past weekend for a father/daughter day before she goes back to school. We worked with Ana for about an hour and had a lot of fun. She was a great instructor for me and my daughter who is 5. The place is well run, everything appears in great condition, the staff are encouraging, helpful, knowledgable, and above all patient and professional. We're looking forward to getting a family membership and making RCF a weekly activity. If you're on the fence about whether or not it's for you, I'd say give it a try. There is no pressure to do anything you're not comfortable doing, and all the encouragement to get you to the finish line if when you think you may be in over your head.

Fantastic experience: My family and I did a personal belay with Shannon on Thursday. We had a lot of fun and Shannon was fantastic. She was full of a lot of information, her instructions were great, and she was very encouraging. That was our first time climbing and because of our experience we will definitely be climbing again at RCF! Thanks again to Shannon and the rest of the staff.

Fantastic experience: Great gym with a huge selection of routes. They have features, crack climbs, large lead climbing section and a good sized bouldering wall. Nice workout equipment, better than most climbing gyms I've been to.

Fantastic experience: The staff are all awesome and GREAT with my daughter who does the after school program once in a while as well as the vacation camps. We became members, the climbing is great/challenging and according to my brother, who climbs a lot, "blows other gyms completely out of the water" In addition the have yoga classes and a full gym for some x-training. We're there at least once every weekend.

Fantastic experience: Best climbing gym in the NY Metro area. Friendly staff. Brilliant climbs of all levels, even their easy stuff is very interesting. If you like climbing, its a worth a visit.