Ascent Studio Climbing & Fitness

Fantastic experience: A great climbing gym! Staff were friendly, and the gym was spacious and clean. Lots of routes, and lots of bouldering.

Fantastic experience: Best gym in FoCo. Very clean facility that is regularly updating and adding amenities and equipment. Very consistent turn over with a great variety of terrain for ropes and bouldering.

Fantastic experience: Good way to exercise AND have fun!!! Just did a 2h lesson with a 2 week trial with my wife... Jeff our instructor was super cool and chill... Excellent adventure begins today.

Fantastic experience: Great gym. Wide variety of climbing to try all the different styles!

Fantastic experience: Love the setting here, ropes and boulders are both fun and challenging, but never boring.

Fantastic experience: Let's just say, I'm a fan of Ascent!! Best bouldering in fort collins hands down. Great vibes super friendly people and I very much look forward to climbing their ropes very soon also!! 10/10 recommend to come check out out!!

Fantastic experience: Friendly laid-back staff and stylish up to date bathrooms/locker room. Ascent offers auto belays if you want to climb but don't have a belay-buddy (renting their harness is required for this.) Their community events are a great way to meet folks in the area and they offer lots of options for climbing newbies!

Fantastic experience: Lovely place for climbing. Excellent routes and staff, tons of variety and something for everyone. Bring friends, make friends

Fantastic experience: Had a great time climbing here! Thanks for the fun routes!

Fantastic experience: I moved to Fort Collins a few months ago and immediately got connected up with Acent Studio. I love the community here! The people are really helpful and friendly. My previous gym was all about the money but Acent seems to care more about the climbing community. Best gym in town!

Fantastic experience: Great gym, great staff, great route setter's. Been part of this gym for a few years now and love it. Everyone is very kind and they have many events every month for the community and gym members.

Fantastic experience: We had a great time with our family while we were in the area. My wife and I (almost 40) and our kids (17, 15, 12, 8) climbed for almost 4 hours! Only our aching fingers and forearms forced us to stop. My 17 year old son and I took the belay basics course (an additional $12) which made it stretch our day so we could do several dozen more climbs. The auto belay system was easy to pick up and our kids felt comfortable using it all day. Helpful, friendly staff were there along the way for any questions we had. Our best climbing experience yet!

Fantastic experience: This is my happy place! I go 3 times a week and it's always clean, the staff are friendly, and the boulder problems definitely bring a challenge. 10/10 go check this gym out!

Fantastic experience: Ascent is such an incredible community. I struggle with anxiety but I’ve had such a great time becoming more comfortable with climbing and making friends. Jeff, Bekah and Logan are awesome!!! Highly recommend this gym for all skill levels!

Fantastic experience: A great climbing gym, good atmosphere and people who are respectful of all climbing abilities. Also a pretty decent mix of bouldering, top rope, and lead with a good spread of difficulty on each.

Fantastic experience: I took the She Climbs class with a few girlfriends. We are all beginner climbers. Marci was an amazing instructor! She shared her knowledge in an easily understandable way, demonstrated concepts, helped us climb hands-on, and was extremely supportive and empathetic of potential fears or concerns about climbing. I came away with a greater understanding of climbing technique and felt encouraged to practice more on my own. My sons (5 & 7) both also take classes here, and the instructors are very patient with teaching them climbing techniques.

Fantastic experience: I highly recommend this gym. I have always felt welcomed and supported. It's a cozy, quality environment that is inclusive. Also the staff are remarkable at responding to injuries and keeping our community safe. They are calm and composed in every situation.

Fantastic experience: I’m a beginner, and I climb both alone and with my kids. Ascent has been very fun and challenging for us, and the staff has been very helpful in teaching us the equipment and basics. Excellent climbing gym for climbers of all skill sets. Highly recommended!

Fantastic experience: Such an awesome gym! Very pretty walls state of the art holds and problems, and a welcoming staff and vibe makes for an awesome first time experience to the 100th time!!

Fantastic experience: I absolutely LOVE Ascent Studio. They have a welcoming, friendly and supportive environment for new and experienced climbers alike. The staff is friendly, the instructors are great and they even have different events and programs to enhance your experience. I had only climbed a few times years ago but since joining Ascent in January I climb a few times per week now. Don't be afraid of trying it out even if you don't know anyone else who climbs The yoga classes are a great bonus too. I love all of the yoga instructors! The sound proofing of the yoga room could be greatly enhanced but I just try to view the noise blocking efforts as an added benefit of strengthening mindfulness muscles.

Fantastic experience: Great place to be a member. They put up at least one new set each week keeping it fresh and have lots of events for their members.

Fantastic experience: Excellent gym and staff. They keep the place very clean and also offer a good weights area

Fantastic experience: Great gym, especially love the bouldering ramp and training area. My daughter has taken a handful of camps over the years and really enjoys her time there. My only recommendation would be to add a larger area dedicated to climbing for very young climbers.

Fantastic experience: Love this place!! Fun staff, solid routes, chill atmosphere, the climbing gym of climbing gyms in fort collins for sure! They have their hearts in the right place too, Ascent has been so so supportive of our climbing therapeutics program for foster, adopted, and kinship teens, who have been experiencing so much love, growth, mental and physical strength through climbing. Being there to facilitate this for our Kids at Heart teens through The Young Ascenders program at Ascent has been my favorite thing about life right now, can't thank yall enough!! The gym of gyms!!!

Fantastic experience: Amazing experience at the studio. My kids loved the auto-belay feature and considering we all four (two adults and two kids) never ever climbed before, we had a blast!!!! Highly recommend for anyone from a girls night out to a fun and active date night or a great hot afternoon indoors with your pre-teens.

Fantastic experience: Amazing experience at the studio. My kids loved the auto-belay feature and considering we all four (two adults and two kids) never ever climbed before, we had a blast!!!! Highly recommend for anyone from a girls night out to a fun and active date night or a great hot afternoon indoors with your pre-teens.

Fantastic experience: I’ve read some bad reviews from ancient trad dads and inexperienced gumbies alike, but let me tell you that they are wrong. Figure eights are definitely sketchy to be using anymore when we have technology such as the GriGri, and belaying standing so far back from the wall is indeed dangerous. The staff ARE ALL friendly amazing people, many of whom I’ve become friends with over my year and a half as a member. I can’t say enough good things about this gym, the setting is prime, the protection is all in good condition, the facilities are top grade, and the community is great. This is definitely the place to go if you’re looking for amazing people and a taste of the climbing community. Ascent > Whetstone

Fantastic experience: Literally the best gym in Co, I say that because yes I may be on the team but it’s genuinely such an amazing community to be apart of. The staff here are ACTUALLY knowledgeable about climbing and very helpful. I have learned so much here and bonded with a lot of people, truly an awesome place. I have never had a bad experience with anyone who works there or any of my coaches, I always feel comfortable to train and climb. The setters are amazing and helpful as well.

Fantastic experience: These are some of the best routes I've climbed in awhile. Even the lower grade ones were interesting and varied. Josh is a great setter. This place is humbling. After climbing the soft grades at EarthTreks I jumped on a "warmup" route and got my money's worth. The staff was nice, very helpful getting 4 of us through our lead tests.

Fantastic experience: Great Gym. Great staff. Setting is done in a way I like. A lot of the staff is very knowledgeable and are absolute crushers both in and out of the gym. Even through COVID, the staff has been able to provide bits and pieces of the Ascent experience, which is much appreciated. The reservation system is continuously being improved to allow for easier reservations even as the capacity has been incrementally reduced.

Fantastic experience: Great climbing gym with good classes too! They are working hard to keep clean during COVID.

Fantastic experience: I have been climbing at ascent for a few years now, and I can say that this gym rocks! I am part of the youth team at Ascent which means that I am fortunate enough to climb at almost all of the best gyms in the Front Range. I can say for certain that Ascent is nothing short from these other gyms. Whether it’s the amazing routes and boulders to the exceptionally tight knit community there is every reason to start climbing at ascent.

Fantastic experience: I love all the community-driven and high energy spectator events they have. The owners are very friendly and genuinely care about taking care of their customers and community. I like that they are frequently working the front desk and take part in their own events. It shows that they remain well grounded and connected with all that goes on under their roof. I’ve found all the staff friendly and sociable. They’re all passionate about climbing. The gym has everything a new or serious climber could want or need. Tall walls, autobelays, cracks, bouldering, all angles, a very well stacked fitness area, cozy yoga studio, and soon to be child day care. I know many would love a bar, but that’s never been important to me so I don’t have a strong opinion there. They partner with breweries to offer alcohol at events and monthly member appreciations. I mostly climb on rope these days so I’ll refrain from commenting on the bouldering, but same setters so... I’ve really enjoyed almost every route I’ve been on. I’m an established and confident climber so variations in grading don’t really get to me, but I find them consistent enough and pretty close to what I expect. For my standards and from my experience I find the gym very clean and the air always chalk-free. There’s always cleaning to be done, at every gym, but it’s better than where I’ve come from. I would enjoy a few more autobelays so there could be more grade and style options for when I need to climb alone, but not a deal breaker. There are definitely times, 5-7p, when the teams are practicing that things get packed and you might need to compromise on what you get one or wait a bit. I’ll close by saying that I am a previous gym founder and operator so I have a perspective as both a manager and a customer. Finally, I find the reviews that the gym is either “atrocious” or that the staff are “rude” to be incredibly unfounded, unjustified, and simply from a very limited and childish point of view. Haters gonna hate. Whatev.

Fantastic experience: This is one of the best climbing gyms I have been to. There is a good mix of both bouldering and rope climbing with interesting features and amazing route setting. Really friendly crowd, easy to find partners. There are lots of great member perks too, like the annual fitness challenge, appreciation nights, and discounts on gear (and morning coffee). What more can you ask for in a local climbing gym?

Fantastic experience: My husband and I have been going to ascent for a few months now and we really like it. Workers are super nice and we are pretty much always welcomed by smiles and a warm hello. I don’t think I’d recommend it as a regular gym if you don’t climb, as I wish the gym had a little more machines but other than that everything’s pretty great!

Fantastic experience: Purposefully crafted, top-of-the line climbing gym. Setting is stellar and challenging across sport and bouldering routes. Upstairs features really nice but not particularly large training area. Great staff. Overall really dig the facility/vibe. Keep it up!

Fantastic experience: Love love this gym! Awesome climbing and awesome fitness classes! I’m a huge yoga gal and their yoga program is awesome. Jessy and Shelby are both super great! Their vinyasa classes are both challenging and accessible. I absolutely love Megan’s restorative class, it’s incredibly relaxing and perfect for before or after climbing to get a good stretch. She also plays crystal bowls which I’m obsessed with!

Fantastic experience: Ascent has been my home gym since I've been back in the Fort for the past year or so. It is a first rate facility with all of the amenities (including amazing coffee). I am a 6 AM regular, which is available to members including punch card holders. Ascent is the kind of place where you get to know each other by name, can connect to climb outside, and are generally welcome to join another group if you come in alone. The route setting is creative and varied and is updated frequently. Most of all, I feel very at home with the people. I was surprised at the negative comments here about staff. Sometimes it is easy to mistake different personality styles such as shyness as rudeness. We are all climbers and some of us have our quirks, but by the nature of our sport we put great trust in each other. I've never met an Ascent employee that would not return kindness with kindness (and I've met them all).

Fantastic experience: Such a fun gym! And I appreciate that they offer more than just Climbing. Membership is expensive, so I’ve only gone as a guest. I would love to look more into membership this year though I miss this gym so much!

Fantastic experience: I've been meaning to check this place out with my little kids for a while now. I wish I'd gone sooner! They were wonderful. We are nieve and inexperienced with climbing but they helped us each step of the way. Prices seemed reasonable, equipment was in great shape and the staff was kind and professional. Kids are hooked, we'll definitely be back!

Fantastic experience: I came in to try it out, ended up walking out with a membership and a smile! Super fun place to climb! A little crowded(but that’s okay) early mornings are when I try to go, it being less packed! Wonderful staff, friendly and willing to lend advice and a hand to anyone looking or needing it! Awesome atmosphere and a little shop to the right as you walk in. Offering shoes, chalk, bags and a lot more! Follow me on Instagram @ Ol_Huckleberry_Fin to see more cool, fun places to see and explore in Colorado!

Fantastic experience: Love, love, LOVE this gym!! The facility is super nice and open. The big windows let a lot of light in. The routes are great and fun. The staff are all really great and awesome. We recently moved to Michigan and we're missing y’all so much!

Fantastic experience: Friendly and helpful staff, an array of climbing walls and routes that provide fun and challenge for anyone of any skill level and any age. And I do mean any skill level and any age. I took the intro climbing class today taught by Jamie, who proved to be knowledgeable, positive, supportive, and smart, and last but not least knows how to teach. I'm 69, and with Jamie's tutoring I climbed to the top of a 5.10, learned basic belaying and various climbing fundamentals, and had a great time. Instruction is modestly priced and I recommend it highly to make the most of the climbing experience. To one side was a class of toddlers, who appeared to be having the time of their lives. As I said Ascent Studio has something for everyone of any age and any skill level, and I think it is a great asset to the community of Fort Collins and a great opportunity for those wanting to do something that is new and exciting and can push them to the limits of their ability and beyond, for those who, like me, enjoy new challenges and learning opportunities..

Fantastic experience: Beautiful gym with loads of color on the walls, huge volume route was super cool, sweet bouldering ramp where you can put together some very long problems. Highly recommend stopping by to climb whether new or experienced.

Fantastic experience: I can’t say enough great things about their kids programs. The coaches are amazing and great with the kids, and the studio doesn’t skimp on coaches per child, so everyone gets lots of climbing time. They are also great about placing kids according to their abilities. Their lessons and kids’ camps are fabulous!! The facility is also top notch. Highly recommend.

Fantastic experience: I've been to over a dozen climbing gyms all over the world, and this one is among my favorites. Super friendly staff, tall walls, interesting route setting. The gym has bouldering, top rope, lead and auto belay climbing. There's a couple of cracks to practice your finger and hand crack climbing. The only thing missing from this gym is slab.

Fantastic experience: I normally don’t write reviews but this place was amazing! Super friendly and helpful staff, clean facility, fun routes and really nice locker rooms. Esteban was extremely helpful and when he was explaining the gym layout and different rules/tips, it felt like I was talking to a good friend, not an employee. Will definitely be recommending this place to my climbing friends and will absolutely be coming back!

Fantastic experience: Clean and tidy with friendly, knowledgeable staff, this is a great facility. The climbing is fun and the training area is great. Boulders tended to be a bit technical and somewhat dynamic. Very fun. Didn't get to sample the rope routes. Will definitely come back.

Fantastic experience: Great gym and great route setters! This is the climbing gym Fort Collins deserved. The walls are terrific and the route setting is top notch. Great bouldering and lead routes keep space open even if there are crowds or kids. The huge boulder cave is also incredible - where else can you do overhanging, 35’ routes without needing a belay partner?

Fantastic experience: Great gym and great route setters! This is the climbing gym Fort Collins deserved. The walls are terrific and the route setting is top notch. Great bouldering and lead routes keep space open even if there are crowds or kids. The huge boulder cave is also incredible - where else can you do overhanging, 35’ routes without needing a belay partner?

Fantastic experience: Every one was super friendly and accommodating! We were greeted promptly and Esteban who assisted us was very thorough in explaining everything, touring the facility for us and answering questions, and getting me and my 3 kids set up for gear. Very personable and helpful. The facility is top of the line. Very well maintained and with a variety of levels of climbing. I didn't get a chance to explore the fitness area, but we'll definitely be back. I recommend it for people of all ages!

Fantastic experience: As a first time climber, this was a wonderful experience. The staff was helpful and willing to help as much as we wanted. The facility offered multiple bouldering walls, a yoga studio, and gym. The gym has rowing machines, treadmills, weight machines, and free weights. We purchased a day pass and this included all the climbing we wanted, use of the gym, and ability to join any class being taught in the studio. The sell some snacks and a variety of drinks. Though they do not sell bottled water, they have a filtered fill-station and water fountains. There were different skill level of participants from novice to more advanced. It was such a nice, open space we could watch others climb. Definitely will come back whenever we are out here!

Fantastic experience: This is a great gym with a good variety of routes -- bouldering, top-rope, and lead climbing alike. Routes are changed up regularly. There is a great training area, too. Just be aware, it does get busy in the evenings M-Th.

Fantastic experience: Ascent Studio is a fantastic gym. It has been a long time coming for Fort Collins, but we now have a wonderful, commercial quality, locally grown and funded climbing gym. The building design and wall layout is great with very little unused space and the wall colors as well as setting style (single color hold routes, no tape) makes the setting very inviting, clean, and inspirational. This facility is top notch and it’s great for experienced climbers and kids alike!!!

Fantastic experience: This is easily the best place to climb in Northern Colorado. The route setting goes is fantastic, staff is friendly. Some people are adverse to the price of membership but when compared to other corporate gyms in Colorado (I.e movement Boulder, BRC, Earth Treks) its right in line with the pricing tier. Would recommend, great atmosphere, great everything. A near perfect gym!!