Gemstone Climbing Center

Fantastic experience: We are so thrilled to have a climbing gym in our town. Great place for all ages and levels. For yoga, challenger sports, and so much more!

Positive experience: Affordable and fun. Routes for every skill level. Be prepared to change how you belay to meet their standards. One employee told me to lower the climber by pulling the ATC away from my harness. I've been climbing for 30 yrs, teaching for 10, and that is just plain wrong. Be safe, have fun.

Fantastic experience: I've been here about a year. Great place to bring the family or go by yourself. Their fitness classes also have a positive vibe. They have nice clean locker rooms with showers, looking like a 3-star hotel. I love their staff. They answer your questions about shoes, equipment, and technique. I've been here long enough to understand some of the bad reviews. Indeed there are sometimes macho types there with foul mouths. Sometimes they need a gentle reminder that there are kids around or that they need to keep it down. There were also comments about their front staff. I am not writing to justify or diminish the hurt and bad experiences some patrons have had. I will say though that there are times that the front staff are overloaded and/or understaffed. I regularly see patrons using the auto-belays beyond the safety of their engineering, such as climbing routes not directly below the auto-belay. Or letting its cord get excessively twisted. Combine that with kids running under climbers unmonitored... you can feel the burnout. There's been a few times I've wanted to climb in the evening hours only to find out they've closed an hour or half-hour early. Summary: a great local business deserving 5 stars. Best to go when not busy (be aware of Saturday birthday parties). Temperature always good in there. Climb safely.

Fantastic experience: Been taking my kids here on and off for a few years, they are amazing! We do their kids classes a lot and the staff is always great. Had a birthday here in April and the 2 staff members they had there to help the kids belay we're AMAZING. I have a few very talkative/silly little girls and the young men they had helping them were so kind and patient with them. Party room was separated from the public and large. 10/10 would recommend for parties. It is pricey though overall.