The Boulders

Getting in

Monday to Friday

3:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Saturday and Sunday

10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Day pass

$20 adult, $18.50 student or boulder-only

There is nothing to book to climb. Turn up while the gym is open, pay at the desk, sign their waiver on your first visit. Bouldering, you can start straight away. Ropes need a belay test first. See below.

Hours and prices are the ones published on the gym's own site. They can change, and holiday hours differ. climbtheboulders.com is the one that is always right.

What it is

A not-for-profit society, and a community facility rather than a chain. The gym describes its mandate as making climbing accessible to everyone, regardless of ability or ability to pay.

Over 13,000 square feet of climbing: bouldering, top rope and lead. It also runs adaptive and rehabilitation programmes, youth recreational and competitive teams, and a climbing academy at Stelly's Secondary School.

The belay test

To use the ropes, top rope or lead, you take a short belay test with staff at the desk. It is free and it takes a few minutes: you show them you can manage the rope and the brake.

If you have not passed it, you are on the boulders, unless you arrive with somebody who has. That is the whole reason this board exists on a rope: a partner is the difference between climbing and not.

If you are new, or coming back after years off, book a lesson rather than relying on a stranger from here to teach you. The gym's instructors are certified by the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides.

Having a profile here says nothing about any of this. This board does not check whether anyone can belay, and cannot. The gym does, every time.

See what's on

Who runs this board

Not the gym. BelayBoard is built for climbers at The Boulders and nowhere else, but it is not run by them, and gym staff cannot see your notes or your profile. Anything about your membership, a class or the building goes to the gym. Anything about this site comes to us.