Best Rock Climbing For Kids Around Indianapolis
Rock climbing for kids is a great physical activity where your entire family can learn the indoor sport. Besides getting great exercise and have loads of fun, several of these places offer clubs, competitions and even a rock climbing birthday party option. Kids will gain strength, agility, flexibility and more with indoor rock climbing!
Columbus Rock Gym
Beth Wood: Columbus Rock Gym is an indoor bouldering rock climbing gym that offers its climbers a variety of routes over padded floors that allow climbers of all ages and experience levels to climb without ropes or harnesses. CRG also offers training walls, hang boards, equipment rentals, monthly memberships, After School Programs for kids and more.
Cost: Day Pass $10-$12, Additional $3.50 shoe rental per climber. Memberships available.
Climb Time Indy
Climb Time Indy offers climbers of all experience levels more than 8,500 square feet of climbing space. With over 4,000 different holds, 30 ropes and routes that change weekly, climbers can enjoy a different climb each visit. Choose from easy to moderate to extremely difficult levels. Climb time also offers private lessons, kids programs, group climbs, monthly memberships, a pro shop and more.
Zip City Indy
Beth Wood: Zip City features an indoor rock climbing wall that is over 30 feet long and 30 feet high with 5 different repelling stations climbers of all ages and experience levels will enjoy. Zip City also offers an indoor zip line park, ropes course, trampoline park, laser tag battlefield, indoor soccer field, concessions and arcade area, full-service bar, toddler town play area and more for guests to enjoy during their visit.
Cost: $3.50 per Rock Wall Pass; All activities: $24.95 for 2-hour & $27.95 for 3-hour activities
EPIC Climbing and Fitness
Beth Wood: EPIC Climbing and Fitness offers guests over 18,000 square feet of climbing surface with walls up to 50 feet in height. Top roping, bouldering and lead climbing are available for climbers of all ages and skill levels. EPIC also offers monthly memberships, climbing lessons, youth clubs, yoga and fitness classes, kids camps and more.
Cost: Day Rates start at $12, Equipment Rental per climber $4-$8; Memberships available.
Hoosier Heights Indianapolis
Beth Wood: Hoosier Heights is an indoor rock climbing gym that features lead climbing, top roping and bouldering for all levels of experience. Climbers will find over 100 routes, 40 top ropes, 45 foot high walls, a "lead cave," four bouldering areas, a Dojo obstacle area, fitness area and gear shop. Lessons, monthly family and individual memberships, daily specials, climbing clubs and kids programs available weekly.
Cost: $15-$25 Adult, $14 Youth 4-14, FREE 3 and under. $5 Shoe/$1 Chalkbag rental per climber.
Hoosier Heights Bloomington
Beth Wood: Hoosier Heights Bloomington is an indoor rock climbing gym that offers its guests a new facility featuring bouldering and rope climbing courses, training spaces, yoga studio and more. Climbers of all ages and experience levels are invited to try the sport of indoor rock climbing at Hoosier Heights Bloomington. Kids climb club, lessons, climbing teams, yoga classes, monthly memberships, weekly climbing specials and more are also offered at HHB.
Cost: Day Pass $15-$25 Adult, $14 Youth 4-14, FREE 3 and under. $5 Shoe, $1 Chalkbag rental
Climb Lafayette
Beth Wood: Climb Lafayette is an indoor rock climbing facility featuring over 4,000 square feet of climbing, for all experience levels. Top rope walls max out at 28 feet and a bouldering wall maxes out at 16 feet. Climb Lafayette offers orientation climbing classes, yoga classes, monthly memberships and more.
Ages: 4 and up
Cost: Day Pass $5-$13, $3 shoes, $2 chalk bag, FREE harness; Memberships available.
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