Inner Peaks South End 2220 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28203

"The last time I was here about 8 months ago and the auto belays were on the 60ft walls. Now they are only on the 30ft walls and oh man were the grades off! There was only one route worthy of a 5.10 rating and it was labeled 5.12a. No joke, there was not a single other route harder than a 5.8 even though they were all listed 5.9-5.11. The bouldering was ok, but super crowded."

"Fine gym, lots of routes, but their rope routes all seem notably over graded. They have a ton (like...dozens) of "5.10a-5.11c" routes set, but the handful I climbed felt between 5.8-5.10. Route rating is an interesting enigma - they have grade response cards on some routes and I was surprised to see so many clients agreeing that routes were what the setter suggested. Didn't make much sense to me; the setters from my home gyms in Atlanta would rate most of these Inner Peaks route 2-3 grades lower. They have a 5.10a set that I would blindly rate a 5.7! All of that said, the facility is clean, and has plenty of variety and interesting climbs. Great hours, nice staff, and you’ll get a nice morale boost from climbing there."

"I have been to MANY climbing gyms as I use to work at one and have been a climber for 8+ years. This gym was smelly, the routes were okay at best, it’s absolutely overpriced. The yoga classes are sub par and the weight lifting area is a joke. I have been to gyms that cost less and have state of the art facilities plus a nice weight lifting area and a plethora of classes to choose from in private classroom areas included in the membership. This place is honestly not worth it unless they lower their prices."

"Cool gym. Out-of-towner who travels a lot for work so I like to try out local climbing gyms. I mostly stick to bouldering, but I did try out the auto belays for a bit. The staff was prompt with the orientation. Lots of good routes to choose from. The holds could use a cleaning. Some routes were hard to distinguish colors because there was so much chalk. Will be back again when I'm in Charlotte."

"Really nice space for climbing. Lots of boulders and rope climbs. 3 auto belays. A really big selection of workout equipment and climbing boards."