Alta Boulders

"My experience here was phenomenal! I usually stick to only top rope and auto belays, so at first, I was pretty disappointed to realize there were only boulders. I nearly walked out, however Ben greeted me and expressed reasons bouldering may be worth a go for the day. He was able to help me with techniques that lessened the wear on my hands and also gave me beta that helped with my confidence. Thanks to Ben, I may just try bouldering and Alta Boulders again. Wonderful facility and customer experience."

"Great bouldering gym. Place also has an amazing gym for regular workouts. Lots of great routes, great variety, and well spaced out which is important with the traffic they get from college students when it can get super busy. The staff are friendly and helpful as well which is great! My only knockoff comes from the lack of more down climbs. The walls here are pretty tall and the routes are pretty tough. Usually there are only 1 - 3 down climb holds with no down climb foot holds. Even then after the 3 down climb hold you’re still a good 8-10 feet off the ground depending on the climb. This can be a little sketch especially since the mat is a little bit harder. I think it would be a great idea and safer to have an extra down climb or two hold, and maybe even foot holds for the down climb as well. I’m not the only one that feels this way. Definitely give this gym a chance!"

"The gym is nice, but they don't set. Ever. As of writing this the cave section of the gym hasn't been changed since the first week of November. Half of the gym hasn't been set since December. The whole gym SHOULD be brand new every month. How are they going to up their prices and never set new routes. They either don't have enough route setters or they're just lazy. This complaint isn't new either. I leave the same suggestion on their suggestion box pretty often. Every time I leave one I swear the time between new sets gets longer. That new gym in Tempe is looking like the place to go. *Update to their response* 8 weeks is fine for the big walls, but for a boulder gym??? Most people finish their projects, I assume based off my experience and other climbers, in a week or less. I don't know anyone that takes up to two months to work on a gym project. Maybe I've just been spoiled by gyms in other states, but 2 months is too long. The cave is being reset this week. Great. That should've been done the first week of December. Or January to stay in line with the 8 week claim. Not the first week of February. 3 months untouched is ridiculous"

"Coming from out of town, this place is super cool! Don’t remember the guy at the front desk but he was super nice, gave me a tour and we practiced falling. Half of the gym was closed off due to a comp but otherwise there were still climbs I could do. I do V1-V2 and these felt correctly graded. Holds were of good quality, and routes weren’t stacked upon each other. My usual gym has the most uncomfortable mats, but here I felt comfortable falling since they were so nice. The head route setter introduced themselves to me which made me feel very welcome. Everyone was really nice and the facility is so clean and well-maintained. I’ll definitely be back!"

"Good, clean bouldering gym with plenty to keep you busy. Mats were soft. Route setting seemed to be a little all over the place in terms of grading. Some problems of the same grade were super easy and then some were very difficult, more so than any other gym I've ever been to. I was kicked out of the workout area, which is not seperated from the climbing area, for "not wearing close toed shoes". I have been to MANY climbing gyms and have never experienced this. I'm not sure what close toed shoes are meant to protect you from in a climbing gym where nearly everyone is walking around in climbing shoes, sandals or barefoot. I was not offered an explanation."