Climbing with Kids

SAFETY GUIDELINES & GYM ETIQUETTE

Bouldering is a very specific type of climbing in which there are no ropes involved. This means that climbers take a lot of unexpected falls. If other guests in the gym are not paying attention to their surroundings, it could result in serious injury. We recommend that kids are ages 6 or over to try bouldering. 

It is extremely important that parents and guardians follow these safety guidelines while their child(ren) climb: 

• All kids under the age of 14 need a parent or guardian in the facility at all times
• Parents/Guardians must stay within 6 feet of their child at all times
• We have a strict 2:1 ratio policy: There needs to be one adult present for every two kids in the facility
• Everyone needs to have a waiver completed prior to climbing on the walls (even if you are not climbing)

Please make sure that your child(ren) abide by the following rules and etiquette: 

• Be courteous to others around you
• Look out for climbers when walking by a wall or starting a climb
• Absolutely NO running, roughhousing, tumbling, or yelling 
• Absolutely NO climbing under/over or too close to other people (if you can touch the person climbing next to you, you are too close!)

These rules are necessary to help keep everyone as safe as possible and they apply to everyone in the facility. If more than two warnings have to be issued to a parent/guardian, the family’s climbing time may be cut short and they will politely be asked to come back another day.