Climb
something.

Eighteen thousand square feet of former tool-and-die shop on Foundry Road, Millbrook. Forty-five foot rope walls, a bouldering cave with honest overhangs, a training room that is not an afterthought, and setters who put up something new every week.

Day pass $22 Memberships from $59
The gym

Three zones,
one warehouse.

A 1962 tool-and-die shop with the sawtooth roof still on. Skylights, a concrete floor we did not bother to polish, and every wall built from plywood we would happily show you the back of.

The bouldering cave: overhanging plywood walls set with colorful holds above thick mats
Bouldering cave 01

Overhangs from 15 to 50 degrees, a foot of flooring underneath, and roughly 300 problems from V0 to V10 up at any given time.

A belayer's chalked hands on the rope and belay device
Rope walls 02

45 feet, 22 top-rope lines, 8 lead lines, and four auto-belays for the nights your partner cancels. Belay check required; the class is two hours.

Hangboard and campus board mounted on a plywood wall in the training room
Training room 03

A 40-degree adjustable board, hangboards at three heights, campus rungs, rings, a squat rack, and no music you did not choose yourself.

Passes and memberships

Pay for the day,
or stop paying for the day.

No initiation fee, no contract, no sales desk. Every pass covers every zone from open to close. Bring your own gear or rent it at the counter.

PassPriceGear includedNotes
Day pass $22 None. Rent shoes $5, harness $4, chalk bag $2. Every zone, open to close. Auto-belays included.
Punch card $19010 visits Shoes, every visit. Never expires. Share it with whoever you bring.
Monthly $79per month Shoes and harness. No contract. Freeze one month a year, free. Cancel by email.
Annual $790per year Shoes, harness, chalk, and a guest pass every month. Two months free against monthly. One payment, twelve months.
Student and youth $59per month Shoes and harness. Valid student ID, or under 18 with a guardian waiver. Youth team members have this built in.

Punch cards and memberships are sold at the desk. Memberships bill on the day you sign up and stop the month you email us.

Intro classes

Learn the ropes.
Also the not-ropes.

Three classes, taught by the people who set and climb here. All three include a day pass and rental gear for the session. Book by phone, by email, or at the desk.

01

Intro to Bouldering

How to fall, how to read a problem, how to stop over-gripping everything. You will be on the wall for most of the ninety minutes.

  • Length90 minutes
  • Price$35
  • RequiresNothing. Ages 8 and up.
  • WhenSaturdays 10 am, Wednesdays 6:30 pm
02

Belay class

Top-rope belaying with a tube-style device: knots, commands, catching a fall, lowering. Ends with the belay check that clears you on the rope walls.

  • Length2 hours
  • Price$45
  • RequiresAges 14 and up
  • WhenTue and Thu 6 pm, Sundays 11 am
03

Lead class

Clipping, resting, catching, and the part where you learn to fall on purpose. Two evenings, then a lead check. Four people, max.

  • Length2 evenings, 3 hours total
  • Price$85
  • RequiresBelay check passed, climbing 5.10 on top rope
  • WhenFirst and third Monday, 7 pm
The reset schedule

Something new every Tuesday.

Setters strip a section, wash the holds, and put up a fresh set. Reset zones reopen by 4 pm the same day, and the whole cave turns over every three weeks.

Grades are honest. A V3 here is a V3 outside. Every problem gets climbed at grade by a setter before it opens; if they cannot, it goes back up easier or harder, not mislabeled. If one feels soft or sandbagged, tell the desk. We keep a list and argue about it on Tuesdays.
ZoneReset dayWhat comes down
Bouldering cave Tuesday One third of the cave, 30 to 40 problems, on rotation.
Rope walls Thursday Eight to ten routes. Top-rope one week, lead the next.
Training board First Monday A full new set on the 40-degree board, all grades.
Youth wall Saturday, 8 am Whatever the team has worn smooth, before club hours.
Youth

Small hands,
big walls.

Coached by staff who competed, on a wall the adults are not allowed to touch. Every program includes the waiver, the gear, and a lot of falling on purpose.

Crux Youth TeamCompetitive, two squads

Ages10 to 18

Squads by experience, not age. Practice Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 4:30 to 6:30, plus a Saturday session before regional comps. Tryouts in September and February. $220 a month, membership included.

After-school clubDrop-off, Tuesday and Thursday

Ages6 to 12

3:45 to 5:15. We pick up from Millbrook Elementary and Ridge Street School in the van. Climbing games, a snack, homework if you insist. $180 a month, or $25 a day when there is room.

BirthdaysTwo hours, one reserved wall

Ages5 and up

Two staff belaying, the party room after, up to twelve kids for $325. Bring the cake, we have the plates. Ask about a date.

A pair of climbing shoes and a chalk bag on a crash mat, seen from above
Good to know

The boring parts, quickly.

Waiver

Everyone signs one, once. It takes two minutes at the desk. Under 18 needs a parent or guardian to sign, in person or ahead of time by email.

Shoe rental

$5 a visit, sizes from a kids' 10 to a men's 15, disinfected between wearers. Socks are your business. Free with monthly and annual memberships.

Chalk

Loose, block, or liquid, all fine. Nobody here bans chalk. Brush your holds when you finish a problem; the brushes hang at the end of every mat.

Hours

Monday to Friday 6 am to 11 pm. Saturday and Sunday 8 am to 9 pm. Holiday hours go on the door and on this page a week ahead.

A climber chalking up before a boulder problem, seen from behind
Community

Last Friday of the month, everybody shows up.

The Crux Comp. Thirty problems set the night before, scored on your best ten, three categories: Recreational, Open, and Youth. Prizes from the shops on Foundry Road, pizza at nine. Recreational is louder than Open, every single time.

$10 Entry, last Friday, 6 to 9 pm.Sign up at the desk any time that week. Spectating is free and encouraged.

Between comps: reset socials on Tuesday nights, a women's session on Sunday mornings, and a gear swap every April.

"I bought a day pass in 2022 because it was raining. I have not really left."Maya T., member since the rainy day

Find the orange door.

Address

1400 Foundry Road
Millbrook
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Sawtooth roof, orange door, lot out front. Bike racks by the door; the 14 bus stops at Foundry and Third.

Hours
  • Monday to Friday6 am to 11 pm
  • Saturday8 am to 9 pm
  • Sunday8 am to 9 pm
  • HolidaysPosted a week ahead
Contact

Call (555) 555-0147
or write to hello@crux.example

The desk answers between belays. Leave a message and we call back the same day.

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