Movement Sunnyvale

Great location for indoor climbing — bouldering and top rope. No prior experience needed to come in and start. We started by taking their single day pass (and equipment rental) a few times, and liked it enough to take the monthly membership and come regularly. We like their free classes from time to time, and they also regularly change the climbing walls… so always new challenges.

This is one of the largest climbing gyms in the bay area, so it has one of the largest variety of climbing routes and bouldering projects. They usually have a pretty good variety of grades as well. All the Movement gyms have the older style wall texture (before Walltopia became ubiquitous) which I actually prefer bc it looks and feels slightly more like real rock - especially on the crack climbs. This Sunnyvale gym also has a pretty good variety of crack routes. The fitness area is probably the largest I have seen in any climbing gym with a huge variety of equipment. During peak hours this place can get quite busy, so it's best to go on weekday mornings if possible.

Incredibly friendly and helpful staff, some super sick routes and great workout equipment. It’s just way too crowded:( I was constantly waiting my turn to get on the wall and then once I was up there someone would climb a problem right next to me lacking any regard to my presence. There were children running around without supervision and overall the atmosphere was loud and disruptive. I definitely prefer a more peaceful bouldering environment so unfortunately won’t be going back.

Gym is really large with 2 boulder areas. The top rope and lead sections have great diversity in grades and a good variety for lead climbers which was exciting! There were some really tall walls and some shorter walls, so it was good for all people. The actual gym area was one of the largest I've seen at any climbing gym and really well equipped. The things I'm not a fan of are more so issues that I have with all movement gyms- there are GrirGris attached to all the top ropes, not all of them are smooth for belaying. Also you have to schedule a lead test way in advance, so if you're just visiting occasionally it's hard to be able to lead. This gym has a few area in ropes and the front boulder pit where there was a lack of lighting and it was really dark midday. Otherwise great experience first time!

A very well equipped climbing gym in the Sunnyvale area. Their top rope section is much larger actually has a great distribution of grades. Their rope climbing grades are extremely lenient: for ex. A 5.10c here is most likely a 5.9 in other gyms Surprisingly, their workout area is also pretty big. Getting a membership here is going to fulfill most of your fitness needs. Avoid peak hours if possible as it gets crowded and you ll have to wait in line for getting on the wall