Rock Spot Climbing: South Boston

This is an amazing gym. Dan and Max on staff are always friendly and willing to help, and give great tips and advice, and there’s a healthy community atmosphere here. The routes are quite varied and usually feel like they’re designed to teach good technique, with a lot of different ones that keep people coming back. I started climbing here and I’ve even brought a bunch of my friends here who hadn’t climbed before, and they almost without fail had fun and wanted to come back for more (and some do!). It’s also some of the cheapest climbing I’ve found - keep an eye out on the promotions and you’ll likely find yourself hooked before you know it.

I've been climbing with Rock Spot for several months now and I am very content with my membership! The staff is super friendly and caring, and also are great climbers themselves. Everybody I've interacted with here has been so positive and there is a great sense of community here. I was nervous about swapping gyms after moving here to Boston but the transition has been easy thanks to the great facility and helpful staff. In terms of routes, although there is a wide variety of walls and setting, there is a lot more overhang than I have seen at most other gyms, with maybe more than 50% of the climbing surface area dedicated to overhang problems. Not necessarily an issue, but just something I noticed. I also find that the problems can be inconsistently graded at times - where I can do a few v5's on one week's problems while I can barely do any v4's on another week. It could just be something wrong with me though haha. Another minor nit is that sometimes the tags that indicate which holds are the start holds can fall off pretty easily and get lost on the climbing mats, which can make the beginning of some problems confusing.

Blitzed in here before conference. So nice to have a local welcoming gym with auto belay. Diverse routes, friendly staff, felt like home. I was impressed by diverse equipment opportunities including treadwall and competition routes. If a local would be a member. Check them out.

Very well equipped gym even though it's a bit older. It has everything you need to have fun climbing and for training. It has a great varieties of features and climbs. Very nice staff. It has lot of hangboards, weights, bands, a spray wall, a treadwall, and some short TRs. I look forward to going back when I visit Boston next time.

Great rock climbing spot! The only reason they don't get all five stars on my review is that their crash pads could be improved. They do not feel as safe as they could. The level system in the gym is also interesting as they provide a peer contributed scale of grades for each route.