Red Rock Climbing Center

I love this place! Unfortunately, I can understand some of the things stated in the bad reviews. But the people that recommend NCC over R2C2 must be nuts. I have been to R2C2 in the summer when the A/​C has been out and yea, it didn’t smell so good. A/​C was fixed quickly though. Over the past couple of years I have seen some employee turnover, and they have had some employees better than others. I have seen the employees with their face buried in their phones. But those ones usually don’t last long. For the most part the employees are friendly and helpful.
PROS
Best variety of climbing. Tons of bouldering, 5 auto belays, 6 or 7 top ropes and dozens of sport climbs. Walls with multiple varying degrees of pitch from vertical to overhanging, concave and convex arcs, reverse stair-​step, and the only roof /​ceiling in town. Upstairs has a 35° and 45° walls for bouldeting.
Each gym in town is unique and has its own vibe. The vibe here is amazing! The class of climbers (regulars) this gym attracts is top notch. From beginners to advanced, pretty much everyone is pleasant, friendly and considerate.
Owners, manager, and majority of staff is friendly and helpful. Yea, a few people have come and gone that maybe were not as friendly or helpful as others, but it is what it is I guess. When it comes to hiring employees, I guess you can’t hit a home run every time.
3 floors of climbing and a 4^th floor dedicated to work out and yoga.
CONS
Lighting stinks. Not sure there is a fix for that. But it seems the recessed lights are aimed with great care and percession to be directly in your eyes while belaying.
Gym gets crowded on UNLV nights. I’m OK with a full gyms, it’s only 2 nights a week when school is in session. But it does mess up the mojo a bit. The students are not as considerate as the regulars.
Overall though, great gym, great place for (supervised) kids /​family time, great place to train.

Easily the best climbing gym in the city. There are other flashier gyms, but this gym consistently has the best settings. Great technical climbing with inspiring climbs with a wide range of variations. This goes for their bouldering as well as their sport. No other gym in town even comes close to their sport route setting.
A lot of people knock that they still use tape to mark routes, but there is more creativity when the sets don’t rely on the holds all being the same color. It also allows them to have a bigger variety of holds which keeps it more interesting. They also clean their holds and change their sets often, keeping things fresh.
The staff is not only knowledgable, but friendly and attentive.
While I do enjoy going to the other gyms in town from time to time, this place is definitely still leading the pack, and the one I frequent and recommend going to the most.

Just walked out from this place with my family and I highly doubt we will be back ! VERY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. The young man at the front desk clearly doesn’t love his job ! When we walked in we weren’t greeted, just asked if were going to climb, When leaving the establishment, my kids placed the harnesses they used back into a bin with other harnesses, I said «thanks» he replied with thanks as well but didn’t even bother looking up at me when I spoke to him. (RUDE)

Everything was awesome! My 11 year old did a class and my son and I climbed. Everything was well taken care of and clean. The staff was very helpful and so nice. I can’t wait to go back!

Do you need a place that’s cool in the summer but full of activity? I have found the place for kid-​friendly fun. Actually, this is FAMILY fun. Turn off the TV. Get out of the mall. Ditch a night at the cinema and come here. Here is the true community I look for in the Las Vegas Valley.

Not the cleanest gym in the world but it’s not dirty. Staff are okay, not the friendliest but not bad. I love the gym itself though, they switch up the routes fairly often. Two smaller bouldering rooms upstairs are my favorite. Usually empty in the mornings and early afternoons. The groupon for the classes & membership is a great deal!!!

Went here a few months back, first time rock climbing, girlfriend and I took the introduction course. Staff was knowledgable and friendly, prices weren’t bad either. I like the day pass for $ 15 that lasts from open to close. Would recommend for anyone who wants to try it out!

This is place great for people because it offers bouldering as well as normal rock climbing. Its a great work out for the whole body.
My only problem was the lady who worked there. The way of how she explained the gym to me as a first time user sounded like I’m too good for you. Also as she was going over some safety tips for us and she would stop in the middle to say hi and bye to at least 10 regulars who we coming and going. She’d even stopped, walked to that person, gave a hugged and had small talk. My favorite is when she screamed over us in the middle of our safety tip to say bye to a friend. Ok I feel safe…
And I didn’t like how there wasn’t any lockers or cubby in the whole facilities either. I get the whole «I don’t touch your stuff so you don’t touch mine» but if something is missing or gone, it’s gone forever.

This a a pretty cool place. I don’t live in Vegas but I visit a few times a month. I try to come here every visit. It’s 15 for a day pass but they have a punch card that gives 10 visits for $ 100. Climbing is great for stress relief and coming here allows me to get that away from my climbing gym back home. They’ve got great high walls for top roping and belaying. The best part of it is the auto belays they have all over. I’m normally here bouldering so that’s what I’ll focus on. I love the yellow brick road traverse they have. It’s got to have more that two hundred holds that stretch around the main area and up and down the ramp. The routes are changed pretty often, I’ve never been able to clear it out and send everything before they change things. Then again I’m only a visitor of course. Up the ramp is a bouldering nook and even further is a workout and cave bouldering area. It’s secluded and pretty cool. People are friendly and so is the front desk. I try to go before dinner time or in the afternoon, it’s never too busy around then for me.

This is a really nice location if you want to rock climb in a safe way or just want to practice. They have three floors available, I believe the higher the floor the most challenging it is. If you are a beginner and do not have any experience, not a problem. They offer a day pass and gear rental for only $ 25 dollars. Every wall has different color tape, you can challenge yourself by only using one color tape at a time. So the same wall can feel different every time. The same goes for the color tape, the higher the number the more challenging it gets.
This is definitely a fun way to work out your muscles.

This place is awesome. The staff is always so friendly and are always available to help. The only reason I didn’t give them five stars is because it is almost always over crowded so you have to wait to climb (especially if you are a beginner)!

In comparison to the two other climbing gyms in town (The Refuge and NCC)
Pros:
*Multi-​level gym with top rope and lead climbing downstairs, an awesome bouldering ramp with overhung routes, and upstairs bouldering areas. The Yellow Brick Road is a classic traverse that has been up forever
*the routes change regularly and are dated and IDed by the setter. I know I always love the wonkiness of Dbird’s routes
*a shower and bathrooms
*good snack/​drink selection
*safety focused gym with requirements and tests for being able to do things like lead
*the whole gym is leadable (NCC only has lead climbing in the cave and the Refuge is all bouldering)
*4 auto belays
*kids’ climbing classes and times
*contribute to climbing community with annual bouldering comps
*you can rent gear to take outside.
*cleanish? — it’s definitely cleaner than NCC (they vacuum regularly and don’t have dogs), but not as clean as Refuge (which may just be clean because it’s new)
Cons:
*no gym equipment or other classes offered
*there are usually 10 or less top ropes set up, so if you’re not leading and it’s busy, you’re not climbing
*there is no space for your stuff, so you put it in the middle of the floor and hope no kids or people step on it/​break it/​steal it
*vibe is the least friendly of the three gyms, but if you want a serious climbing day without commentary, this is definitely a pro
Neutral:
*medium expensive (Day pass is $ 15 while the Refuge is $ 17 and NCC is $ 14. Adult EFT monthly membership is $ 50 — same as NCC and cheaper than the Refuge by $ 15)

Over-​crowded, employees have bad attitude, smells bad. Go to Nevada Climbing instead.
I’ve climbed now at least half a dozen times, and always need a quick reminder how to tie the rope. I’ve even been to this place before, and passed their test. Today I was accused of hiding from the guy, then called a liar when I mentioned another employee had showed me the knot previously. My friend fumbled the belay, and after 60 seconds was told he needed to buy a lesson, at which point we decided to just get a refund. The same manager that called me a liar and accused me of hiding then challenged whether we deserved a refund.
Finally we go back to the cashier, who had earlier given me attitude for throwing my receipt in the trash, and she asks for my receipt. Then she admits she knew I didn’t, just trying to prove a point I guess. I consider myself to be very nice and polite, and I’ve rarely been treated with such rudeness as tonight at this climbing center. They clearly need some competition to check their attitudes over there.

One of two that popped up when searching in Vegas. I only came for the bouldering and after having been to a few gyms around SoCal where I live I think their ratings are +1 over actual. Didn’t matter tho since they’re great routes! Well, theres two areas: a corner that you can see from the front desk which I thought was crap, but also a sick loft where the good stuff is. Find that, its good stuff. Desk Dude was cool.

Pretty good place to train. It’s a bit expensive but there are not really any alternatives on the west side of town.
They change the routes up every couple of months so it doesn’t get boring. You can try it out for the day to see of you like it. I signed up for the monthly payment plan though

I really enjoy climbing here, and have been taking advantage of their monthly membership prices ($ 60/​month). There are a lot of fun bouldering, top roping, and lead climbing routes. (Not that I’m anywhere near confident enough to try lead climbing yet!) The climbers are usually very friendly and helpful, I’ve gotten a lot of useful beta from helpful regulars!
This place does get super crowded on weekdays, especially after CCSD schools let out. I try to avoid those times, but it’s not a terrible issue.
I enjoy spending a lot of time bouldering in the several smaller rooms upstairs, because they’re usually really fun to work on, but also because I don’t always feel safe in the downstairs room. There are some sketchy belaying habits present at this gym, and I have yet to see staff intervene or even seem to care. Even when my boyfriend brought a staff member’s attention to a belayer routinely and completely taking their hand off the rope, the staff member neither intervened or acted concerned. There is a female staff member that last week was encouraging a lead climber and her belayer to take big risks, and I got to witness some pretty interesting swings and falls.
Does the gym smell like feet? Yep. It’s a climbing gym. The bathrooms could also be nicer considering what the membership prices are, but I’m not worried about it. As far as the water fountain issue (the complete lack of one) goes, it’s not super convenient, but it’s not hard to remember to bring a liter or two of water to the gym. The staff is usually pretty friendly, I just really wish they were more concerned with climbers’ safety.

I went to this location for my first rock climbing experience ever. Parking can be bit hard to find on busy says since it shares the lot with many other places. I needed up paying $ 23.XX for a day pass and shoe/​harness rental. $ 60/​month for membership, you’ll need to buy your own harness and climbing shoes.
There are many different types of climbing styles you can do at this place. I love the straight climb and the yellow brick road (its tough, but great for beginners). You can also do training for bouldering. The staff is very friendly.
I would highly recommend this place if you are curious about rock climbing. Kids will also love this, especially if they had a lot of sugar :). You will know what you weak spots are and improve your workout routine based on this.

Newly renovated! I haven’t been here since 2011 but the multiple Cirque du Solei crews comes often to get some fun workout done. I decided to join them finally, putting my harness I received as a gift to use. They now have more than 2 auto belay, so while the rest of the Cirque crew did their own things, the girlfriends/​fiancees/​wives we hooked ourselves up to the auto belay and competed with each other… lol! Needless to say, I was the first to climb my skinny little butt to the top… hahaha! They also renovated the second floor and it is more extensive and more challenges presented. Baby steps, baby steps. If your work schedule permets you to be flexible, I would advise that you go during the weekdays in mid-​morning or early afternoon where it’s less crowded and you pretty much have the place to yourself, minus the Cirque crews that are often there during their dark days.
A day pass is $ 15.0o/ $ 5.00 for shoes rental/​$ 5.00 for harness rental.

Bad gym for a date. Gym uses auto ropes so no need for someone to belay at the bottom. To belay you have to take their class and then pay for them to «test» your skills briefly. Tried to get assistance for 20+ minutes wanting to belay a friend and go through the hoops. Waste of time with 3 different employees. i have my belay card from another gym on me too. Whole point was to get friend experience with process before she goes rock climbing outside for her first time. Not very big. I would never come here or recommend to adult friend. I would recommend to friend with a kid, as the auto ropes are good for them.
Would give 1 star, but 2 stars because its good for kids.

I’m used to climbing gyms all over California so I’m a bit biased. This should be a 2 star, but because the only choice is Red Rock Center or Nevada Climbing Center, This place is comparably better.
They only have one bathroom and no water fountain. All gyms should have a water fountain. How the heck would you stay hydrated during your work out and in the arid desert air?!
I went on a Thursday 530 to 6 thinking it wouldn’t be as busy but it was completely filled with kids. There are a lot of different levels. But all the easier V0-​V3 routes are straight up. I’m used to more of a challenging route but still good jug holds to work on technical moves and variety rather than pure strength. Going straight up and down is kinda boring. I might as well just do pull ups at the gym.
I do like that they have a bouldering cave that leads up to the second floor, but most of the routes were V4+. The only easier route was along the side, which gives me a one sided work out. Still, cool idea architecturally.