Hoosier Heights Indianapolis

As a member of this gym for the last 6+ years it has seen no improvement and gradual decline. For one of the biggest gyms in indiana they feel the need to crowd the wall with narrow climbs and 3 routes per rope. Every rope has 3 routes pacted inside a 3 foot lane. Also hope you like crimps cause they don't hold budget to get anything bigger. With climbs so narrow and packed full its rare to see fun or interesting climbs especially at higher levels. The gym is still dusty with no dust collection.Water damaged several rooms from 8 m ago have not been fixed and just damaged and unoccupied. The birthday party room is included in the water damage so parties don't even have a proper room. That is if can schedule a B-day party because the computer system keeps dropping and their 1 man IT service doesn't care. The dojo was torn down for new climbing walls that have been delayed in construction multiple times. The gym looked rough when I joined and now is just in disrepair.As an employee for the past 1.5 years at the gym manager get support from the owner or president. The president shows up at 7 am (the gym opens at 11 am), climbs on his shift and is rude to most staff members who don't even know who he is. You will meet the manager, owners, and presidents of every other gym in Indy being apart of the community, but at hoosier they clock out by 3pm.6 months ago the gym had youth climbing teams, that had nationally ranked team members. Now since the president kept firing coaches that rubbed him wrong (but were still good employees) team doesn't really exist anymore. They give no support to team and only criticism.Every other gym has a great community surrounding it but Hoosier heights just doesn't care. 90% of the staff are high school students who will either be off to college soon or they just don't care. This leads to not being able to get a top rope or lead test cause the staff is new and undertrained.It could be a good gym but management either doesn't care or they don't get the support they need from upper management is is just doing the bare minimum to make the most amount of profit. The gym needs people who care and Ryan Fischer doesn't care.

I was very unpleased with my experience here. My son knows his manners and respectful of safety and personal space but the 5 staff sitting at the desk kept yelling at my son for being a kid. Not kid friendly for ages 5 and below and we're making my son cry. Nice routes, just always a hassle with the staff here. Add a kids room with your unused space. Maybe a kids foam pit? Idk. Something NMB doesn't have. Just an idea

We held my sons 11th birthday party here!! From scheduling it to the guest list to checking in all the way to climbing and checking out the entire experience was TERRIFIC!! The entire experience was more than we expected and most definitely was very memorable for my son and all his friends!!Thanks for a great time Hoosier Heights!! We will be back!!

Awesome place for top roping and lead climbing. Staff are also friendly and knowledgeable. Highly recommended!

My 7 year old grandson’s 1st time and he had a blast! Climbed to the top!!! Lots of fun!

The place seems pretty cool but the workers there are not helpful or friendly at all. At least when I went with my friend. It was our first time there and we have never lead climbed before. They didn't show us anything and if we asked questions they gave us a side eye like "how did you not know?" Like dude, we said this is our first time at this location help us. We didn't get an orientation or walk-through. The place lowkey sucked bc they also have "members only" spots. Like why tho? If you're gonna pay 25 dollars for a day pass I want the whole experience. They had decent walls but the rest of it sucked.

Our teenage son wanted to do a climbing party as part of his birthday celebration, so we scoped out Hoosier Heights. Totally worth it. We had a room of climbing walls all to ourselves, but the party could go out to the main area (together) and use the walls there. The staff was friendly and helpful. This was a great experience. Gender is unimportant with this activity. And I’m kinda outta shape, but when I climbed, I had a lot of fun, myself.

7 year old daughter loved it. We climbed together for about 90 minutes. Lots of climbing wall options for beginners. Good quality rental equipment in decent condition. No lines on the Saturday afternoon that we went. She had a smile on her face the whole time. We used a BOGO coupon in the Indy Discovery book. I’m sure we’ll come back. Fun day.

A top rope and lead climbing focused gym. If you're looking for high walls or to do a lot of lead climbing, then Hoosier Heights should be a consideration. There is also a decent amount of bouldering and it was graded true to the V scale. All around, routes are set really well.The orientation video covers all of the basics of bouldering and top rope. It explains how to top rope in case you need a reminder before going through their certification. If you're an experienced climber, you'll probably consider this a wasted 15 minutes because there is a mandatory guided walkthrough of the gym that happens afterwards where you can ask the usual questions you would ask when visiting a new gym.If you're staying in the area for a short while or are just visiting, be aware that the training areas that are only available to members.. So a day pass doesn't get you access to the gym equipment or the ninja warrior equipment.As far as the store, if you need to buy shoes, they have a large selection of climbing shoes from a variety of brands. But if you need anything other than shoes or a harness you won't find it here.Comments that are really just complaints: $25 is high for a first time visit day pass, and I find it strange that there can be 5 people working (not including the route setters) and yet no one is trained to do a lead climbing certification (not the class, just a certification).

Amazing place with amazing staff. My son is an avid climber and loves the new routes every week. They have a great top out wall, with routes that are fitting for beginner climbers all the way up. With 3 different boulder areas my kid is in heaven. The staff has always been helpful with answering our climbing questions and helping with choosing the right gear for us. Great place to expend lots of energy and present a fun challenge.