First Ascent Humboldt Park is a top-tier rock climbing gym in Chicago, located at 2950 W Grand Ave. With 100% bouldering walls, it offers routes for all skill levels, from beginners to advanced climbers. The facility features three full alleys of bouldering, a workout area, yoga classes, and free lockers. The gym's staff are welcoming and highly knowledgeable, creating a friendly and supportive atmosphere. Community engagement is strong, and the pricing is fair, making it accessible for everyone. The membership benefits include access to sister gyms, ensuring variety and convenience for all climbers.
The gym is kept clean and well-organized, providing a pleasant environment for climbers to challenge themselves. Despite lacking an official parking lot, the area offers ample street parking. The facility also garners praise for its thoughtful route setting, diverse climbs, and technical challenges. However, visitors should be mindful that it can get quite hot inside and the available fitness equipment is somewhat limited. Overall, First Ascent Humboldt Park is a fantastic choice for anyone looking to engage in bouldering and other fitness activities.
Pros:
- Diverse climbing routes.
- Friendly and knowledgeable staff.
- Clean facilities.
- Free lockers available.
- Intro classes and training videos.
- Wide range of skill levels catered.
- Affordable pricing.
- Great community and welcoming atmosphere.
- Convenient membership options.
- Extra amenities like yoga and fitness equipment.
Cons:
- No official parking lot.
- Can get quite hot inside.
- Limited fitness equipment.
Location / Contact
- Address: 2950 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60622, United States
- Phone:+1 773-697-9743
- Website:faclimbing.com
Rating Stats
Reviews (110)
Frequently Asked Questions
Except the peak hours, this place remains quite free or moderately crowded.
This business has a rating of 4.9-star.
This business has 110 reviews.
The address is: 2950 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60622, United States .
The contact number is +1 773-697-9743
This service is listed under Rock Climbing Gym .
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Kodi Nel
11 months ago
Amazing, and Kate was a wealth of knowledge / so helpful. Come climb!!!
HJ
11 months ago
only bouldering 💪 …
Rye
1 year ago
First time coming to this gym location for First Ascent and was really impressed ! To start, there is not an official parking lot but a good amount of street parking in the area. Attached a picture on the front door on good places to park. The gym is very large, as there is 3 full alleys of bouldering and a small gym on the side. the locker rooms are large and there are plenty of free lockers to put your stuff in (they have padlocks on them). there is a wide range of beginner - intermediate and advanced climbs. the staff is friendly and helpful. the community at these gyms are welcoming, as i found it easy to talk to strangers about different routes and encourage eachother. the prices are fair and pretty standard. overall, a well rounded gym and will be coming back !
Adam
1 year ago
Nice bouldering gym with a conventional gym area.Bouldering was mostly slight to medium overhang, an archway section, and a slab wall. Had a spray wall and a campus board area also.Problems were solid and fun, I was digging them. Problems were labeled on the V scale and felt pretty consistent to other indoor gyms. Not a whole lot of problems above V6 or V7.The gym uses and lists their problems on Kaya, some had Beta videos. Pretty nice!Only complaint is that it was quite hot inside.Shout-out to Adam at the front desk; friendly guy.
Austin
1 year ago
Great climbing gym! The route setters do a great job of adding technical challenges to low level problems, which makes for a more natural progression, especially if you're not as strong starting out!
Sofia With an F
1 year ago
Awesome staff. Fun walls
Neil Sevilla
1 year ago
Moi was such a pleasure. He was very knowledgeable and encouraging. It was our first experience. We are definitely coming back because of him.
Britt McMahon
1 year ago
Great gym. Friendly and informative instruction
Evan Vazquez
1 year ago
I love the place it was amazing and welcoming I would like to point out one of the employees i think his name was jayme novotny he was so amazing and helpful
Miguel Angel
1 year ago
We came here as a group with some who already climb as a hobby and it was my first time. Kate at the front desk was friendly and professional and completed my forms and completed the intro with a video with information about climbing.After signing a waiver and getting Climbing shoes it was time to get ready.They have lockers to put away clothes and stuff not needed while climbing. They have an area to work out and it includes weights, treadmills, rowers, and more. They also offer group classes in one of the rooms.Finally, they have a good size place to climb, from easy to difficult and the climbing is leveled.We were there for about two hours and had fun climbing, if you have never done it, take it easy since you'll work out muscles all over your body.Free parking on the west side of the side street.Can sign up for a daily pass as well as monthly.