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
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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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Rachael Lewis
6 years ago
Very nice gym - day passes are a bit expensive but you can take a yoga class as well.
Erick
6 years ago
For a bouldering-only gym, FA Humboldt does it with aplomb. Excellent route setting and some very creative slab routes.
Enya Hsiao
6 years ago
One of the best bouldering gyms I've ever been to. Reasonable price, nice staff and lots of problems.
Joseph Guzzo III
6 years ago
Clean facilities, friendly staff, and new grippy holds that might take a bite out of your hands if you're not careful . Thankful for a gym a little farther south than the other two:) 5 starzzzz
Deven Carroll
6 years ago
Cool new bouldering gym, they have a great variety of walls: cool little cave, arch way and a great over hung wall. Walls are larger than the Avondale gym.
Ainhoa Indurain
6 years ago
Awesome place like the other two FA. The holds are so new they hurt your hands like real rock! Very tall walls for bouldering and new features for training
Andrew Campbell
6 years ago
Could there be a better bouldering gym? I can’t see how.. It’s huge; the setting is great and frequent. The vibe is like Avondale- welcoming to folks at every level. The new league only strengthens that community feel, esp how they organized the last league comp so a team tackled problems together. So lucky to have this place in our city!
Alexi Roccos
6 years ago
Great gym. Very open layout. Problems well spaced out. Didn’t try the training area but it looks well equipped.
Mimi Pham
6 years ago
A climber's Paradise. The staff is great, always eager to help and assist you in all your climbing needs. Among the staff there are experienced climbers, Yogi's, and route setters. As for the setting, there is a diversity of climbs, slabs, over hung, powerful climbs, crimpy climbs, they have it all! In abundance! This is by far my favorite gym in the Chicagoland.
Keng
6 years ago
Really fun bouldering gym - one of the best I've been to around the world. Plenty of problems, and super technical route settings - a lot of focus on foot work, tensioning, balance than just plain upper body.The grades are on the savage end, but you can really tell that the setters are good.There's also a moon board, campus rung, scatter board, a workout area.Cool and new location, friendly staff. Climb on!