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CoMo Rocks, LLC, located at 205 E Nifong Blvd, Columbia, MO, is a popular rock climbing gym. They offer day passes with reasonable prices and provide shoe rentals. The gym features bouldering routes for various skill levels, a kilter wall, and a smaller harnessed area. They also have liquid chalk, aerial silks, and even a chess board. The friendly and helpful staff ensure a safe and enjoyable experience. However, the pricing is considered high by some members, and the events can be overcrowded.The gym operates Monday through Thursday from 12 PM to 9 PM, Friday from 12 PM to 9 PM, Saturday from 10 AM to 7 PM, and Sunday from 12 PM to 7 PM. Contact them at +1 573-554-5894 or [email protected] for more details. Visit their website at comorocks.com.

Pros:

  • Reasonable day pass prices.
  • Friendly and helpful staff.
  • Suitable for beginners and experts.
  • Variety of bouldering routes.
  • Kilter wall with customized paths.
  • Clean and organized facility.
  • Available shoe rentals.
  • Liquid chalk provided.
  • Excellent for group visits.
  • Encouraging and safety-conscious staff.

Cons:

  • High membership fees.
  • Overcrowded events.
  • Limited top rope options.

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Reviews (10)

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Cool rock climbing gym! Our group of 3 each got day passes along with shoe rentals, and they were pretty reasonable prices.As beginner climbers, we very much appreciated the harnessed areas to warm up before trying out the easy bouldering paths. The facility itself has liquid chalk provided, a kilter wall that you can connect your phone to to load up different customized paths, a smaller harnessed area, plenty of bouldering walls with hard and easy tracks and even aerial silks. There's a chess board in the middle of the place for climbers looking for a quick break.Overall a cool place to check out if you're into exercise/ outdoor activities.

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Have had some great experiences here. Seems to be suitable for all skill levels and can be as challenging as you want it to be. The staff are friendly and helpful. Will be back!

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We brought our summer camp program in and they treated our kids like champions. McGowen was really good at encouraging the kids to stretch and got them to the next level. Great energy and the staff was constantly making sure the kids were safe. What a great addition to the COMO culture. The place was clean and organized. Will use again and again.

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The overall sentiment I would like to express after being a member with this gym for the past few months is "meh."It's a fine bouldering gym (and regardless what their website says and the presence of auto-belays - it IS just a bouldering gym in disguise) with some interesting routes - plenty for all individuals of any ability to find something and be successful. Their kilter board and spray board are very nice, and even their low level climbs in the V0-V1 tag range are a bit more interesting and fun than just simple ladders (which is quite difficult to do!) Their grades are quite spotty and inconsistent, with the V4-V5 blue tag covering a WIDE range of difficulties in my opinion and the V6-V7 green tag being quite soft pretty consistently. This is non-unique to this gym, however, as most gyms struggle with this and I feel it is an issue inherent to climbing grading systems.I suppose my main qualm with this gym is that the price is very disproportionate to what they offer. $65 a month (with a student discount) with a $60+ start-up fee for a rather small bouldering only gym is quite ridiculous when you consider that it costs much less than that for a gym like Sequence KC with 130 boulder problems and MUCH more space.The events (that you must pay for even if you're a member) were also run quite poorly in my experience. I was particularly disappointed by the Magnus Midtbo event, wherein they had a Q&A full of questions that he has previously and repeatedly answered on his YouTube channel and the place was so packed you could barely get on the wall. I overheard one of the owners mention they booked 80 attendees for this event, which if you've ever been in the space you could imagine how sardine-like that would feel. Magnus was supposed to be walking around and providing feedback to people's climbing, but he ran and hid in his make-shift green room (the weight room with a curtain placed over it) probably because he was absolutely overwhelmed and I don't blame him. I left early feeling like my time and money was wasted. It was a clear money-milking endeavor - quality be damned.This place is fine but really more expensive than it's worth and the events are not great. I hope they open up a larger location where they can actually climb top rope and lead, at which point their pricing would be a bit more justified.

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Came up from Springfield and stopped in for a quick session. I would recommend advertising as a bouldering gym since the walls are all the same height and most routes are for bouldering instead of top rope. Overall a great time with lots of fun routes with variety from new climbers to experts. Will be coming back (just without my harness next time).

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Staff was so super helpful and just awesome. Would come back to this place just for that, but they also have great equipment! Definitely will be back.

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I'm new to climbing and now subsequently "hooked" after my brother got me to go a singular time to CoMoRocks. I've recommended it countless times as a gem of a beginner bouldering gym, but with a load of advanced routes. Sadly, unlike climbing ratings, I can only go up to five stars for this amazing place.

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My 8 year old son had a blast & Jalen (apologies if misspelled) was super helpful. He explained everything very clearly and directly to my son, made sure he was comfortable and let him know he could ask questions if need be. Will definitely be going back again.

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First off all of the staff makes you feel completely at home and safe. The routes are the best that I have ever climbed! Dave’s V4 made me feel like a V4 climber but it was a little on the soft side for personally. My favorite route that I didn’t top was the magic school bus. Overall 7/10.

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Awesome gym! Love that I can invite friends without any experience and there are plenty of beginner routes that they feel comfortable with. Love the variety of routes in general and the available top ropes as well. Will definitely be recommending this gym to others!

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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 10 reviews.

The address is: 205 E Nifong Blvd Unit 120, Columbia, MO 65203, United States .

The contact number is +1 573-554-5894

This service is listed under Rock Climbing Gym .

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