Boston Bouldering Project

Lisa Katz

Our only experience is with the camp, which my son loved, and he is normally quite critical of camps. He had fun every day and said the activities and staff were great. Also, they were organized and careful with checkout especially (ID check). We will be back!

Qianbin Zhang

Nice paintings and designs on the walls and roof, it is a good place to try out bouldering, but for level ups, it could include more types of challenges.

Benjamin Mitchell

The gym is one of the best located and most convenient climbing gyms in Boston with a very kind front desk staff and some very comfortable chairs in their lounge spaces. That’s about the end of the nice things I have to say when it comes to the bouldering project (formerly known as Brooklyn boulders but still under the same hapless management). The problems with the gym are numerous; one of the major ones is the over-enrollment of the gym and frequent closing or altering of hours for their youth teams or competitions that most of their climbing base doesn’t utilize. If you go during any kind of a peak hour at the gym you will find long lines of people waiting on the edge of the bouldering area downstairs and upstairs, the ropes climbing walls are slightly less occupied (probably due to the lack of belay certification time slots and issues with having staff available for those tests) but still for the beginner to novice level walls there will be a line. This would lead you to use some of their fitness equipment while you wait for it to slow down right? Well guess again! The fitness area is also overcrowded and the downstairs racks are even reserved on weekdays during the hours of 5-7 for the youth team (even if they aren’t using it- still reserved). Once you find a place to get your workout started- you might find it hard to get into the workout because the HVAC system isn’t working currently and has had issues since the pandemic began. Nothing like a hot gym in the summer! If the heat is for you it might be your spot but you can’t step it up to the next level as the Sauna isn’t in working condition either. The general manager of the gym has made it known that they are “working on” getting the funds for the sauna and HVAC system but that they haven’t been able to fix it or secure those funds in the last year. They promised to be working on these issues after the switch from BKB to the bouldering project but have yet again fallen short of their promises with no work done and the GM non responsive to email questions about the process and when they might actually get the gym fixed and in working order. The classes offered are starting to come back to the prepandemic level but still only offer small numbers of yoga or fitness classes with those slots generally filling up really quickly for any kind of popular time. This is all while being the most expensive climbing gym in the greater Boston area with memberships being $135 a month. If you are looking for a climbing gym to commit to I would much rather join Central Rock Gym or MetroRock as they keep their facilities up to date and cost less than the bouldering project. Giving two stars because the staff is really nice and the people are the gym are generally great- the gym is just overpriced and underfunded. Too many problems they need to fix and it isn’t fair for a company that charges this much to ask their members to wait (18+ months on the sauna and over a year on the HVAC repairs).

Lukas

Nice large place. The bouldering is medium-large, but there are still not THAT many problems. Problems have V grades and are marked by the same color hold, with the top hold marked by tape or at the top edge of the wall. Setting is nice, but the holds are super greasy and chalky, give them a brush, people! Friendly staff.