Civic BoulderGym

Description:  Civic Bouldering gym is a new gym on the east side of Taipei, run by the same people as Xinyi Bouldering gym

Location: Civic Blvd. Sec 8 #552 (close to Nangang Exhibition Hall station)
Offers: Bouldering(5m)

Hours: Monday-Saturday 9:30am-10pm, Sunday 9:30am-6pm

Pricing: $180/day pass

If you come 10 times in a 6 month period they will give an extra  entry!

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Notes: Civic Bouldering Gym is big and well featured, with walls at quite a few angles, volumes, and tons and tons of holds everywhere.

On paper, Civic has the potential to be 5 star gym, but variable routesetting a feeling of cutting corners and a few other details keeps us from giving it a higher rating

Nevertheless it’s well worth going to and especially for beginners or intermediate climbers a pretty cool gym.

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STONE Bouldering Gym

Description:  The best bouldering gym in Taiwan.

Location: 新北市新莊區三和路58-12號

Offers: Bouldering(5m)

Hours: Weekdays 7-11pm . Saturday 11am-9pm, Sunday 11am-7pm

Pricing: $200 per visit, $250 on weekends. Shoe rental $50

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Notes: Well designed, with high walls at all angles, good routesetting, good holds, and even a foot bath! This is the best run bouldering gym in Taiwan, a great place to climb on fun problems and get strong!

A far out location and no AC in the summer makes this place less ideal for dates and first time climbers but if you enjoy bouldering and have the time, STONE is definitely worth making the trek for.

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Beitou Sports Center IDEA Climbing Gym 北投運動中心IDEA攀岩館

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Description: Tons of top rope climibng, and some lead. However, the routes are not super-well-maintained.

Location: 台北市北投區石牌路一段39巷100號(Beitou Sports Center 2F)
Phone: (02) 2828 7660
Offers:  Sport Climbing, Top-roping
Price: $150 each time.  For further details check their fee schedule.

Height: 10m
Hours: M-F 6-10PM, Saturday and Sunday 1-7PM. See schedule for details

Call in advance to schedule a belay test!

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Notes: Although not as well-maintained as we’d like–there doesn’t seem to be any real routesetter and many routes are missing tape– Beitou has a lot of climbs and is a good place to build up endurance for Long Dong.

Beitou is also a great place for beginners to get started climbing.

Taipei Youth Activity Center Climbing Gym – Y17攀岩館

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Description: Y17 Offers Classes and equipmental rental and is a moderately sized but well-run gym oriented towards beginners/intermediate climbers and younger climbers.

This gym has an extremely rigorous belay test.
Location:  100台灣台北市中正區仁愛路一段17號 9F (Taiwan Youth Activity Center building)
Phone: 02-23432388       ext. 8902
Offers: Top-roping, Lead Climbing
Pricing:  130 off-peak or 170 during peak hours(weekdays 7-10pm). Member pricing also available. For details, see their website(Chinese only) or ask at their front desk.

Wall height: 12m
Hours:  General climbing sessions M-F 4:30-10pm and Sat-Sun 9am -6pm. Climbing is also possible during the day on weekdays when there are no classes in session.

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Notes: The top-rope belay test is overly hard which makes it tough to bring friends here because you end up being the belay slave.  However because it’s so tough to get, a belay card from Y17 lets you belay at any gym in Taiwan!

The routes here are fairly well set, and kept up to date. Because of the terrain tiles used as well as the angle of this gym, climbing here is good preparation for Long Dong. The gym in general is maintained fairly well and unlike some gyms, the staff here climbs!

In the summer, there’s even AC! You can rent shoes and harnesses here as well. Technically you can also lead here, although passing the lead test may be tough, and we do not recommend practicing lead climbing during peak hours as it can get a bit too crowded to lead safely.

Though not that big of a place, it’s worth checking out, there’s a decent number of routes and the convenient location makes it a good gym for those whose time is valuable.

Xinyi Sports Center Bouldering Gym 信義運動中心抱石館

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Description: Newly renovated in December, Xinyi has some of the tallest bouldering walls in Taipei.

Offers: Bouldering（4.5m)

Location: 110 台北市信義區松勤街100號 7F
Price: $150/day – Pay at the first floor front desk before going up to the 7th Floor.
Hours: 2-5pm & 6-10pm everyday

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Notes: Xinyi is an OK bouldering gym.

High walls, challenging routes and  thick pads make it a good place to train. In addition, the gym has quite a few angles and uses volumes generously to give depth to the terrain, making for some interesting routes.

One issue with the design of the gym is that since the entire gym is a climbing area, when the gym is crowded,  there’s no place you can really sit that is completely safe from falling climbers so keep an eye out.

Also, the quality of the routes recently has been mixed, and there simply are not enough of them for a gym of this size.

Recently, prices have gone up from $100 to $150, without any change. Mats are still a bit dirty, routes haven’t been reset in months, and the staff isn’t always there.  Still a decent bouldering gym worth going to, but we feel the price raise without  improvement has made it a less attractive choice

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Neihu Sports Center Climbing Gym 內湖運動中心 攀岩場

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Description: staffed by a pair of competent climbing instructors, this Sports center climbing center has a 15m tall outdoor wall, as well as a small but well maintained indoor bouldering section.
Location: 台北市內湖區洲仔街12號
Offers: Sport Climbing & Top-Roping up to 15m, Bouldering up to 3m
Price: Bouldering $50. Lead Climbing $200

Wall height: 15m
Schedule: M-F 6-10. Weekends 10AM to 10PM

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Notes: We like this place, it’s one of the highest climbing walls in taipei and has one of the most wicked roof climbs we’ve ever seen! A recent change in management has brought competent climbing instructors, better maintained walls and holds, and even routesetting! There are routes here from 5.9 to 5.12, from pure vertical to heinous long overhangs.

Also don’t forget to check out the indoor bouldering section. Though small, there are a good number of taped routes here to challenge all levels of climbers.

Though we wish there were more angles, Neihu gets a solid thumbs up from us.

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Nangang Sports Center Climbing Gym 南港運動中心攀岩場

Location: 115 臺北市南港區玉成街69號

Offers： Lead climbing, top roping, up to 9m

Price: $50! very cheap for top-roping/leading

Hours: 6am to 10pm everyday! ( Same as the Sports Center)

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-You must have a belay card from another gym in Taiwan. There is no resident climbing employee to instruct you, test you, or save your ass if you fuck up.

-We highly recommend going with an experienced climber if you are not one yourself. As noted above there is no resident employee to check your safety.

-Buy a ticket at the front desk before going to the 3rd floor-  You will need to sign in on the ssheet, and leave your info, with the last 3 digits of your receipt number.

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Wanhua Sports Center Climbing Gym 萬華運動中心攀岩場

Location: 108 臺北市萬華區西寧南路6之1號

Offers: Lead climbing, Top rope, up to 8m.

Price: $170, $80 with student ID.

Notes: Belay test is allegedly difficult to pass.

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Wenshan Sports Center Climbing Gym 文山運動中心攀岩場

Location: 台北市興隆路3段222號

Offers： Lead climbing, top roping, up to 9m

Price: $135, $80 with Student ID

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iClimb 風城攀岩館

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Description: Possibly the largest climbing gym in Taiwan, iClimb is in Jhubei, Hsinchu County. Walls go up quite high to 16m, there’s a nice climbing shop with a good selection of equipment and books, and a bouldering cave.

Location: 新竹縣竹北市成功二街98號

Phone: (03)6588588

Offers: Top rope & Sport （16m), Bouldering

Price: $200 a day， discounted Memberships/punch cards also available

Hours: Weekdays 10am-10:30pm. Weekends 9am-9pm

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Notes: By far the best gym in Taiwan we’ve been to, iClimb has 16m high lead climbing walls that go into a roof. Besides the lead area there is a bouldering cave as well as a shorter, top rope only section(the routes there go about 9m high).

The climbing shop attached has a good selection of gear, and a really good selection of climbing books, including Long Dong trad climbs, Rock Climbing Taiwan, and even copies of the hard to find Guanziling guidebook.

There is a truly friendly atmosphere here from the staff as well as the climbers, and it’s a great place.

The one con? No AC. In any climbing gym that’s a big deal but in Taiwan it’s a really big deal. The gym is awesome enough that we can look past it, but just.. be warned, it gets hot!

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B1 Bouldering Gym – B1 抱石場

Location: 台中市西屯區北平三街15號B1
Phone:  0933-324381 OR 0933-324387
Offers: Bouldering 抱石

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Non-Member hours Tue,Wed,Fri 7pm-11pm.  Other days require appointment(6 or more people).

Tuesdays are “beginner days”: an experienced climbeer will be on hand to give instruction

Member hours 8am-11pm everyday(call ahead for the entrance code – changed daily)

Price: $100 per visit. $30 to rent shoes.  $2000 to become a member(half year)

Beginner Special – First timers at the gym get entrance + shoe rental for $50 (limit to one time)

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Notes:  A cozy little gym with good routesetting and people. Member hours are really flexible and make it a good training option for taichung climbers. Shoe rental and beginner days and specials  make it a great place to start climbing or introduce your friends to climbing.

On the downside, the gym is  smaller than we’d like and gets quite hot in the summer.

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Chiayi Climbing Association Gym – 嘉義攀岩協會岩場

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