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Best gym in Denver?

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Billy Schurman · · Traveling · Joined Jun 2017 · Points: 10

Just moved to the area from the southwest corner of the state. Just like the title implies I'm trying to figure out which gym I should attend when I'm not outside. Looking for the gym with not only the best walls and setting, but the best social scene as well since I will be trying to meet partners. For example, in Seattle when I lived there the spot was the bouldering project. They had the best setting and a really cool social scene even though they didn't have any roped climbing. Any thoughts? 

Tal M · · Denver, CO · Joined Dec 2018 · Points: 3,911

IMO Movement RiNo has the best social scene (haven't been to the Spot or DBC though), followed by Ubergrippen if you want roped climbing. It's prohibitively difficult to find belay partners at either of the ETs or Movement for whatever reason, or at least I never had any success via asking people at the bouldering area or putting my name on the board if the gym has it. I always enjoyed shooting the shit with people when working beta at RiNo and have even gotten to work in with some various countries' national team climbers when they're in town to train for a nearby comp in the past. Ubergrippen's board seems to be slightly more effective and visible and the employees there are super social since it's a bit lower key of an environment in my experience. That being said, I haven't really climbed in the gym regularly since early 2019 so there's a reasonable chance my take is out of date and you should listen to someone else.

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