Boulders and Brews: Indoor Rock Climbing in Fayetteville
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Walk into Boulders and Brews and you're hit with 3,600 square feet of climbing surface. Colorful jugs, slopers, pinches, pockets, crimps and footholds cover the walls from floor to ceiling.
No ropes here. Boulders and Brews is bouldering only. Walls range from 8 to 15 feet, and thickly padded floors cushion your landing if you come off the wall. "You don't have to tie in and tie off. You don't have to wait for other people," said co-owner Patrick Randall. “A lot of climbers like bouldering inside and ropes outside.
Routes are marked and graded for every skill level, from first-timers to experienced climbers, and changed about every four weeks to keep things interesting. “It’s a physical workout, but it’s also a mentally stimulating workout,” Randall said. Climbers have to challenge themselves to find a successful route and keep trying if they don’t succeed.
“It’s such a beautiful sport that anyone and everyone can do,” Randall said.
Classes are available to help climbers of varying skill levels learn the beta, which is climber-speak for the intended way to tackle a route. Staff are knowledgeable climbers, too. Ask any of them for help reading a route.
For serious training, the back room has a kilter board. More than 100,000 routes can be programmed on it, with colored LED lights indicating hand and foot placements. Green is for hands, blue is for hands or feet and yellow is feet only. The training wall adjusts for varying degrees of difficulty from upright to severe overhangs, so even advanced climbers stay challenged.
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Plan Your Visit
Boulders and Brews offers both memberships and day passes. Buy a day pass and decide you want a membership? They'll credit what you paid toward the full price.
Boulders and Brews rents shoes and chalk bags. You’ll have to sign a waiver when you get there or fill one out online before you get there.
Wear flexible, comfortable clothing as you would at any gym.
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