TOTEM Escalade Gland, La Côte — Attraction in Gland

I hope this feedback improves things!

The good: The wall is a decent size. The facilities are clean. They serve great coffee and the staff are really friendly.

The bad: The route setting was really terrible. Totem in Versoix I think is excellent. Totem in Gland was very different. I think you should take the route setters from Versoix and ask them what they think of the setting at Gland.

To start, the problems are reachy. Not a problem for me as I'm tall enough, but I was glad I am.

The routes are not safe. They go quite high, which I have a good head for, but the moves are droppable at the top. One (purple holds graded orange) problem (very reachy, again) on the slab near the stairs had a spooky crux at the top, with a poor foothold which was slippy and a volume ready to break your ankle underneath!

I found all the slopers greasy and most of the holds on harder routes were greasy slopers!

The easy routes were like ladders. They lacked creativity. The hard routes were smaller holds and bigger (reachy) moves, or just downright weird, rather than interesting and thought provoking.

There were 3 problems I liked in the whole wall, 2 of which were spoiled by having the final move being a hard-to-match sloper. Hard match top moves are fun if the balance is all in the feet and body position, not when it depends on how much you brushed the hold and chalked up!

I think part of this problem could be that the wall doesn't have much variety in surfaces or shapes. Compare this to the Totem Versoix or Pan Structure and you can see the difference in route setting.

I am from Sheffield and climb at The Climbing Works, which has the best route setting in the world, so I am spoiled, but I believe that route setting is the most important part of a wall. I hope that Totem Gland will take steps to fix this issue and I can give them 5 stars next...

Inscription au camp Totem pour ma fille en imaginant que ça va être top. Debrief après la première journée ? Papa , c'était nul et on a même pas fait de grimpe !!! Arrivée le matin avec 20min d'avance, on voyait déjà que ça allait être compliqué. Aucune organisation, des moniteurs avec les yeux pétés de la soirée d'hier et une ligne de parents qui augmente exagérément !! Bon, je laisse ma fille à cette équipe en espérant qu'elle puisse passer une belle journée avec 3 amis qui l'accompagnent (tous 5 ans) Je reviens à 16h30 et la je vois ma fille fâchée et triste. Que se passe t-il ? Super journée, on a marché avec nos sacs hypers lourds pour aller faire une cabane. On a mangé du riz avec carottes et petits pois vraiment pas bon et après on est allé au signal de Bougy voir les animaux !!!! Mais what ??? Mais c'est quoi ce délire ? Payer 112.- par jour pour ça ? Et tu entends en plus un moniteur se venter dans ton dos"MOI J'ÉTAIS EN HAUT SIGNAL, J'AI RIEN GLANDÉ, TROP COOOOOL MEC". même pas laissé les enfants aller jouer à la place de jeux !!! Hey l'équipe Totem, si vous avez pas envie de vous occuper d'enfants, ne faites rien ou alors traversez la route et aller prendre des cours chez SB, ils savent faire... Discussion avec 4 parents à l'extérieur ayant le même sentiment, un camp juste pour faire du fric. 112.- pour une cabane dans les bois et une visite au signal...

A very pleasant discovery! This gym is the first of several with the same name. The openings are suitable for all levels and are all original. There's something for every style, it's not just finger-powered or dynamic. The room isn't particularly large, but there's plenty to keep you busy for an occasional session or for projecting over several sessions. I highly recommend it! Please note, you need to scan a code to get...