Upper Limits Climbing Gym — Attraction in Bloomington

We have been coming to upper Limits for 5 years as a family. We now have a 14 and 11 year old along with my husband and I. We started our kids young and they love climbing! We love the unique climbing experience in the 60 foot silos with numerous top rope routes, lead climbing routes, auto belay routes, bouldering walls indoor and outdoors, and the always helpful and friendly staff! It has been a great place to workout and stay in shape for the outdoor climbing that we do.

We recently took a lead climbing class ( myself, my husband, and 14 year old son) our daughter was too young. We had a great instructor who showed us how to safely belay, clip in, check the rope and our equipment and each other. The most exciting and kind of nerve wracking part of our class was when we had to take practice falls! We had to practice safely belaying during a fall and also falling ourselves over 15 feet to learn how to safely fall. I’ve never free fallen that far and it kinda rattled me, and I’ve done a lot of climbing! But it was great to learn and we were all so glad we did it! Our instructor was very thorough and knowledgeable.

The staff at Upper Limits is always helpful and awesome! If you’re looking to start climbing or if you’re already a climber this place is a must see, they have something...

Update: this gym is always will be the favorite of my upper limits gyms. I have now been to every gym in St Louis and always make time to go to this gym. With out a doubt, no matter how long I always see a familiar face and the staff are always kind and courteous. I can never hype the community that this gym can provide.

Original: Love this gym, the staff are fantastic, they are knowledgeable and helpful. I have been to many climbing gyms and the community at upper limits is the best I've found. everyone at the gym is very supportive of other climbers. The climbs are very well rounded for experienced and new climbers the building is definitely the most unique I've ever been to! The silos and the wave wall are second to none and I always look forward to spending a day here! Check out the outdoor boulder during the warm months, I can't stop recommending everyone check...

Very cool gym with a wide variety of sport-climbing routes, and some neat bouldering. The silos are very unique and awesome, there's also lots of overhangs in the main area, a sick wave-wall with a roof that makes for some very interesting climbing, and a 100 foot vertical wall on the outside. In terms of the facilities, this is my favorite climbing gym.

The only reason I'm not giving it 5 starts is because of the staff. They can be very overbearing and even condescending at times. I get that even experienced climbers can make mistakes, but it's really obnoxious to have the staff as back-seat drivers anytime that you're trying to do anything. Like, I'm paying to use your facilities and have a good time with my friends, give us some space to breathe. And PLEASE stop shouting beta at me if I haven't asked you, for me, most of the fun is figuring stuff out...