HiClimb | Rock Climbing and Yoga — Attraction in Honolulu

TLDR: Day pass price is nuts, but I get that they’re trying to build out and need people to move towards a monthly membership which is a normal, fair rate. Just sucks for the day pass visitors.

But overall a gym worth checking out! Membership is the way to go if you’re a local. I would 100% climb here regularly and enjoy it if I lived here. Good community, good gym. If you’re a local, you have to come here. This gym will just keep getting better. It has so much more potential, and they need your support!

Positives:

First of all, this is a nice, clean gym with a very friendly staff. Nice walls, holds, mats, and a good facility all around. Everything is clean and well maintained. It has a cafe and a small study area. It has an okay gym / weight area.

There’s bouldering and rope climbing. And there are several auto belays! Very few gyms have auto belays back home (I’m from the SF Bay Area). This is a huge huge plus IMO. My home gym has auto belays which I use all the time to get laps in. Not needing a partner is so convenient.

Could use improvement:

The route setting itself is decent, but the problems are limited and not as plentiful for the amount of space there is. I don’t like messy, full walls, but I think they could add a lot more problems to make it feel less sparse.

Downside IMO:

Anytime I travel I’ll bring my shoes to try out different gyms with my kids. I looked up the prices online first and it was $38 for a day pass. I told my kids not to come… haha. So I left them behind with my wife and went by myself. The staff member said it’s $26 since it’s my first time when I showed up. That was nice, but I wish that was on the website (maybe I missed it?) so I could have brought 2 of my kids. But the $38 is a huge huge turn off. Even the nicest, decked out gyms in the Cali Bay Area are $30 for day passes, so $38 is pretty insane. I legitimately was about to drive an extra 20 mins to go to Oahu Bouldering (been there before) for their prices which are much more fair but opted to try here since I’ve never been.

Another negative (not the gym’s fault) is the parking. There is a parking structure next to the gym but it’s $1.50 per half hour. Since I wanted to get my day pass worth it, I stayed for 3 hours… so that added another $9 to the gym session.

I live for climbing so a lot of prices don’t bother me (I’ll even do double memberships to climb at 2 gyms), but $38 + rental (if you need) + parking = ☠️

But besides the prices.. all in...

Very friendly staff and nice facilities. Had a good restart after 2 years of no climbing. Would love to give 5 stars but it's soooo expensive. Definitely can't come weekly with a family of 4 (in Japan kids under 5 were free). Also, this is the first gym I've been to that has you tie in for top rope instead of just using double, opposing carabiners. Tying in for every route is quite time consuming. I get that it's good to practice in the gym for outdoor skills, but that's what lead climbing is for in my experience (at least overseas). I admit I don't have much US climb experience (mostly climbed in Japan/Korea), but I was very surprised. The rental harnesses were a little strange with a horizontally oriented single tie-in loop causing the gri-gri to flip 90°, which wasn't my fave, but manageable. Thankfully, I had my black diamond harness so not a prob for me, but my family was all in rentals. My wife has never belayed using a gri-gri so she wasn't certified by the staff (just fyi), which was understandable. We've only ever used black diamond ATC devices. There are a few auto belay routes, but today there was a family with a handful of kids playing on them and not letting anyone else use them (not the staff's fault of course), but I was hoping for my little one to spend more time learning on there. Gym etiquette is definitely different in Asia. We spent the day just bouldering instead. This gym doesn't have a slab, either which I found strange because that's how new climbers build confidence. Last comparison to overseas gyms I noticed is that the walls seemed sparsely populated with routes. We're used to walls absolutely jam packed with holds and complex routes of all difficulty levels crisscrossing the walls. It's just different, you know? Parking in the garage nearby was convenient and only a few bucks. You can park on the street, but I prefer parking somewhere safe and in the shade. We paid 9 bucks for parking in the garage next to the gym on a Sunday for 2 hours. Afterward we ate at Waikiki Brewing Company, which was only 1 block away. Overall a great day, we'll be...

Keiki Lessons Rock at HiClimb Hawai’i!

My daughter, now 7, has been attending the Keiki classes at HiClimb for about three months and absolutely loves it! She looks forward to every session and has made amazing progress in her climbing skills.

The price is very reasonable—especially when you purchase a bundle of lessons—and includes 1.5 hours of full training with all the gear provided. What we love most is the flexibility: there’s no obligation to commit to weeks in advance. You can use your lesson tokens as you go, just call ahead the week of (or even the same day!) to reserve a spot that works for your schedule.

The instructors are phenomenal. Every single one we’ve met has been enthusiastic, patient, and fully engaged with the kids. The staff vibe is consistently top-notch—these folks genuinely love what they do, and it shows. They’re always excited to be there and ready to keep the kids challenged, entertained, and learning.

Safety is clearly a top priority. The thick padded flooring gives peace of mind, and they use both auto-belays and traditional belay systems, where the instructor manages the rope. It’s reassuring to see how closely they watch and guide each climber.

Sometimes my daughter is the only student, which means one-on-one instruction. Other times, when there are more kids, they play super fun group games that combine climbing with teamwork, challenges, and lots of laughs—all while building valuable skills.

Parking can be a little tight, so I recommend arriving early. If you’re on the fence, swing by about 10 minutes before a class to check it out in person. You can even sign up for a single trial class to see if it’s a good fit for your keiki. We did that—and haven’t missed...