High Point Climbing and Fitness - Mid City — Attraction in Huntsville

Short version: Great homeschool class and camp programs with knowledgeable staff. Safety and cleanliness are at a high standard. Fees included all equipment for climbing your child will need. Classes are a great blend of structured learning with some unstructured peer climbing. Highly recommend. Price is reasonable and fair. Longer version as to why I like the homeschool class, below. For those looking for quality social classes for their homeschooled children, I had detailes our experiences here.

My son has loved the homeschool climbing class. He began as a very unconfident kid that wouldn't even attempt anything more than 4ft off the floor, or talk to the other kids. Now after his 6th 8 week course of the class he is a confident little spider! He also had developed great social skills and learned the joys of healthy competitive games.

If you are a homeschooling mom like me, this info is for you. The classes are 1.5 hours you can drop off or watch. When my son began he was so shy he needed me to stay. Now I'm able to drop off or wait in the car for some, quiet! 🤣 The classes are structured in a way that both meet a P.E. requirement, and foster social engagement. Most of the class is about trying the new skill learned in the beginning of class lesson/skill instruction. That is usually about a 15min lesson. My son has made friends, especially with the kids that continue on with the classes. He has developed a love of the sport as a whole as well.

My son has ADHD. Other sports he tried he lost interest in quickly and it was a fight to complete the seasons. With climbing, not only is he working with and cooperating with the other kids, he has to focus on his own body's movements. Being ADHD he will lose focus. With climbing, if he loses focus on his body's movements or lets his mind wander to watching another climber, he will fall from his wall. This sport has taught him how to stay more aware and present in what his body is doing and his plan to the top of the wall.

Physically we have seen a drastic change in his strength and endurance. He went from not being strong enough to pull his body up a wall higher than 4 ft , to climbing the 75ft outdoor wall on harder paths each time. He is only 8, but the kid has actual bicep muscles. He will come home and climb trees and anything he can get a grip on. We have even added climbing holds to the trees in our yard. He removed the ladder to his bunk/desk style bed then had his dad install climbing holds in the wall. He has to climb the wall to get into bed.

The coaches are knowledgeable about the sport and the kids listen and like them. Recently there were some program changes. These changes are proving to make the program even better.

Best of all my son looks forward to this class every week! He has blossomed out of his shy shell. He will attempt anything. He has learned mind and body. I am a former public school teacher. I know how important having structured and unstructured peer interactions are to proper development. It is hard to find sport based homeschool classes that are both educational, physically challenging, and provide some unstructured peer play. This program does all of those things for my son. I highly recommend this class to any mom. Especially moms with kids that need that little extra physical and mental challenge. My son says it feels like a puzzle he has to solve every time he...

I always always have a great time here. I have been several times. However, this time I go to check in ( with my nephew ) and the lady cannot find where we have been there before. She kinda gets "smart" with us. She told us we had never been there and would need to go through orientation again. I tried spelling my name again, or suggested maybe under my nephews name etc to no avail. I told her I can show her pics of when i have been there. She said "Apparently not to this one." ( I was thinking, yes to "this" one.) I was handed harness only and i simply stated "it still includes shoes right?" (Was not being smart alec at all ) she said "well if you really had been before you would of known that." Then after like 2 hrs we are climbing and didn't realize my nephew took his shoes off. I yelled up at him to put them on please (he promptly came down and put them on). While he is putting them on the same lady comes over to tell us how "He needs shoes on ... the whole time." I said " Yea, i didnt realize he took them off just now, he's putting them on now. Thank you though." she reiterates: "Its a rule, he has to, like its a rule!" I smile and say "yes ma'am, which is why he's putting them on." Then she asked how old he was I said 9. She told us he's too young to be in the adult climbing room. I pointed to others much younger. She stated: "They're members." I told her every time I had ever been there we came into that room and asked if this was a new rule. She said "No." I asked: "So unless I am a member, and pay more, him and I both have to stay in the kids area the whole time?" Her- "yes." me- "ok so it's a money thing?" her- "yes." I smiled politely and said "ok." I told my nephew "climb one more wall,.. kiddie area only apparently." and we left. This sucks because I was wanting to have his birthday there and was thinking about a membership. I felt like this lady had it out for us from...

I am updating this because of the response i received. "We're glad you enjoyed the gym" and you look forward to seeing me again soon? Really? You must not have read my review and it shows in the lack of effort to respond. Im moving this to one star so maybe you'll get the point.

The staff here is incredibly standoff-ish. The only reason I'm giving it 2 stars is because of how nice and we'll kept the gym is. The only bad thing I can say about the gym itself is I wish there were more wall space in the rope room or less Auto belays/ the option to top rope on auto routes. I understand catering to your audience though so I can't knock that. The route setter, Sherwin, really needs to work on his grading as there was zero consistentcy to it, as well as, the walls seeming somewhat sparse. Some 5.9 were actually 5.7 while others were close to 5.10+. I have to mention the climbers at this gym as well. There is no etiquette or common sense about them. At every gym or outside route I've been to, if someone is starting a route, you don't hop on the one literally next to them where holds are crossing into each other, and start climbing after someone has tied in and set up a belay. If I'm halfway up the route, do your thing, but they're a generally clueless and rude group. I've been to multiple HP locations and have never come across this issue before tonight. I will commend the positive interactions I had with 3 staff members though. Rylee (seemed like a manager?) was very friendly and pleasant to talk to. The two ladies taking pictures were also very nice and accommodating. That's the only redeeming bit for this gyms staff from...