Bouldering Project - The Granary — Attraction in Salt Lake City

The facility is nice and what you would expect from a new bouldering gym and other BP gyms like in Seattle. However, I do not understand their pricing, the value is NOT there for this area. They are competing with The Front and Momentum which both have 3 gyms each in the valley and at those gyms they offer bouldering and roped climbing. Here they offer only bouldering and only one location which is fine however it costs more than Momentum and not much less than The Front despite getting significantly less value than either. Not only that, it is inconsistent with other BP gyms like in Seattle. This gym offers no student discount per month which the Seattle gyms do and they will not let you continue your membership from the Seattle gym you must switch to this pay scale. This doesn't make much sense as in Seattle they have 2 gyms , so here you get less for more money. I was told by the manager it's a different market but you would assume Seattle is more expensive to lease area for the two gyms than it is here in SLC for one gym so I don't understand this comment.

I would compare the size of this gym to the amount of bouldering at the South Main Front (which also includes a large roped section) or the bouldering only Momentum gym in Lehi (one of the three gyms you have access to for less per month than here). That's to say, it's not significantly larger than the competition to make up for the price. Again, the facility is as expected, nothing to complain about. However, it is way to expensive compared to the established climbing gyms here and I don't see much of an incentive to switch. After their 15$ for the first month limited offer is over I expect most people will go back to the other gyms. For me, it's slightly closer to my place than the other gyms but that's not saying much since it's literally a 5 minute drive from the downtown Front. That's really the only benefit in my opinion.

In summary, the pricing needs to match what they are offering compared to the other gyms here and the other BPs in Seattle. I have been a member at Momentum and currently am at the Front and have been to the BPs in Seattle so I feel like this is a...

This gym has world class routesetting. Nearly every style and technique represented across all grades. There is plenty of slab and 2 huge caves. There is a specialty training wall to introduce newer climbers to basic techniques such as traverse, toe-hook and kneebar. There were several dynos set when I was there. The quality of the routesetting is about on par with Momentum Millcreek, but less quantity of hard climbs. Momentum focuses on very hard bouldering, while this gym puts a heavy emphasis on making interesting climbs in the lower grade levels. There are not very many climbs over V8. It seems like this gym caters to after-work enthusiasts and a little to outdoor climbers, but not competing athletes. The distribution curve is heavily skewed toward V1-3.

The atmosphere cool in a dark and bougie way, but unfortunately the lighting is very bad on several walls, especially on the steepest walls which are almost entirely in shadow.

The grading system is very bad. There are 9 colors on the chart, and they go by colors of holds. Meaning all yellow holds in the gym are VB, etc, (see grade chart photo). This makes routeseting more challenging and limits the climbers exposure to certain holds.. Moreover, for my first time here it was hard to remember which colors were which grade. It's so complicated they have to hand out postcards with the color chart on it. They say this is to "make you try something you wouldn't have otherwise tried" but I see it as just wasting my energy on a climb that doesn't fit my workout plan.

The "store" is very small, and they didn't have a good selection of chalk.

The crowd at the gym was less friendly than at Momentum and the Front.

All the five star reviews on here are accurate in every other aspect. Looking forward to...

My complaints are specifically in reference to the evening hours: The parking situation is intolerable and unsafe. The gym itself is really cool and fun but I had to cancel my membership after getting harassed by a group of homeless men while walking to and from my car on two separate occasions. There are very very few spots available near the entrance. You have to show up with enough time to do a few laps around the block in hopes that someone leaves so you can take their spot. Otherwise, you risk having to park down the block in a sketchy area. This part of Salt Lake sees a lot of unhoused groups of people and it’s incredibly worrisome as a woman to be walking alone in the cold, dark winter with little to no street lighting.

And to make matters worse, the surrounding area is ramping up their enforcement on parking violations because of how many people are making makeshift parking spot. My friend had her car towed for parking across the street from the building and had to pay $385 to get it back. The man who towed her car said that this is only the beginning as the neighborhoods and businesses in the surrounding area are fed up with how many people are parked in front of their properties. But what other options do we have?! For how much we pay in membership, this is not a fair problem to put on your...