Wilson Climbing Centre — Local services in Edmonton

The Wilson Climbing Centre made me fall in love with not only the sport of climbing, but also the community of climbing. This is an excellent place for both beginners to learn the ropes, and crushers to put their skills to the test.

The bouldering lounge, while small, is filled with super fun, challenging problems. From crimpy outdoor simulations to indoor comp style problems, the head setter does a great job at providing variety.

The high wall offers a great sport climbing experience with plenty of height and and routes. Though, the resets upstairs are much more infrequent than in the bouldering lounge, so regulars of the high wall might grow tired of the set.

Highly recommend to anyone involved in climbing, regardless of whether you're affiliated...

Who knew this volleyball-faced dude would drift out to sea all the way to Edmonton and build his very own climbing wall. Pretty inspiring story. Wilson doesn't seem all that interested in bouldering, but he definitely likes to lead climb. No volumes anywhere, and no slab routes, but get ready for a side-pull party on most lead routes. Staff is nice and involved. Change room is even tinier than the bouldering section. Cheaper than most other climbing places in the city, but much better maintained than most (yes I'm pointing the finger at you, RJF). Wilson came a long way since leaving...

Went there for some bouldering, and it was somewhat disappointing. The routes were quite short, and a bit difficult to determine. They also had a weird difficulty curve with the midlevel ones being too easy and one level up being ridiculously difficult. My dad has done the top roping, which has much better routes and is probably one of the tallest walls in town. I haven't personally tried it so I can only comment on...