Boulder Co. Auckland — Local services in Henderson-Massey

I’ve been climbing there for a couple of months now after taking a break for several years. The location is very convenient, with easy parking, a great café, and excellent facilities. The staff are also incredibly friendly and helpful.

This afternoon, I had a migraine crisis after drinking some coffee (my mistake), and I really needed a dark, quiet room to recover. A huge thanks to Ezral (not sure if that’s the correct name) for providing that space for me—it was incredibly kind and helpful. Without it, I have no idea how I would have managed in that situation.👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Edit: 08/04/2025

Something happened yesterday afternoon (07/04/2025) that left me feeling frustrated and concerned about safety.

While I was climbing, there were still people stretching in a very small area right next to the climbing wall (near Vertical Board One Climbing Board). At one point, someone walked through the narrow space between me and the wall while I was mid-problem. I jumped down at the same time and didn’t realize there were people stretching and walking so close by. Thankfully, it was only a V3 and not very high, but I still hurt my back trying to avoid hitting anyone.

I tried to calmly speak to a staff member nearby, but he seemed to ignore me. I waited for him to be free, hoping to explain what happened and raise some concerns about health and safety—but I felt completely dismissed. I just wanted to let someone know that stretching shouldn’t happen in such a tight space near active climbing areas, and that people shouldn’t walk so close to the wall where others are climbing.

Honestly, the way I was ignored made me feel really uncomfortable—like I was being a nuisance just for speaking up about safety. That interaction left me feeling...

Been climbing here for quite awhile, it’s a great gym!

It’s such a big space which has been well utilised to include a great variety of walls for just about any style of problem. They’ve also got a campus board, a spray wall and two moon boards (25&45 degrees). Hard to get bored climbing there! The setting is also really interesting and fun, though it’s pretty dry they’ve only got dudes doing it, bit old fashioned lol.

There is also a well equipped gym upstairs, which is such a plus for the already reasonably priced membership.

On top of all that they’ve got a cafe, which has great vegan options if you’re into that 👍 coffee is… ok.

Gets really busy at peak times, so if you’re prone to over stimulation would recommend going during the day, it’s a...

Climber from abroad, came for a single visit. Nice staff, great facilities, good training area that is essentially a full gym, and two moon boards at different angles. Really happy to see that they do a full induction for new climbers to ensure safe climbing. Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy the climbing much: the holds were lower-mid tier and quite worn, and in my opinion the setting was lacking flow, quite jerky, often with risky moves, and quite reliant on dynos in the higher grades. The 25 degree moon board was set so close to the 40 degree moon board that it was unsafe to use the upper right hand side of the board - not ideal. This gym could be a 5 star gym if they upgraded their holds and worked on...