Oaktown Boulders — Local services in Oakland

Attention all parents in OAKLAND and surrounding areas, this place ROCKS!!! Lol. My 9yr old son attended a 1week camp there and he LOVED it!!! His teacher Alex ROCKS!! The 1st day i picked my son up, he was NOT ready to come home, and THAT to me says a lot about Alex. He's such a calm, patient, low key, warm hearted person who loves sharing his passion for rock climbing with adults AND kids. He includes physical workouts and teaches and encourages good positive behaviors, communicating with parents daily on their childs progress. My son set a goal on day 1 and reached it the last day of camp. He was juiced, i was happy and yup, we'll be going back. Thanks Alex!!!! You really do...

We went to Oaktown Boulders recently with a group of friends and had such a great time! The gym is located in an art warehouse among other creative and collaborative tenants. Though the gym space is small, you would never know it with the endless possibilities of climbing problems available on the light-up climbing wall. For not having climbed in a long time, Alex gave the perfect balance of encouragement and training to each of us and was able to taylor each problem to our experience level. He taught us about proper warm ups and techniques and we felt like we learned so much just from one session. We look forward to coming again and can't recommend...

OTB is a phenomenal place to climb for newbies like me, or any experienced climber who wants a more personalized approach to training (not me yet!). Alex is wildly skilled at climbing himself, and excellent at offering feedback and tips during your session. It's nice to climb in a non-crowded space and have more individual attention. Even though the gym is small, a seemingly infinite number of climbs are available through cool light up technology on the wall. Weights and other workout options are available too. The location of the gym was great, with...