The Studio Climbing — Local services in San Jose

Overall, The Studio Climbing is an excellent facility with a positive environment. The front desk rep was exceptionally friendly and easily convinced my friend and me to sign up upon our first visit. With that said, the intro course you have with your instructor can really make or break the experience. As someone with high anxiety and a minor fear of heights, it is imperative to work with a coach who is patient and amicable. It is a bit intimidating to work with a coach with a condescending tone and unfriendly demeanour— in such scenarios, it is easy to 'tilt' and lose focus on the learning process.

As a professional educator, I understand how crucial it is to work with an instructor who you feel comfortable with. In sum, would I recommend the gym? Most definitely. Nevertheless, the quality of your experience will be contingent on who teaches you. Had I worked with the guy who signed me up, I most likely would have continued...

Firstly is like to say that I'm more of a bouldering kind of person so my review is colored my that. Secondly I will say that the conversion of an old movie theater to a climbing gym is pretty cool.

The Studio is a decent sized coming gym near San Jose State University. It's part of the Touchstone Climbing company. It seems as if this is a top rope and lead climbing gym. A good amount of route with a map showing the ratings was up in a wall. I didn't do any of these since I was alone but they looked pretty cool. I've included a picture of one of the areas.

The boulder area is pretty limited with some good routes. The grading seemed about right out maybe a bit sand bagged. Lol. I had fun and was able to do a few of the easier problems and would like to come back to try more.

The gym is obviously well used at the fitness and...

We usually try to come twice a week and have generally enjoyed climbing. I've been a member for about a year since I moved to San Jose in November of 2021. I spend most of my time in the top rope area with my girlfriend. The yoga classes have also been a nice addition to our indoor climbing. Today however we learned that when my girlfriend froze our "partner" account in September of 2022... it only froze her payment and not mine, so I have been paying $75 additionally a month for 3 months without knowing. It's unfortunate that the customer service said they couldn't do anything and practically laughed at us when we brought it up. We are unfortunately going to be looking into Planet...