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Gym Owners & Indoor Climbing's Boom: Part 1
Gym Owners & Indoor Climbing's Boom: Part 1

The CWA’s most recent industry report was conducted in 2019, surveying 146 climbing facilities and 96 different companies from a total of 577 commercial gyms in North America—a number representing an 8.7% growth in total facilities compared to 2018. The overall revenue for climbing... Continue Reading

Date posted09/22/2023


Create an Annual Indoor Climbing Gym Calendar
Create an Annual Indoor Climbing Gym Calendar

Ever feel like time is flying, way too fast, and your business isn't ready for what comes next? Creating a standardized and centralized annual calendar for your company is your road map to recurring annual preparedness and success. Continue Reading

Date posted09/22/2023


Keep Your Customer Base: Loyalty in Indoor Climbing Gyms
Keep Your Customer Base: Loyalty in Indoor Climbing Gyms

Indoor climbing gyms have to keep their customer base, and it isn't only the routesetting and walls that keep customers coming back to your indoor climbing gym. Learn the best ways to keep your customer base as members. Continue Reading

Date posted09/8/2023


Duties of Care in Indoor Climbing Gyms: Revisited
Duties of Care in Indoor Climbing Gyms: Revisited

As a senior leader, you know all about it. You’ve met with lawyers and owners about it; you’ve built policies and operations around it; you’ve lost sleep worrying about it…you know more about the duty of care than you ever thought you’d, well, care to – but... Continue Reading

Date posted09/7/2023


Series: Get The Most Out of Monument Insurance
Series: Get The Most Out of Monument Insurance

Our new series featuring partner Monument Sports Group goes over the high level of our benefits in partnership with their organization. Continue Reading

Date posted08/28/2023


5 Employee Recognition Hacks for Indoor Climbing Gyms
5 Employee Recognition Hacks for Indoor Climbing Gyms

Learn some simple, but effective, tips to boost employee morale, create buy-in, and develop onboarding plans to positively impact productivity and business success through employee retention at your climbing gym. Continue Reading

Date posted08/28/2023


What Tools Do Routesetters Need?
What Tools Do Routesetters Need?

In indoor climbing gyms, routesetters are one of the best assets you can have. In this article, we discuss the needs of routesetters, from literal gear to support. Continue Reading

Date posted08/14/2023


10 Indoor Climbing Gym Owner Tips
10 Indoor Climbing Gym Owner Tips

In this latest blog post, we dive into 10 little-thought-of tips for folks just starting out or for those of us in the indoor climbing industry looking to expand. Continue Reading

Date posted08/14/2023


Building Progression in Youth Programming
Building Progression in Youth Programming

Climbing in a busy gym can be intimidating for new climbers of any age, but especially for new youth climbers. So, what is the key to maximizing engagement and keeping the stoke high for your youth climbers? Providing the opportunity for them to progress through your youth programs. Continue Reading

Date posted08/1/2023


Member Spotlight: Commons Climbing Gym
Member Spotlight: Commons Climbing Gym

The Climbing Wall Association's latest Member Spotlight looks at a gym that re-opened at the start of the pandemic, from a coalition of community members and gym workers who didn't want to see their hometown gym disappear. Continue Reading

Date posted07/28/2023


Garnet Moore Promoted to CWA Executive Director
Garnet Moore Promoted to CWA Executive Director

The Climbing Wall Association Board of Directors is excited to announce Garnet Moore's promotion to the position of Executive Director. Garnet brings a passion for indoor climbing, strong industry relationships, and the skills necessary to lead the CWA. Since 2019, he has served the CWA in a... Continue Reading

Date posted07/19/2023


Nonprofit Member Spotlight: American Scholastic Climbing League
Nonprofit Member Spotlight: American Scholastic Climbing League

Born and raised on the Colorado Front Range, Theresa Morris started climbing by doing family laps on the ironic Flatirons in Boulder. After becoming an educator, she recognized the important lessons climbing can teach youth and made it her mission to get climbing programs into as many schools as... Continue Reading

Date posted07/17/2023