Petra Cliffs Reviews

It's been awhile, but I love my trips to Petra Cliffs. Andrea and her staff are great! It can be a little hard to find, so definitely GPS it. We've signed up the kids for Petra's Cliffs Rock Climbing Camp this summer and I can't wait to hear their stories.

Awesome place to have a great time w the whole family!! Good exercise too!! Almost all staff there are extremely pleasant, helpful, and knowledgable w the exception of one! Thanks guys! My kids and I had a blast!!!!

Such a great place to practice. Staff and other patrons are helpful and kind. They use all Grigri devices, no manual tying in, except if you're lead climbing. Just a heads up, there are some auto-belays if you like to indoor climb alone, that is an option. I'm not into bouldering so much, but it looks like a solid crew here. They respectfully wait for each person's turn to go.

Family friendly with a warm community of regular climbers.

For anyone 7 years and up this place is like 90% guaranteed to be awesome BUT for the younger ones it has great potential to be an expensive meh experience.

What a great place. The whole troop had a blast spending the night and our chaperone for the night was great. Thank you for getting us out of the house and having fun.

This is my first climbing gym (and I'm just learning to climb) so I don't have much comparison, but I've been happy. There's lots of routes of varying difficulty, lots of climbers of different skill levels, and the intro clinic I signed up for has gotten me on the ropes and up the walls--so overall I'm very happy.

Super friendly for kids. They accommodated me and some unique needs I had and we're very friendly to us and got us climbing right away. It's really the staff that make a place great... Otherwise it's just another cool warehouse with ropes and mats. Highly recommended

It's a very popular location. The staff is friendly and caring. And the courses change frequently enough.

Our 9 year old daughter did the holiday camp and she loved it! Patrick and Olivia were great coaches and she learned a lot! Can't wait to come back and climb with her as well as do another camp in the future.

The people were welcoming and helpful. They are getting a new building soon and I am looking forward to a new experience at Petra Cliffs.

Not enough vertical bouldering, too many caves. Otherwise a good time. It's pretty expensive though. You'll end up spending 20 bucks.

Nick and the rest of the front desk staff really took some time today to orient some newbies. They all were incredibly patient and professional and answered all questions in a manner that made us all feel comfortable. The atmosphere was relaxed without an attitude and the official greeting mascot was a pro as well!

My daughter goes to the mini monkeys climbing club and it has been an amazing experience for her. I can't say enough great things about the energetic, kind and caring staff at Petra Cliffs. These young instructors have a wonderful way with kids and truly want them to succeed and want to instill a love of climbing. Love this place!

best gym and summer camp ever thank you steve and amanda for helping me climb and congratulations on McKinley

Fun place to be! You can challenge yourself to any level you desire.

This is a good place to go rock climbing, bouldering, and traversing as a beginner, which I am. I can't speak for more advanced climbers, but I went for an afternoon to have fun, and I did. It's a small operation, so it took a short while for them to check us in, because all their employees were teaching a class or helping someone. But, once we got going, it was a great experience. They are very kind, patient, and friendly. The facilities are nice. More bouldering than actual climbing, but they have more than a dozen climbing setups, and probably 60 or 70 courses, a good variety of difficulties. I enjoyed going here.

What a great place. What great climbing. Most importantly, what great people! Go here and climb. Even if you think you can't, you can; if a large guy like me can do it, anyone can.

First time climber review. Friendly and knowledgeable staff tought our group how to belay safely and how to choose climbs based on the rating system. There were certainly a variety of climbs that were both attainable for a beginner like myself & aspirational climbs. With any new sport, if a person decides to go back to try a second time depends greatly on environment & experience. That said, I will definitely try rock climbing again!

Super friendly staff and fun climbing! It is a little warm in there in the summer though.

They have a great variety of climbing and bouldering walls with frequent route changes. However, there seems to be a lot of children's activities where children run rampant and management doesn't seem to care. I've had kids start climbing walls I was tying onto, had to stop climbing to help unsupervised children that climbed too high on a wall and couldn't get down. Last time I went, there was a birthday party where the kids were running laps around the gym disrupting climbers. One even ran into me and nearly knocked me off the wall! If they just enforced their age and children supervisory policies, Petra would be great. But membership is too expensive to worry about if you're going to have to babysit someone's kid while climbing.

Awesome! The workers are great and have so much patience. Thanks for a great time!

Great place to climb. I always stop in when I come to town. Super friendly!

I've climbed before, too long ago, but my first time at Petra was a smooth and easy return to the sport. Went bouldering for an hour and now my forearms are more solid than the rock we climbed (sarcasm). Would definitely recommend to beginning climbers. I can't comment for more experienced climbers but there was definitely a variety of routes.

Twice my children attending field trips or birthdays and the staff has show no regards to injuries. I understand that injuries happen and I do not think the injuries were caused by any negligence but how do you NOT check on a kid that has done a full face plant in front of two staff members or fallen off the rock wall?

Dedicated staff, varied routes and a wide array of skill levels available. This location has something for beginners and more advanced climbers. Take advantage of the late mid-week hours to avoid youth climbers.

Simply the best. Exciting climbing gym with a classic vibe. No one is pretentious or standoffish; everyone, from staff to patrons, treats the gym as a community space. Great deals on memberships, lessons, and clinics, all supported by a team of highly skilled and knowledgeable climbers. I feel completely at home striking up a conversation with folks climbing things six grades above me because they all act very humble and respect everyone else's climbing progress; there's a lot of cheering on strangers.
I really can't say enough about this place, been coming almost every other day for the last three months and couldn't be happier with the connections and progress that I've made. So highly recommend Petra as the gym to try for both the novice and veteran climbers.

I love the atmosphere at this place, there is a minimum of atleast one dog. Always super friendly staff and other climbers. And a great climbing experience with often enough changes to change it up but also they stuck around enough to work on difficult routes

Cool, small rock climbing gym. Friendly staff, quality routes and a welcoming atmosphere make this a good place to enjoy some rock climbing!

Awesome, not the biggest climbing place around but very intimate and the route names always keep me entertained and the employees are nice. Gets very hot during summer days, but that's fine, just makes you feel like you're working harder

Brought my 11 year-old niece in for a lesson. Cate was amazing with her, and all of the staff were welcoming and helpful! Another wonderful local business!

The owners, manager and staff are very friendly, knowledgeable, and fun. I love climbing there, going to the LGBTQ2 events and taking guided trad training with Andrea and Steve. The trad lead training was such a memorable and amazing learning experience as they are both very experienced and professional AMGA guides. Looking forward to working with them again next year, and climbing in their new gym. Highly recommended.

Our daughter has been a member of the climbing team for the past two years. Its a great community that teaches kids to challenge themselves, technical skills, and to have fun. We've also had a birthday party which was fantastic. We can't wait to get back to the wall again. Thanks Petra Cliffs team for all that you do and the great environment you provide!

It was a great place to climb-but the staff was very rude, which ruined my time there.

Great gym, good atmosphere, friendly people and good community.

Petra Cliffs is kinda hidden in the area as many locals don't know its there. It's surprisingly busy though. The indoor climbing area seams small but has a good amount of climbing areas. The staff was friendly and helpful to new climbers. I did find that the actual climbing areas go from relatively easy to much more difficult rather quickly. After you've done the first 4-5 easy climbs, the next one is a big jump. 25$ for the initiation is ok but not cheap for a couple climbing for the first time.

My granddaughter had her 10th birthday party there and everybody had an amazing time. The staff was helpful kind encouraging and always present to help the girls there were eight of them did the rock climbing and the ropes course wonderful and amazing looking forward to doing it again next year

Great routes, super friendly environment, expert staff. Not as fancy looking as some newer climbing gyms but totally fun place to climb and easily meet other climbers. Great place for beginners, kids and families as well.

Family fun. Very courteous staff. No judgement. All welcome.

I hired Andrea as a private guide for some outdoor rock climbing in Vermont. She was professional, careful, kind, patient, and an overall fun person with whom to spend a day climbing. She also taught me some new things about trad climbing. I would definitely recommend using Petra Cliffs to anyone who is interested in private instruction in Vermont.

We came here for a 7 years olds bday party and had a fantastic time. The instructors were awesome. They did a great job telling the kids all the rules of climbing and then helped the kids climb. They were very helpful and supportive. We had a great time.

Fun for all ages! Great learning programs available.

My six year old didn't want to stop climbing the walls!!

This climbing center is really great! Nice atmosphere & helpful staff. Not sure how it was pre-COVID, but on a saturday afternoon it was not crowded at all which was ideal. I enjoyed the "bouldering cave" & unique puzzles throughout the center. The bouldering walls are realistic & more advanced in difficulty, but I think the belay climbing option would be perfect for beginners! The free tomatoes were a great treat at the end of my climb.

I really enjoy this gym. Grew up going to camps here and have recently come back for a few climbing days. Really friendly staff and there's plenty of climbing space so you never feel crowded. The facility is both clean and well maintained and the rates for day passes are quite reasonable. It's a unique climbing space and well worth a visit.

It was our first time here on 12/19 with my wife and 9-year-old son. The gentleman taking care of us was really short, not welcoming, and not engaging with us at all. He was rude and seemed really bothered by us. We didn't get his name but he has long curly hair and wears it in a ponytail. We manage painfully to get through selecting and paying for what we wanted $80 to climb for the day. We were lucky to have a nice woman give us our orientation and she apologized for the gentleman's behavior. She was extremely nice and answered all of our questions and we greatly appreciated it. Especially after having the experience with him. We tried our best to enjoy our time but we still left with a BAD taste in our mouths. To put it simply we will not come back to this place because of the POOR customer service we experienced. I will gladly take my business to Metro Rock any day! First timers here don't waste your time here!

Petra cliffs is a great climbing gym! The bouldering routes are fun and challenging, and the staff is friendly and helpful. One thing of note is that they grade their routes pretty tough. A v2 here is probably harder than elsewhere.

Awesome place! Pretty cheap too. The employee showed us how to use everything and set us up with harness and shoes. They have a lot of wallspace to climb of all difficulties.

Had my first experience at Petra Cliffs last week. I decided to jump in and get a beginner's lesson to learn some basics and see if climbing is something I would take to. I loved it! Wish I started sooner. Lauren was a great instructor, and coached me through all of the routes. I even got to try bouldering. It was a blast and I will definitely be back.

Great staff, wonderful facility and reasonable Birthday party price ($20/kid). My 9-year-old and her friends had a blast!

Family had a great time and our trainer made us all feel comfortable and confident in the rock climbing. Thanks for taking care of us and the encouragement!

Went here for a my niece's birthday party. She's six. Kids seemed to have fun. Staff was friendly, and accommodating, if on the young side. Overall, it was cool. Would recommend. As the kids were leaving, adults were filing in and getting ready to work out/climb. So not a kids place really. Just a rock climbing place that hosted a party.

Great staff. Great little gym that offers rope climbing, bouldering, and a ropes course as well as community /member events and comps. Can be busy, and can sometimes have a lot of kids.

Absolutely love it here. Climbing is so fun! The climbing is set up with fixed top ropes, auto belay, lead, and bouldering. The ropes are provided Harnesses can be rented. Everyone is very friendly and nice. This place is totally beginner frendly

Took a climbing class here and now have a membership, great place to go climb and lots of bouldering problems. I also feel like they grade difficulties well, where other places ive been in the U.S. have graded problems with higher difficulty than what they are.

Amazing for beginners and intermediates! Loved this place!

Their Mini Monkeys program is superb. They instructors work very well with kids. I recommend it highly!

Petra cliffs is small, but you rarely have to wait for a rope and there are plenty of routes for all abilities. The routes aren't super long but they make them challenging with the space that they have. The staff is friendly and happy to help.

Some of the best route setting! Super friendly staff!