Climbing in China

Beijing's premier climbing gym located in Haidian District, perfect for families and experienced climbers. Discover indoor rock climbing and expert instruction.

Located inside the university, to the right, just behind the badmintgton area. Costs: 90yuan per entry plus 5yuan if you need shoes or harness. You can buy a monthly pass for 500yuan. The gym has routes and bouldering, more than 400m2 to climb, some boulders are colour coded but most of them are not. It has three auto belay systems and a couple of routes available to lead climb, you need to rent ropes and harness and a belayer or bring your own.

Shek Kip Mei's climbing gym in Hong Kong features 15m walls and 8 lanes. A community favorite for families and experienced climbers seeking indoor challenges.

Take Shekou (orange) metro line to Haiyue, exit B. Go down escalators in Baoneng Plaza to -1F, out the back. Top rope climbing, 11m high, about 60~m wide, newly opened in Dec. 2014, so all holds are new, and the walls are nice and sticky

When you find the building the address points to, the gym is on the 7th floor. There is only one escalator that goes to the 7th floor, so you can't miss it. If you follow the directions to the Cinema, it will walk you by the gym. On the signs at the entrance this gym is listed under it's old name, 火石攀岩 or Fire Rock Climbing, but is under new ownership. There are 3 auto-belay systems and multiple top rope and lead climbing routes. All the top rope/lead climb routes are color coded by holds or taped. Climbing of all skill levels can be found here. Some of the staff speak excellent English. Cost of entry is 60 yuan if you bring your own harness and shoes, or 80 yuan total if you need to rent. The bouldering is good here. Only a few routes are color coded or taped in some way. They have an iPad that they let you use that has pictures displaying various routes.