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Outdoor Program
Climbing Wall
Location:The Infield of Half Acre Gym
Hours: The wall is open for bouldering anytime the facility is open, with exceptions for classes and rentals (see below).
Top-rope climbing hours: In the summer, the wall is only open for bouldering; top-rope climbing hours will resume when school begins in the fall.
Exceptions: The wall is closed for PEAC activity classes, route setting, competitions, and rentals. Check the weekly calendar posted at the wall for specific closures this summer.
Size: 22' tall by 75' wide
Features
There are bouldering and top-rope climbing routes. The wall has a hand crack, cave, overhung areas and less-than vertical climbing surfaces. The wall also has an inclined campus board with three sets of rungs.
Manufacturer
Indoor Climbing Wall Design by Eldorado Climbing Walls
General Information
Access/Cost
Facility users can access the climbing wall for bouldering anytime the infield is open, with exceptions for classes, facility closures, and rentals. Please follow the posted rules. To top-rope climb at the wall, you must successfully complete either a skills check or an introductory climbing wall clinic.
The climbing wall is free to all paid facility users.
Skills Check
Skill checks are only required for top-rope climbing hours. Skills checks are specifically for those people who have prior climbing experience. You need to be able to demonstrate how to properly:
✓ Get into a harness
✓ Tie into a harness
✓ Belay
✓ Break a fall and lower a climber
If you feel you can demonstrate these skills proficiently, ask the wall monitor for a “skills check” the first hour of top-rope hours. If you do not have your own equipment, we can provide it for you.
Introductory Climbing Wall Clinics
Introductory climbing wall clinics are only required for top rope climbing. These clinics are for those people who have little or no climbing experience and who would like to learn how to climb. These clinics are taught by our knowledgeable staff and usually last one hour.
Wall clinics are only offered the last hour of top-rope climbing hours. Please show-up promptly; this is a first-come-first-served clinic of up to 8 people.
Dependent and Spouses
Dependents must successfully complete the skills check or climbing wall clinic to climb using top-ropes. Dependents less than 18 years of age must be supervised at all times by a parent or legal guardian. Dependents have limited access to the facility; please see the family recreation page for more information.
Climbing Shoes, chalk, harnesses, helmets, and belay devices
Harnesses, helmets and belay devices are free of charge for use at the climbing wall during top-rope hours. Shoes are available at the front office of Half Acre for $2/day or $15/semester. Please see the rental equipment page for outdoor rental (we do not rent harnesses for outdoor rental).