Climb Smarter
Our Class Lineup
Whether you're taking your first steps on the wall or looking to refine your technique, our classes are designed to help you progress.
Climbing 101
Climbing 101 is led by an experienced technical climber who teaches you how to actually move on the wall, rather than leaving you to work it out by pulling harder. It's for adults and aspiring young climbers alike, whether you've never touched a hold or you've been climbing a while and know your technique is holding you back.
What you’ll learn
- Correct climbing technique on the wall
- The core bouldering skills — footwork, body position, balance
- How to read a problem before you pull on
- The confidence to get on something that looks too hard
Led by an experienced technical climber
$266 per 9 weeks · or $33 a week
- Mondays, 5:30pm–6:30pm with Amanda 5 places left · 5 classes to go, $147.78 Enrol
Enrol for the season and pay up front or weekly. Members pay half price, and gym entry is included; gear hire is extra.
Intermediate Climbers
Intermediate Climbers is for climbers who have the fundamentals down and want to keep progressing. Coached sessions work on how you move on harder problems, so you climb smarter rather than just pulling harder — a good next step after Climbing 101.
What you’ll learn
- Moving efficiently on steeper, harder problems
- Footwork and body position that hold up as the grade goes up
- Reading a problem and planning it before you pull on
- Building the strength climbing actually asks for
Led by an experienced climbing coach
$294 per 9 weeks · or $35 a week
- Tuesdays, 5:30pm–6:30pm with Mitch 4 places left · 6 classes to go, $196 Enrol
Enrol for the season and pay up front or weekly. Members pay half price, and gym entry is included; gear hire is extra.
Gripswich Geckos
Gripswich Geckos is a fun, interactive class where kids learn to climb while they're far too busy enjoying it to notice they're learning. Every session mixes climbing with problem-solving and games, so they finish worn out, pleased with themselves, and asking when they can come back.
What you’ll learn
- How to climb — and how to keep getting better at it
- Problem solving, one route at a time
- Staying active and fit without it feeling like exercise
- Making friends with other kids who climb
Led by an experienced climber
$266 per 9 weeks · or $33 a week
- Tuesdays, 4pm–5pm with Sarah 4 places left · 6 classes to go, $177.33 Enrol
- Thursdays, 4pm–5pm with Zach Full this season
Enrol your child for the season and pay up front or weekly. Two nights, each its own group of eight — pick the one that suits.
Season Pricing
This season runs 9 weeks, 12 October to 17 December 2026, with no classes the week of 26 October, while the gym is closed. Pay for the season up front, or pay weekly.
Climbing 101
per 9 weeks
or $33 a week
- One class a week for 9 weeks
- Members: $133 per 9 weeks or $16.50 a week
- Gym entry included · gear hire extra (shoes $5, chalk $3)
Intermediate Climbers
per 9 weeks
or $35 a week
- One class a week for 9 weeks
- Members: $147 per 9 weeks or $17.50 a week
- Gym entry included · gear hire extra (shoes $5, chalk $3)
Gripswich Geckos
per 9 weeks
or $33 a week
- One class a week for 9 weeks
- Members: $133 per 9 weeks or $16.50 a week
- Gym entry included · gear hire extra (shoes $5, chalk $3)
How it works
- Full-season commitment. You enrol for every class in the season, and your place is held for you all the way through.
- Pay up front or weekly. Weekly is paid before each class — by direct debit from your bank account, or by card — charged automatically four days before.
- Gym entry included on class nights. Gear hire is extra — shoes $5, chalk $3 — and shoe hire is free with a membership.
- Members pay half price. Climbers with an active weekly membership get 50% off, and so do their kids — as does a child on our 8-week Play On voucher membership. Join part-way through the season and the whole season drops to half price — what you’ve already paid over that comes back as account credit. The member rate comes with keeping a weekly membership until the season ends, or for a season’s length from when it began — whichever is later. A Play On membership ends by itself, and the season keeps its member rate.
- Joining late? If there’s space you can join part-way through and pay only for the classes left.
- Missed a class? A class you miss isn’t refunded, but tell us — miss one for a genuine reason and we’ll credit it as a class off next season’s enrolment. If we cancel a class, it’s credited too (or refunded if you’d prefer).
- Small groups: a maximum of 8 climbers in every class.
How to enrol
- Press Enrol on the class and night you want, above.
- Sign in when prompted — no account yet? You’ll create one and complete our waiver. Parents enrol their kids from their own account.
- Choose to pay for the season or weekly, and pay securely by card or direct debit. We’ll email you the dates.
Single classes. Anything you book one class at a time can be cancelled free up to 2 hours before it starts. Cancel later than that and we'll let the first one go; after that a $10 fee applies, and if you're booked in and simply don't turn up the $10 applies straight away. Genuinely stuck? Tell us and we'll sort it out.
This Week at Gripswich
Live from our booking system. Classes are enrolled in for the whole season — pick one to enrol.
Classes Next Season
This season is under way — if there’s a place on the night you want, you can still enrol above. We’re already planning the next one: tell us what would suit you and we’ll email you the dates as soon as they’re set.
Nothing here books or charges anything. It puts you on the list to hear first, and it tells us which nights and times to run — which is genuinely what decides the timetable.
Takes about thirty seconds. We’ll only use your details to tell you about classes.