Movement Baker - Rock climbing gym in Denver - 1155 W 5th Ave, USA

Honestly, I enjoyed coming here at the beginning. The staff is very nice and helpful. However, they keep jacking up monthly rates with no improvements. I'm guessing its to fund the one being built in centennial. There is no regulation of how many people are allowed in at once and that leads to extremely crowded bouldering areas. Only the intro climbing classes are included in the membership price, even though they advertise that fitness, yoga AND climbing classes are free to members. The parking is an absolute nightmare. The lot is nowhere big enough for the amount of people allowed in. For a corporate owned gym they have quite a few things to improve.

The route setting is great and the lead wall probably the best of any of the Denver area Movement gyms. The bouldering area is small, as is the fitness area. The gym gets extremely crowded and getting a lead rope can be very difficult, with wait times of 1 hour not uncommon in the winter months. During such times, bringing your own rope doesn't necessarily guarantee you can climb, since so many people bring their own ropes you'll still be waiting for climbs.

Look, I love climbing at this gym but my review will stay at 1 star until movement starts responding about this issue and there can be some sort of remedy. If you’re reading this and agree please join me. People should know what’s going on here. When I signed up for membership again a month ago, after taking time off for an injury…I wasn’t aware that they would raise their prices the next month… or that this is a trend they play out about every 6 months. Apparently because they are expanding (in my opinion too fast) and are adding another gym in Centennial. They are letting the existing gyms deteriorate, neglecting to even change light bulbs and decreasing pay for route setters so that’s going down hill too. They aren’t paying their staff more and they even let go of staff for fitness and yoga classes in Chicago to pay for a gym in CO that those clients can’t even visit. Oh yeah and the new gym is super close to 2-3 existing movement gyms?! This is starting to look like a predatory monopoly! Absolutely not ok. Further complaints I have are that the lockers and towel dispensers are mostly broken. I was not aware that this was the kind of behavior my membership fees would be supporting and I’m not happy. A lot of people aren’t happy. Do better movement… rn you get a BIG 👎🏻 for putting profit over people… not only regarding your clientele but your staff too. Shame…

I'm new to climbing and just joined Movement last month, really for the bouldering in RINO, but have quickly found top rope climbing to be way more fun! The route setting is great, changes often, and I continually hear it's the best of all the big gyms in Denver. I 100% agree with other reviewers that the arena style seating makes it so much fun to watch others climb and the vibe is really friendly and inclusive. Plus, the staff is great - helpful with testing, questions, etc.

My second-favorite Movement location! The setting is on point here. Clean gym. Love the bouldering too. It's small but really well set. Very intuitive, flowy movement all around.

Been to quite a few climbing gyms across the U.S. and was a bit disappointed. We came to the gym to boulder but felt limited by the number of problems and the space gets crowded fast. There weren't really any slab boulders, problems were quite finger-intense, and the holds have seen a lot of use to the point of being pretty hard to grip. ** Edited to add: I truly deeply hate when businesses, especially climbing gyms, don't produce enough parking for the number of patrons that they serve. (photos added for reference as well)

Too crowded and parking is insane during rush hours. They keep increasing the membership. However, I'm still a member because they've bought out Earth Trek and I'm not closed to Spot. So pretty much no choice.

Very nice gym. Can get packed at peak hours but everyone is friendly. Route setters are great, and they cycle through new routes on a regular basis so there's new routes all the time.