Nick Napoda
August 18, 2018 03:05
New Orleans is so lucky to have the Boulder Lounge, it's one of my favorite places in the city. Despite being many hours away from any outdoor climbing, this is among the best climbing gyms in the country. It's small, but it's QUALITY. I can't stress that enough. Their route setters are amazing. They're doing all the right things, using color coded holds with lots of new, big, interesting holds, super creative, dynamic routes which requires problem solving. I think you would call it more of a comp-style, which I love. They reset (and clean) one wall per week which means the whole gym is new every three weeks! No other gym does that. The climbing community they have cultivated there (and at the other location that recently closed) is really something special, and all the staff is friendly and enthusiastic as well. I loved having a membership there and had it for almost 2 years, it was great to just stop by any time and not worry about getting my money's worth. The weight room and yoga were also great perks. Now I am in a large city in the southwest and we have half a dozen gyms to choose from, but none compare to the Boulder Lounge experience AT ALL. For all the folks like me who learned to climb at NOBL, you don't even know how good you have it!