I just have to point out this thread shows just how lucky boulder climbers are on the gym front . . . If I could have a quarter of one of these gyms within 10 minutes of Lakewood I'd be so excited. Instead I get a 25 minute drive to R&J.

I miss Paradise so much. I haven't found any route-setting that compares since they closed. Perhaps the Spot comes close, but no [Bill Clinton] cigar. When will we be able to climb the walls of Paradise?

When I lived in DC I found climbing to be a pain in the ass. Either a 45 min. commute by car or metro to the nearest gym, a few small TR places if the weather was good, and either a 3.5 hour drive to Seneca Rocks or 5 hours to the New. Due to that I just never got into climbing there...I just owned shoes/harness and went once or twice a year on vacation...until I moved to Boulder. Now there are what three gyms within a ten minute bike ride and 3,000 routes within an hour away. Incredible.

Boulder sucks otherwise so don't move here. Totally pretentious people, very expensive, NO hot chicks...the list goes on and on.

I wasn't insinuating anything devious about Movement stealing employees...hence the quotes. Sorry for the misread.

I just happen to notice how much the overall setting quality at the Spot jumped once he started there. So yeah they "stole" him from my primary gym.

In any case I'm looking forward to giving Movement a try at some point.

Movement is an awesome gym with a great atmosphere. I love the Spot, and the BRC is nice, but Movement definitely takes the cake. The lead routes are awesome, the boulder routes are set well enough for me, and the atmosphere is more my style than the other gyms I've been to. The thing I noticed is that the employees at Movement go out of their way to remember your name.

And to those that say Boulder doesn't have gorgeous girls, you are out of your mind. Open your eyes. (that means you Paul and Brent)

there was just a hint of sarcasm in my last post...

Everybody in Boulder is beautiful baby!

I was a member of the BRC off and on since 95 (remember when there was only CATS & the Baseline gym??) and I switched to Movement when it opened. Why? Call me disloyal, but because Movement is shiny and new. On the whole, competition is good for the consumer, and I wanted to see what the competitor had to offer. I have been back to the BRC 3x (thanks to the coupons handed out at Reel Rock) since becoming a member of Movement so I have seen a few of the changes.

Yay for Movement:
-Design. Spacious, well-lit, clean lines.
-Generally good route setting for how I climb.
-Music is not so loud you can't hear your partner say take.
-Cardio & weight equipment.
-Easy to read route names/ratings/setters/dates.
-Staff on the floor talking to people and addressing safety issues.
-Towels for working out

Boo for Movement:
-Guest policy. You only get one free guest per month, and that guest has to be someone who has never climbed there before. You want your customers to be marketing tools -- why not unlimited guests provided the guest has never been there before? Unless they're trying to limit growth in the early stages??
-No slab routes and only two cracks.
-Start up fee for EFT.
-Fee to freeze membership.
-TRs can't be moved on the bar.
-Anchors are often awkward to reach from the last hold.
-Intercom is hard to hear.
-Usually only one 5.10 route on overhanging wall.
-Closes at 6 pm on Sunday night

Yay for BRC:
-Upstairs space with short walls and low traffic. Awesome for the kiddies and teaching someone the basics.
-Tony sets awesome routes for how I climb.
-Bulletin board
-CMS partnership/offerings
-Treadwall
-Stemming routes
-Climbing series
-Membership trades
-New free class offerings

Boo for BRC:
-Manky ropes.
-They have one route setter that sets terrible routes for how I climb, and unfortunately he set a good chunk of the moderate routes.
-Front desk needs to be more friendly/less chatty with each other when customers are coming and going. We shouldn't have to feel like we're interrupting your conversation to ask a question or tell you something.
-ABC should have drop-in rates/offerings
-No treadmill
-Website is really bad - they need a UI designer something fierce.

Cathy, I started gym climbing at CATS and then the Baseline BRC, now climb at both the BRC and Movement, and agree with many of your comments. If you're comfortable leading 10s, try climbing some of the 11a and b routes on the Movement's overhanging wall. You may be pleasantly surprised and the clips are generally off bomber holds.

Just went to Movement for the first time. Obviously the previously mentioned things such as open space, clean air, new ropes, etc. were positives.

Terrain and routes - it seemed VERY similar to the BRC. Some great routes, some good, some boring. I wasn't somehow blown away by the actual climbing aspect in comparison to BRC.

Probably better overall than BRC given the open atmosphere, but it is more expensive.