Best gyms w/ cracks

What gyms in Colorado have an extensive collection of crack climbs? Most that I’ve seen have only 1 or 2.

Mesa rim gyms in San Diego have the best cracks in Colorado.

City Rock in CSprings is in the process of adding several new 50' cracks and maybe even an adjustable training crack wall.

Not in Colorado, but maybe the Colorado gyms will take note.

Indian Creek is the best gym in Colorado for cracks

sara pax wrote: Indian Creek is the best gym in Colorado for cracks

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Earth Treks Golden has four: finger, off-fingers/thin hands (brutal), hand, and fist. Fingers crossed they'll get some Wide Boyz volumes at some point...

Not extensive, but the Westminster rec center has two cracks and a chimney that are a lot more interesting than the splitters at most gyms. It is also the only indoor wall I know of that allows you to mock lead trad and the crack is actually complex enough to make it good practice placing gear. Added bonuses: $6 day pass, DWS wall.

I know it's off base geographically....

But Granite Arch in Sacramento has a gazillion cracks.....

And the best part.....no one climbs them!!!

You can see Honnold throwing down at The Arch in the 60 Minutes bit.

Noah Yetter wrote: Earth Treks Golden has four: finger, off-fingers/thin hands (brutal), hand, and fist. Fingers crossed they'll get some Wide Boyz volumes at some point...

I put in a request on their little request board every week, maybe one day we'll get lucky...

Adam Block wrote: City Rock in CSprings is in the process of adding several new 50' cracks and maybe even an adjustable training crack wall.

That is excellent news, because putting in an off hands, off fingers crack that's absolutely no fun to flail on was not the best original plan. Literally no one climbs that thing.

Tim Stich wrote:

That is excellent news, because putting in an off hands, off fingers crack that's absolutely no fun to flail on was not the best original plan. Literally no one climbs that thing.

The old one is already gone and the new walls are coming along. they have a wonderful overhung tight #2s set right now on some cool comfy variable volumes.

Adam Block wrote:

The old one is already gone and the new walls are coming along. they have a wonderful overhung tight #2s set right now on some cool comfy variable volumes.

Sweet. They need cracks that are perfect hands in sections for both men and women so that they can learn how to jam comfortably. 

Tim Stich wrote:

That is excellent news, because putting in an off hands, off fingers crack that's absolutely no fun to flail on was not the best original plan. Literally no one climbs that thing.

Hah, speak for youself- that crack was how I learned to jam!  The learning curve was steep, but I was able to lead it consistently by the time they took it down...R.I.P.

Noah Yetter wrote: Earth Treks Golden has four: finger, off-fingers/thin hands (brutal), hand, and fist. Fingers crossed they'll get some Wide Boyz volumes at some point...

They're not as hard as one might like, but they have pretty nasty sharp edges.  Or at least did when I was there, maybe they've been worn down a bit by now.

Tim Stich wrote:

That is excellent news, because putting in an off hands, off fingers crack that's absolutely no fun to flail on was not the best original plan. Literally no one climbs that thing.

I climbed that thing :( It was the perfect Supercrack simulator.

Evan Crumpecker wrote:

I climbed that thing :( It was the perfect Supercrack simulator.

Well, no one is ever going to climb it again as it has been destroyed. Yeaaaaah! 

Tim Stich wrote:

Well, no one is ever going to climb it again as it has been destroyed. Yeaaaaah! 

Ohhhh, you were talking about THAT one. Yeah, no that thing sucked, I thought you meant the first iteration of the new crack volumes they put up a few months ago. 

The three cracks at Movement in Denver are pretty good. They mimic real rock with variations in width, pockets and pinches, and rounded edges. Wish they were adjustable though.

The cracks at ET in Golden are pretty bad and have a range of issues: The finger cracks are of similar size and basically redundant, whereas if one was finger-to-hand size it would provide a greater variety to play/train on. Also, the finger cracks have very sharp-angled edges textured with sharp sand which cuts into your shoes requiring resoles within a few sends. The hand crack is OK but would be better with a greater variation in width. The fist-to-OW is too shallow to use OW techniques on so when you get to that size it’s just a thrutch or lieback. I could go on. Bottom line is that the cracks seem to be an afterthought and need some changes to be more useful.

I'd be happy to work with any gyms to develop good cracks.

Kent

Movement Rino is considering a crack machine w a series of crack sizes. If you would be stoked on that, let them know at the front desk!  

The zig-zag crack at ET Englewood is brutally hard. Starts low-angle perfect hands, zigs into vertical tight hands, zags into a horrible off-size for me that's too tight for hands and too loose for solid ringlocks, and finishes with a section of seriously overhanging rattly fingers.