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    4.2 (49 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Going uuuupp, on V1 route with my crappy grip
    Jessica S.

    Basecamp is a climbing gym connected to the Whitney Peak hotel and is celebrated for having the "World's Tallest Climbing Wall" according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The outdoor wall stands at 164 feet, but looking at it from the outside, I've seen higher in Osaka, Japan. Anyways, hotel guests are still subject to a $10 day pass, with $17 being the regular rate for adults. However, our friend supplied us with two free passes to climb and utilize their fitness area, so my boyfriend and I took advantage. It should be noted that these rates do not include the famous outdoor wall which is $50 to climb on, just bouldering. Friendly enough staff and they directed us to fill out a waiver before handing us our gear -- shoes and chalk. Showers/ changing rooms with lockers are available (bring your own lock) as well as restrooms, a sauna/ steam room, a fitness center, and of course the walls. They even have a rope and slack line for extra fun. You can put your stuff in the lockers in the shower room, in white open cubbies, or at the benches near the bouldering walls. I used the fitness center for the tread and weights and climbed some routes on my visit. Fitness center was pretty decent -- three treads and some ellipticals with a fair amount of exercise equipment. They don't have multiple sets of free weights however, so you may have to fight for them. The inside area is host to multiple bouldering walls. They were pretty high and offered some good routes for all levels. I have weak sauce grip, so I stuck to the V0-V2 routes. Hand holds seemed sturdy enough and there was enough variety (for me at least) to keep me busy and interested. The baby head hand holds were verrrrryy weird though. Appreciated the workout and dammit, I forgot how to climb a rope! The one they have hanging here was super thick though, an added challenge!

    Best climbing for everyone
    Julia R.

    Basecamp has the best bouldering in Reno. Private lessons from Dutch are the best he is amazing so patient and kind. So glad we're members at base camp.

    Steffini A.

    We had SO much fun climbing the outside wall today! Neither of us made it to the top, but we got halfway and that was enough of a thrill for us! It's a bit pricey. $50 to climb outside. But that price includes your rentals, and you get a day pass to the facility. There's lots to do inside (bouldering, a gym and both dry and wet saunas), and an auto belay outside on a shorter wall. We had so much fun, and we will be back the next time my dad comes to visit so we can make our way to the top!

    Rock climbing wall outside of Whitney Peak Hotel.

    Our kids had a blast climbing at BaseCamp. It's located inside the Whitney Peak Hotel. We paid $17 per child which included the rental gear. Our two older kids climbed indoor as well as outdoor. There were three climbing areas available for them outside with a great view of the Reno Arch. There was also a nice area for our six year old to climb so overall a great experience for our kids.

    Katharine S.

    BaseCamp has such a great vibe. Such hip clientele! Such beautiful interior design! If you like bouldering, it is an excellent gym. The entrance is a little hard to find: through the windowless double doors on West Commercial Row. Okay, okay, the words "BaseCamp" are written in lighted letters above the doors. There is also access from the Whitney Peak's elevators, but that's only for hotel customers who are stopping in. The location of the front desk is not obvious if you enter from the street and then take the escalator the second floor. Walk around the center bouldering wall, and check in at the front desk in the back corner. Customer service could have been a little better, especially since I identified myself as a first-time visitor and indicated my interest in learning about what they had to offer. "Give me the spiel!" I had to say. But I know, the climber mentality is stereotypically chill and not vigorously entrepreneurial. So I'm grading on a curve here. But upon prompting, the staff member did give me all the details about the facilities, including the weight and cardio room, the steam room and sauna, why the outdoor auto-belays were currently not accessible, and the pricing plans for monthly and yearly membership. And she was super friendly and made me feel welcome as a newcomer. The bouldering options were so plentiful! Even though I have been climbing for over a year, I am still pretty weak and can only climb V0 and V1 routes. No shame in that, and there are plenty doable but challenging routes for beginners, which I was glad to see. My boyfriend usually sticks to V3 and V4s, and there were tons of routes for him. I am such a fan of how tall one of the circular bouldering walls is. That there are two circular walls means that there is lots of space for people to climb simultaneously yet safely. A big difference between Rocksport and BaseCamp is the plentiful seating space on the mats, the area around the mats, and the built-in benches for watching others climb. It's a little intimidating for less advanced climbers. (No one wants to watch me solve a V0 problem besides maybe my boyfriend!) But everyone seemed friendly in the "we're all sharing the space and doing our thing" kind of way. Another huge difference between BaseCamp and Rocksport? The quality of the mats. Rocksports have a number of tears in them, and BaseCamp's are pristine! Oh: BaseCamp's women's bathroom was much cleaner than I have ever seen Rocksport's. BaseCamp is dog-friendly, and there are lots of places to connect one's dog leash. No dogs on the mats. There were four dogs during the hour that I visited today, and all of them were adorable and well-behaved. I think it is also child-friendly, although I only saw one creature under 18ish present. That was refreshing: Rocksport can sometimes be overrun with children, albeit mostly well-behaved ones. BaseCamp has a small room with three walls dedicated to children's climbing. Definitely not big enough for more than four kiddos who don't know what they are doing to be climbing simultaneously, though. Kiddos who do know what they are doing would likely be welcome on the main walls. One of the reasons why it has taken me so long to stop in, other than me having spent 420 (nyuk nyuk nyuk) for a year-long Rocksport pass, is that I thought parking would be a pain. But it's not! Sometimes meter parking on East Commercial Row is plentiful. They also validate parking in their dedicated lot, which one enters by turning onto East Plaza Street. So glad I know this information now for the next time I try the new instantiation of Heritage on the first floor. Long story short: I'm kinda sorry I renewed my yearly pass at Rocksport. Had I known BaseCamp was so awesome, I might have argued for us to switch loyalty. The call of the fancy workout room and the steam room/sauna is strong.

    Climbing wall outside
    Naty D.

    We were so happy to find this place on our stay in Reno for a long weekend ski trip. Although more for bouldering than top rope it's the first climbing wall that's outside a building we've ever tried. They have top rope climbing outside the building where you're literally climbing the walls of the building and in the element. The highest part of the wall (center) is only accessible for certified lead climbers or you could pay $50 for staff to top rope you. The two sides (outer) are accessible through a self-belaying device which takes a little getting used to if you've never used one before. When we were there we could only do half of the wall since the other half had a self belaying device that was out of commission, bummer for us but still grateful that this place exist among the sea of casinos. Five stars even though its mostly bouldering and we couldn't access half of the top rope routes but because there's nothing like it in the area. Ask for a student discount if it applies and save $

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