Le Crux has started a great activity that I just love. Climbing and bouldering! It's an amazing…read moreexercise. A great activity for cardio, strength training and endurance for many muscle groups. Being new to this sport they offer for you to rent climbing shoes and a harness very easily at Le crux for inexpensive. Bring socks. They have many options for day pass, a set # of visits and 1/2 year or annual passes. I started this challenging new sport in the summer time and noticed on a few visits this summer that they do many day camps for young kids. Beware as on the camp days over by the ninja warrior gym those walls can get fairly busy. On the first visit you must sign their waiver and have an intro by a staff member. The process does take a bit of time and thus if there is a big group upon arrival the entrance can get backed up a bit when you arrive. Stay patient. The fun is about to begin. I usually do a bit of top roping at different degrees of difficulty and then go for some bouldering. Bouldering is more difficult and harder on the hands. Working on building up endurance and strength. My average visit is usually around three hours. After that my hands feel sore and chafed. For some of these guys/ girls who are more advanced it's pretty amazing to watch them climb. They make climbing up the walls look so easy! It's like a monkey chasing after a stash of bananas at the top. Oh how I wish this sport was around when I was a scrawny skinny teenager! It would have been easier when I was pounds lighter. :) The complex is quite large with lots of different options from beginner to quite difficult! There is bouldering on the main floor and second floor. Also on the second floor is a gym for strength training. The do sell climbing shoes and chalk in powder and block format. Also there is a cafe with quick healthy prepared food options. Also the have areas where you can sit at a picnic bench, eat a lunch and take in some of the bouldering action. Le crux has announced a new location coming soon in a laval . So I can't wait to see see how it's planned out different. Also hopefully they allow you have access to visit both locations with a membership. It's a great sport and great activity to take young kids along with to burn off some steam. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Awesome climbing gym. Went mainly for the mini ninja warrior course because we were looking for…read moreone, but ended up spending a lot of time bouldering and lead climbing and just taking advantage of the workout area. There's a bit of everything here, very well-rounded spot.taking

I got my coat stolen and they didn't have cameras to see who stole it. Huge L dont bring your coat…read morethere.

The setting was nice and the routes flowed well. I liked that the problems inspired interesting…read moremovement without just being ladders of increasingly tricky holds. It's very clean and people are very good about not congregating on the mats and blocking the boulders. That said, climbing for me is partially about community and I felt the staff was annoyed with my presence because my French isn't very good yet. Feeling immediately unwelcome kind of ruined the vibe for me and I don't plan to go back.

My favourite climbing gym so far. It's big, doesn't get too crowded, has a nice open cafe area, a…read moregym area to warm up, and lots of challenging climbs. I really enjoy coming here with friends. The staff is very friendly and if it's your first time they explain the rules and guide you on the different areas of the gym. You can rent shoes and a chalk bag, they have a nice shop area as well if you want to buy any of your own gear. Their entryway could use a bit of a change since in the winter I find it gets really wet with all the boots and they run out of hangers because of the heavy winter coats, but other than that it's good!

A good, small climbing gym that's on the outskirts of Montréal. They have two indoor bouldering…read morewalls and one outside, but we weren't able to check out the latter as it was raining pretty hard. We were only able to climb the top out bouldering wall on the lower floor as they were changing the routes on the bouldering wall upstairs (not top out). There're more top-roping options than bouldering, and lead routes have the least available (understandable). I find it more worth it top-rope, so if you're new to the gym or visiting I would go with someone who can belay. As for the boulders themselves, they are graded based on circuits (V0, V0-V2, V2-V4, etc.; the grading scale is accurate). There were no V0s when we went, and there were 2 V0-V2s and 2 V2-4s, so if you're looking for a place more beginner-friendly, I would look elsewhere. Most of the climbs were advanced, so I would recommend being around V4 and above to make your visit(s) here worth it.

It is smaller than I thought but it's still lots of fun! I'm used to rock climbing with the ropes…read morebut i think this place is excellent for beginners that don't want to go too high. The handholds are challenging enough and they have areas more for beginners. If you go on a sunny day then I can see how it'd get crowded really fast but everyone is respectful and takes turns. It was $15 for the day pass and shoe rental which is a good price! My friend and I stayed for 1 hour and a half and I felt so tired afterwards. I think it's a great way to spend an afternoon. I saw lots of families there too so it's a good activity to get the kids active.

They were so welcoming. Really nice experience with my kids. We had a blast. There wasn't much…read moretraffic so we felt very comfortable.

Probably my favourite climbing gym in terms of route setting. A bit limited in terms of…read morenon-climbing related area & equipment, but they have a cafe/bar and do serve alcohol which is pretty cool.

I dropped in while visiting the city, and I am thrilled I made that decision!…read more Things I liked: - The facility is clean and spacious, which creates a great environment for relaxing, hanging out with friends, climbing, eating, working, everything! - The food was amazing! I had a mango, banana, peach, and orange smoothie with some in-house energy balls (peanut butter, chia seeds, coconut oil, whey protein, some other delicious goodies to keep me going) - Staff is so friendly and welcoming! - An area with exercise equipment, rings (my favorite!) and huge campus boards!! - The problems are set very well. I very much enjoyed the diversity of route-setting that ranged from technical to dynamic/power moves. Everything was set very well! I also appreciate that many of the problems involved slopers and less crimpy moves that often kill my fingers. After 3.5 hours of climbing and a night of rest, my fingers still work as i type this review up (but my forearms...) Things I didn't like: - Beta bloc is a bouldering haven, but unfortunately the facility has no rope climbing. - I noticed a few holds were just a little wiggly up top. It doesn't affect the climbing, but I can imagine a less experienced climber may be bothered by that. - Perhaps the addition of a moon board if demand arose would be nice.. Overall, an amazing climbing gym! I will make sure to return when I am in the area again. Thank you for an awesome experience!

This is exactly my style gym lol, lots of fun technical and slab problems, I loooooved my time here…read moretrying out as many problems as I could. The gym seems relatively new, it has many beautiful wall arts, and the overall design feels open and welcoming. The second floor's outdoor rooftop area is really special. The cafe offers very decent options such as coffee, snacks and even grilled cheese. We spent almost half a day here. Friend was first time bouldering and they just gave her a very easy intro. Unlike other Canadian gyms, the "intro" portion for me was almost nothing so I appreciate the easy going vibe. One of those gyms I truly wish we have one back home!

A great place to work out and hang out! It's spacious, lots of comfortable seating, and challenging…read moreclimbs. I'm still very new to climbing but I enjoy going here because it's close and well located to me. In the summer I'm excited to try out their outdoor terrace! I like that they have a cafe area for after if you wanna stay and catch up with friends. Shoe rentals are about $8 and a day pass is $26 so not too expensive. It does get very crowded on weekends and rush hour during the week so keep that in mind if you wanna visit.

New place , clean , well designed and the play area is really neat. The staff are very very…read morefriendly and good with kids. The toilets are really clean as well and everything is kids friendly. We went there with my 4year olds, they had fun. It's a nice place, although I would have loved more variety on the menu since you are not allowed to bring food from outside. We spent good 4 hours and I think that is enough. Not the biggest places in Montreal but sure one of the cleanest. They have areas if you want to do your child's birthday parties. I would go there again

Normally I don't write negative reviews because and I won the admission so there was no cost to me…read moreother then time and disappointment. I thought about my experience and I realized that there are parents out there who shouldn't be ripped off by this place ! So in the spirit of parental solidarity, I give you my review of the Lapin Cretin location in Pointe Claire. Admission for myself and my 2 sons(6 and 8) would have come up to $50 bucks plus taxes. The ball area is like the ball area that you see at Ikea. Projected on the wall were "Rabbits", the curious bunny creature that is the mascot for this centre. The object is for the kids to toss the ball at the rabbit, and when it is hit, it would "fall". So before my kids got into the area I started tossing balls at these suckers ! I got closer and along with my boys and a few other patrons we were taking shots at the rabbits, and dare I say, I was getting plenty of shots on target, or so I thought. "You have to throw harder", my youngest said as yet again I scored a direct hit on my prey, yet no satisfaction was gained in seeing the little guy fall. My son got one to stumble and a little girl blew one of the rabbits right off the screen. Not to be outdone by kids I wound up and fired a shot and I had satisfaction, the silly rabbit fell. A few more times with direct hits and I still was not able to repeat this spectacle. Occasionally, one of the kids got the rabbit, but we soon learned that it was not a matter of accuracy or where you hit the rabbit, but luck that the software would register the hit. The novelty wore off after 5 minutes. The climbing wall is built up of many rock climbing features securely bolted into the wall, allowing kiddies to climb up about 5 feet. On the floor in front of the wall are your typical inch thick gym mats that someone probably thinks would be great for protecting kids from hurting themselves when they fall. I do crunches on these mats at home and my ass gets sore so I doubt they are going to do much to protect for a 5 foot fall. The hand holds are very evenly spaced so most kids would have no trouble climbing up, but I think that anyone over the age of 5 would not be challenged. In one room there is a table with about game stations on it. Each station has a comfy gamer chair and over ear earphones(no microphone). On these stations there were games that were appropriate for younger children, while on a wall there were more X boxes with Tom Clancy first person shooter games. Out of reach from impressionable young kids. Unfortunately when we were there, 7 of the systems on the table were either unresponsive, not logged in or crashed. Only 3 of the systems on the wall were working either. There was one staff person who came into the room and I mentioned to him that the systems were down. He gave me a deer in the headlight look and then went back to arranging the game controllers in a drawer. My boys are not video game players so they didn't know how to work the game systems so you better be on hand to explain how to work these games to your kids because the staff sure aren't going to help. After a certain level of frustration with these games(my son couldn't get past a certain level with the motorcycle game) we decided to explore the rest of the centre. Behind the restaurant area there were several Nintendo Switch stations. Good stuff as I was considering getting one of these systems for my sons and wanted to see the calibre of the games on the system. Well, like the rest of the video game systems that we have seen at this centre, the games were either not powered on, or were in some way not connected to the TV screens. A few of them had some error messages on the screen as well. Suffice it to say, there was not much that can be experienced with this area but thankfully I saw a staff person who I can ask for assistance. When I explained to the young lady the situation, she said that she would call someone to come over right away. She then went back to giving the birthday party sales pitch to the lady that she was taking too. After hanging out with my sons in this area, we bailed on the prospect of someone coming to help us and went to to the kids play area. The play area is a smaller version of the Zig, Zag, Zoo climbing, crawling play area that is the bane of all parents taller then 5 foot 5. Its a decent setup, but not nearly as good as the one at Fundo Mundo in the Pointe Claire Plaza. They were done after a grand total of 5 minutes. Not seeing much more to do in this place, we explored the restaurant area. Since it was early, there was nothing much happening here except for some bored parents looking at their iPhones. I didn't see if they offered free wifi access, and by god I hope they do. All said and done, we were in and out of this place in just under and hour and I would say that the most fun that we had was when we went to MacDonalds afterwards.

This is my go-to climbing gym in Montréal, not the least because it's close, but also because it…read morehas an excellent climbing community, has constantly refreshed routes, and all the yoga and classes are included. They also have pass hold options and student discounts. The gym includes a small warm-up zone with a stationary bike, mats, campus board, hangboard, and some freeweights. The routes themselves are inventive and offer fantastic progression and technique development, a good combination of modern and outdoor technique, which is what keeps me coming back. Routes themselves are fairly graded, and are marked for different styles (power, balance, mixed technique, etc). The lead climbing progression is superb. That said, this is a smaller gym (as gyms go) so climbers expecting a massive warehouse space or a super large bouldering zone should look elsewhere. The roped routes are decently tall however, and there are good lead options available with roofs and overhanging climbing on several walls. There are a few things the gym could improve on: * As of 2025/2026, the boulder cave is not as updated as frequently as it used to be. When I first started climbing here several years ago, one half of the boulder cave was updated every two weeks, which was awesome. But in Summer/Fall 2025, the entire cave went without routes changing for ~8 weeks, and this seems to have stuck. Much more time is spent on updating the roped routes (especially for competitions, which can reduce available gym routes significantly, so check the calendar before going). So just be aware roped climbing is the priority here. * Safety with kids. There is a lack of climbing etiquette with children, including with the gym's own classes and teams. I have seen kids running circles around the gym, playing with ropes and belay gear, and rolling around on the ground. I have seen toddlers and babies in the belay/climbing zones. This is risking serious injury or death. This is a broader climbing culture issue. The staff are aware of feedback here and I hope are better instructing their instructors on how to handle children and teach them safe etiquette. * Be aware that the boulder cave can be overtaken with classes of kids at 5pm. I feel this should be clearly marked on the website / public schedule. If you arrive around 5pm, you will encounter classes of kids 3 of 5 days of the work week. Unfortunately the kids' classes need to be taught some etiquette in respecting other users of the boulder cave. That said, treat the kids with respect--I love to see the sport progress--and show them how it's done! * Even outside of classes, the boulder cave can be filled with unsupervised children, despite a sign on the door saying kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Just something to be aware of. I find being assertive and safe is best. Overall a great gym, and I enjoy climbing here as a regular!

I do a fair bit of rock climbing in Toronto and want to put it out there that Toronto top rope rock…read moreclimbing is not at all the same as it is in Montreal. I came in super confident that I'll just quickly pass the belay test and try out the ropes. Nope. Their belaying system setup is entirely different. Be prepared to bring your own ATC or grigri, which you will have to know how to install, since only the ropes are hanging on each climb. And you also have to know how to tie the 8-figure knot and they are super strict with the knots, very unlike Toronto. The barrier to top roping is much higher at this gym. I totally failed my belay test given I had no idea it would be so different! I did some bouldering the first time here (since I failed the belay test). The bouldering section is upstairs and quite small but still a decent size to try for an entire session. It might get a bit boring if I had to see the same wall on more than one session. The setting was a bit awkward with most routes kind of similar with a reachy and overhang feel to it, which is fine, but a bit more variety would be nice. I did eventually come back to pass the top roping belay test and finally try the top rope. The walls are very high, my friend guesstimated it to be 80ft high, whatever that means. It's certainly higher than gyms that I usually frequent. Their top rope climbs are where it is at! Very interesting and challenging climbs for many levels. Women's change rooms are also impressive and nicely finished and very clean looking. The best change room I've experienced so far at a rock climbing gym.

As a gift to a younger family member, a ziplining day was planned and I asked if I could share the…read moreexperience with everyone. I've ziplined before while on vacation, where we were surrounded by greenery. I thought doing it in the heart of Montreal with MTL Zipline would be a new way to experience it. (I was right). As you read the safety protocols and sign waivers, there are a few screens set up so you can watch videos of other zipliners. You are provided with a helmet and harness, which they confirm is placed properly and securely (it's very comfortable; personally speaking, anyhow). The staff members you meet at every stage are really nice and you don't feel rushed. After this, you walk up several flights of stairs to what I call the "launch point". The harness is attached to the zipline, and in what feels like no time at all- you're flying through the air. The view of the Old Port is beautiful and it's fun to see onlookers below. You want to absorb everything you're seeing, and you do, but it is also over before you know it. It's an amazing experience and I could do it over and over again but I am appreciative of having the opportunity to do it at all! It's a fun experience to share with family and create memories. The price is great too (about $25+ per person and they also offer mini putt packages). I highly recommend it, whether you were born and raised here or simply visiting.

Warning: not for someone who is afraid of heights. I had this place bookmarked for our Montreal…read moreitinerary. The process is fast: - sign a waiver - pay at the counter - head back outside to get geared up Most of the workers here are young but they do an amazing job of making sure you are well strapped into your harness and helmet. I have to say, when I saw the tower in person I was questioning whether I could climb up that high without panting. My advice is to take your time. Surprisingly, I made it all the way without huffing and puffing in the 88 degree weather. There is a nice breeze up top. The most exciting moment was seeing that red light turn to green, the gates swinging open and her releasing me. If you're an adrenaline junkie, you'll love this. Do enjoy the moment and view because it is over very quickly. Where else will you get to zip over the St. Lawrence River and alongside buildings? The speed picked up towards the end and I was like...oh sh*t, is it going to be a hard abrupt stop? A worker will be there to catch you and you will swing like a pendulum. I saw two very brave 6 year old girls do it without any fear and then another kid that was about 9-10 that freaked out as soon as he was strapped in. I know parents want to do it but make sure your child is up to this. If you have long hair, it must be tied up in a ponytail so it doesn't get caught in the zip line. As I exited I was startled with a camera. Worker: do you want a photo? Me: (giggling) Ummm, that would be a no. Worker: (chuckling) no? Me: (giggling again) yeah definitely not. Ms. Bobalicious does not look cute in a helmet. I don't understand the complaint about the price from other reviews. For about $22 U.S., I thought it was totally worth it. It's all about the experience. I say...Just Do It! Check out their website for more info.