High Point Climbing and Fitness - Mid City

I drive my sons up the wall! High Point is a family friendly facility and a remarkable venue for climbers of all ages and skill levels, including first timers. During 5+ visits, I have seen climbers ranging from 8 years old all the way up to late 60s/early 70s. The staff is professional, courteous and eager to teach, the auto belay system is safe and easy to operate and the various walls present a challenge from the novice to the most experienced expert. Plus, climbing is a phenomenal workout and a lot of fun. All required gear, such as shoes and harnesses, are available for rental on site. Bring a small towel to dry hands and a chalk ball bag. Highly recommend Huntsville High Point!

Great place to bring the family for a climbing adventure. Staff were awesome and the business was clean. We had a blast all day. I highly recommend you check them out.

Had a great time at this clean and welcoming gym. Grades were similar to my home gym and enjoyed flashing a couple routes on my vacation. Would be great with a belay partner!

Short version: Great homeschool class and camp programs with knowledgeable staff. Safety and cleanliness are at a high standard. Fees included all equipment for climbing your child will need. Classes are a great blend of structured learning with some unstructured peer climbing. Highly recommend. Price is reasonable and fair. ________________________________________________ Longer version as to why I like the homeschool class, below. For those looking for quality social classes for their homeschooled children, I had detailes our experiences here. My son has loved the homeschool climbing class. He began as a very unconfident kid that wouldn't even attempt anything more than 4ft off the floor, or talk to the other kids. Now after his 6th 8 week course of the class he is a confident little spider! He also had developed great social skills and learned the joys of healthy competitive games. If you are a homeschooling mom like me, this info is for you. The classes are 1.5 hours you can drop off or watch. When my son began he was so shy he needed me to stay. Now I'm able to drop off or wait in the car for some, quiet! 🤣 The classes are structured in a way that both meet a P.E. requirement, and foster social engagement. Most of the class is about trying the new skill learned in the beginning of class lesson/skill instruction. That is usually about a 15min lesson. My son has made friends, especially with the kids that continue on with the classes. He has developed a love of the sport as a whole as well. My son has ADHD. Other sports he tried he lost interest in quickly and it was a fight to complete the seasons. With climbing, not only is he working with and cooperating with the other kids, he has to focus on his own body's movements. Being ADHD he will lose focus. With climbing, if he loses focus on his body's movements or lets his mind wander to watching another climber, he will fall from his wall. This sport has taught him how to stay more aware and present in what his body is doing and his plan to the top of the wall. Physically we have seen a drastic change in his strength and endurance. He went from not being strong enough to pull his body up a wall higher than 4 ft , to climbing the 75ft outdoor wall on harder paths each time. He is only 8, but the kid has actual bicep muscles. He will come home and climb trees and anything he can get a grip on. We have even added climbing holds to the trees in our yard. He removed the ladder to his bunk/desk style bed then had his dad install climbing holds in the wall. He has to climb the wall to get into bed. The coaches are knowledgeable about the sport and the kids listen and like them. Recently there were some program changes. These changes are proving to make the program even better. Best of all my son looks forward to this class every week! He has blossomed out of his shy shell. He will attempt anything. He has learned mind and body. I am a former public school teacher. I know how important having structured and unstructured peer interactions are to proper development. It is hard to find sport based homeschool classes that are both educational, physically challenging, and provide some unstructured peer play. This program does all of those things for my son. I highly recommend this class to any mom. Especially moms with kids that need that little extra physical and mental challenge. My son says it feels like a puzzle he has to solve every time he is on a wall.

We had a great time at High Point. There were four of us in my group: 9th grade daughter, 9th grader's female friend, her friend's Dad, and me. Us Dad's are 50 ish to give an idea of age. Our staff member got us signed in and walked us through the different parts of the facility while explaining the different areas with great detail. Then we got to climbing. It was great. We were able to rest as needed and felt the 3 ish hours or so we spent there allowed us to get our money's worth. You'll definitely get a workout, but the pace is completely up to you. The auto-rappel contraptions made it so we could all climb together. Very enjoyable experience.