Climbing in Trois-Rivières and the Mauricie

Maïkan Escalade

Maïkan Escalade is the climbing centre of Maïkan Aventure, an outdoor shop and activity centre on boulevard des Chenaux. Its Walltopia walls, finished in 2014, rise 45 feet, with about 6,200 sq ft of climbing for top rope and lead and a bouldering section for warming up. Five auto-belays serve more than a dozen routes, so beginners can climb on their own; to belay others you need the centre's practical accreditation, from age 14, or 12 after a junior programme. In winter you can climb the ice towers on the grounds, on your own or with a certified guide. Maïkan runs weekly junior courses, top-rope and lead courses and birthday parties, and it opens at 16:00 on weekdays and from 13:00 to 17:00 at weekends.

Campus Escalade

Campus Escalade on rue Girard has more than 100 boulder problems, with new ones every week and a full reset every five weeks, or six in summer. A 6,000 sq ft expansion has added a junior zone for children, a bigger training room and a spray wall that tilts from 5 to 70 degrees. There's no booking or accreditation: walk in, sign the form and staff run through the basics. Children can climb from age 4 with an adult, and junior courses for 8 to 12-year-olds run on Saturday mornings. Members also get a free visit each month to Cara Bloc in Victoriaville. Campus doesn't host birthday parties.

Atelier Bloc, Shawinigan

Atelier Bloc, on boulevard Royal, opened in October 2025 as Shawinigan's first bouldering gym. Its 4,350 sq ft space holds about 2,400 sq ft of walls up to 15 feet high, with more than 80 problems reset each week, plus a Kilter Board, a training gym and a kids' wall for ages 3 to 7. New climbers can buy a one-week pass with shoe hire for $31.

Parties and school groups

Adrénergie on rue Sainte-Julie works only by private booking: weekend birthday parties and school groups get the centre to themselves, with roped walls, a Tarzan rope, an abseil and an obstacle course with slides. In October 2026 a party for 10 children cost $250 plus tax, and it's recommended for ages 7 and over.

Prices

In October 2026 an adult day pass cost $21 at Campus Escalade (before tax), $21.99 at Maïkan and $22 at Atelier Bloc. Students paid $18 at Campus and $17.99 at Maïkan, and a family of four $50 at Campus. A month's unlimited climbing cost $84 at Campus, $89 at Atelier Bloc and $104.99 at Maïkan.

Climbing outdoors in the Mauricie

The FQME and the volunteer-run Club d'escalade et de montagne de la Mauricie (CEMM) look after three crags north of the city, and you need FQME membership or a day membership to climb at them.

• Trois-Rives: at km 71 of Route 155, north of Shawinigan, a wall 15 to 80 metres high and about 400 metres wide with about 100 routes and room for many more. The approach takes from 30 seconds to 15 minutes, the sun is on the wall from about 11:00 to 18:00 in summer, and access costs $10 a person, tax included.
• Parc de l'Île Melville, Shawinigan-Sud: a former quarry with a 15-metre wall and about 18 routes, from 5.4 to 5.12, for top rope or lead, re-equipped by the FQME in 2017.
• Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc: about 30 routes, a 20-minute walk from a car park near the entrance to La Mauricie National Park.

The CEMM also lists Trois-Rives and Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc for ice climbing, holds work days, discovery days and film nights, and counts Campus Escalade, Maïkan and Atelier Bloc as its indoor partners. Passion Escalade, at Trois-Rives, offers guided rock and ice climbing.

Competitions

Trois-Rivières hosts two rounds of the FQME's Coupe Québec this autumn: bouldering at Campus Escalade on 17 October and lead at Maïkan on 28 November 2026. See Quebec's 2026–27 competition season for the rest of the circuit. The city is roughly halfway between Montréal and Quebec City.