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Cultivate Climbing Foundy Street

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

  • Bouldering
  • Competition Style
Cultivate Climbing's 13,000 sq ft bouldering gym in a converted indoor skatepark in Asheville's River Arts District, opened in November 2025, with 16 ft walls, climbing boards, a weights area and a café.

About

Bouldering in a former skatepark

Foundy Street is Cultivate Climbing's 13,000 sq ft bouldering gym, in a converted indoor skatepark in the River Arts District, with an outdoor skatepark next door. Hurricane Helene set the project back, but its bouldering walls were spared by the flood, and the gym had its grand opening on 8 November 2025. The walls reach 16 ft, and the setters' videos name areas such as the Island boulder, with the Cultivate logo on one side, the bowl wall and the pit on the lower level.

Training and facilities

Alongside the bouldering there are climbing boards, a weights and cardio area, a gear shop and the Cult Cafe, a coffee bar that also serves specials such as hojicha drinks and root beer floats. Shoes and chalk can be rented. Climbers aged 15 and over can book Saturday classes, from Intro to Bouldering through beginner (V0 to V3), intermediate (V4 to V6) and advanced (V7 and up) groups, and the gym runs week-long spring and summer camps for children aged 6 to 14.

Community

Foundy hosts monthly meet-ups for the Ladies Climbing Coalition, North Carolina BIPOC Climbers and Southeastern Queer Climbers, with $10 day passes on meet-up nights, along with community evenings and a Monday run club. It held Cultivate's citizens' bouldering competition, the Cult Classic, in September 2026.

Visiting

A day pass is $25, and first-timers sign a waiver and get a free safety orientation. The All-Access monthly membership also covers The Bunker, Cultivate's training gym downtown. Children can climb from the age of 3; under-15s must be supervised, and staff don't provide supervision.

Prices

As we last found them. Prices change, so check the wall's website before you go.

Day pass
$25

- Student: $22; youth: $18 (day passes are sold at the desk)

- 5-visit punch pass: $115 adult, $100 student, $85 youth; 10-visit: $200, $175, $150 (punches don't expire)

- Climbing shoe rental: $5

- First visit: free safety orientation after signing the waiver

- Members' first-time guests who live in Western North Carolina climb free with the member

- Affinity group meet-up nights: $10 day pass including rental shoes

Membership
$93a month

- All-Access monthly membership covering Foundy Street and The Bunker, month to month, with a $49 start-up fee; freeze for $10 a month

- Prepaid: 6 months $515, 12 months $960; a single month without renewal $150

- Discounts for students, military, EMS, under-18s and added family members

- Sliding-scale Climbing + Fitness memberships from $43 a month for 6-month terms, by monthly application

- Members get unlimited yoga classes at The Bunker, 10% off retail and two guest passes a month

- When the Lounge at The Bunker reopens (after a month's grace), memberships become Climbing + Fitness at $93 or All Access at $129, which adds yoga and the Lounge

As the wall announced them. Plans change, so check with the wall before you go.

  • Social

    Magic: The Gathering Night

    One of Cultivate's October community nights at Foundy Street: Magic: The Gathering in Commander format. Bring friends and a deck.

  • Social

    Ladies Climbing Coalition

    $10 day pass including rental shoes

    Monthly climbing night for women and non-binary climbers of every level, run with the Asheville chapter of the Ladies Climbing Coalition. First-timers are welcome.

  • Competition

    USA Climbing Region 72 Youth Bouldering Qualifier

    $65 entry, $10 spectators

    USA Climbing youth bouldering qualifier for North and South Carolina, run in two sessions by age category from U11 to 19+. Competitors register through USA Climbing by 4 November; spectators pay $10.

  • Social

    SEQC Meetup

    $10 day pass including rental shoes

    Monthly meet-up of Southeastern Queer Climbers, an affinity group for LGBTQIA+ climbers and other minority identities, open to all levels. The group gathers on the back porch before climbing.

  • Social

    Ladies Climbing Coalition

    $10 day pass including rental shoes

    Monthly climbing night for women and non-binary climbers of every level, run with the Asheville chapter of the Ladies Climbing Coalition. First-timers are welcome.

Key Features

Food & Drink

  • Cafe
  • Hot Drinks
  • Cold Drinks

Types of Climbing

  • Bouldering (any)
  • Competition Style

Climbing Training

  • Training Walls (any)

Gym Facilities

  • Gym (any)
  • Free Weights
  • Cardio

Access

  • Memberships
  • Single Day Passes
  • Multi-day Passes
  • Student Discounts

Equipment Hire

  • Shoe Hire
  • Chalk Hire

Other Amenities

  • Merchandise Shop

Classes & Programs

  • Classes (any)
  • Beginner Classes
  • Advanced Classes
  • Kids Classes
  • Local Competitions
  • Private Instruction
  • Women's Programs
  • BIPOC Programs
  • LGBTQ+ Programs

Venue Type

  • Climbing Gym

What climbers say about Cultivate Climbing Foundy Street

4.9 out of 5from 45 reviews on Google

“Awesome Bouldering gym. Came for a competition. Tight quarters but it was a comp. Great staff!”

Google review,

“Cool gym, love the tall wall in the lower area”

Google review,

“…The route setters are amazing, they have a very ambitious setting schedule and you never get bored! Great for beginners or if you have been climbing for years, and yhe staff is incredible!”

Google review,

Ratings as each site showed them in October 2026.

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Beta videos

How climbers have done climbs at Cultivate Climbing Foundy Street, played from where they were posted. Walls reset their climbs every few weeks, so check when each was posted.

View all 10 videos at Cultivate Climbing Foundy Street
  • Slab V1 from the Cult Classic comp set

    • Bouldering
    • V1 · Beginner
    • Slab

    By Cultivate Climbing on YouTube ·

  • Flowy V3 from the Cult Classic comp set

    • Bouldering
    • V3 · Intermediate

    By Cultivate Climbing on YouTube ·

  • Slab V4 from the Cult Classic comp set

    • Bouldering
    • V4 · Intermediate
    • Slab

    By Cultivate Climbing on YouTube ·

  • V0 from the Cult Classic comp set

    • Bouldering
    • V0 · Beginner

    By Cultivate Climbing on YouTube ·

  • New boulders on the back of the Island

    • Bouldering
    • Ungraded

    By Cultivate Climbing on YouTube ·

  • Gym tourism session at Foundy Street

    • Bouldering
    • Ungraded

    By Go to Zero on YouTube ·

  • Bicycle move on the pink V3 in the pit

    • Bouldering
    • V3 · Intermediate
    • Toe hooks

    By Cultivate Climbing on YouTube ·

  • Powerful yellow boulder in the pit

    • Bouldering
    • Ungraded

    By Cultivate Climbing on YouTube ·

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