Red Brick Recreation Center

Bouldering at the Red Brick

The City of Aspen's Red Brick Recreation Center on East Hallam Street has a 3,100 sq ft bouldering wall with problems for all levels. There's no roped climbing: the current wall rules allow bouldering only, with problems finishing where the climber's eyes reach the grey line across the wall, above a fully padded floor.

Training

• Kilter Board: an 8 x 12 ft Kilter Board.
• Fingerboards and campus boards: a Beastmaker 1000 hangboard, Atomik Bomb holds, a three-tier Metolius wooden campus board set to Moon Board spacing, beginner campus rungs and a So iLL Iron Palm set-up.

Visiting

Climbers need a signed waiver and either a daily admission or a recreation pass. A $35 adult daily admission also covers the Aspen Recreation Center's pools, ice rink, and weight and cardio rooms. Climbing shoes are required and can be rented for $5, and loose chalk, liquid chalk and chalk balls are all allowed. Under-12s must be supervised by an adult, and the wall runs classes for kids too.

The centre opens on weekdays only: Monday to Thursday 10:00 to 18:00 from June to November and 09:00 to 19:00 from December to May, and Friday 09:00 to 15:00 all year. It also has a locker room, showers, towel rental and a class floor with more than 30 fitness classes a week.