Select a Hive Location

Choose the nearest Hive Climbing location to explore and learn more about classes, events, and offerings.

Winnipeg

Unit 7 – 960 Lorimer Boulevard, Winnipeg MB, R3P 1G1

Vancouver Boulder

520 Industrial Ave, Vancouver, BC, V6A 2P3

Vancouver Heights

670 Industrial Ave, Vancouver, BC V6A 2P3

Port Coquitlam

Unit 145, 815 Village Drive, Port Coquitlam, V3B 0G9

Surrey

101 – B 11125 124 Street, V3V 4V2

North Shore

140 - 2270 Dollarton Hwy, North Vancouver, V7H 1A8

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Online Waiver

Waivers must be signed by all visitors. These legal documents ensure you are aware of the risks and who is liable during your visit. Signing the waiver in advance online helps speed up the process when you arrive at the gym.

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Are any youth participating?

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Youth Require Adequate Supervision:

Please review Youth Supervision Rules before your first visit, to ensure you have enough supervisors for the number of children and can proceed with your climbing experience.

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Youth Require Adequate Supervision:

Please review Youth Supervision Rules before your first visit, to ensure you have enough supervisors for the number of children and can proceed with your climbing experience.

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Climbing is Dangerous

Read Carefully

The Waiver and Youth Acknowledgement of Risk contain a list of the risks associated with climbing and related activities. Please read carefully.

Gym Rules and Regulations

Gym Rules and Regulations

Gym Rules and Regulations

Gym Rules and Regulations

Gym Rules and Regulations

Gym Rules and Regulations

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Climbing is Dangerous

Read Carefully

The Waiver and Youth Acknowledgement of Risk contain a list of the risks associated with climbing and related activities. Please read carefully.

Gym Rules and Regulations

Gym Rules and Regulations

Gym Rules and Regulations

Gym Rules and Regulations

Gym Rules and Regulations

Gym Rules and Regulations

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Waiver

A correctly completed and signed document is required for each climber, spectator, and supervisor in the facility. Please complete your document(s) prior to arrival for faster check-in on your first visit.
A correctly completed and signed document is required for each climber, spectator, and supervisor in the facility.
Youth Requirements:

The Youth AoR Form MUST be signed by the participating minor’s parent or legal guardian prior to their participation.

Adult Waiver:

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Waiver

A correctly completed and signed document is required for each climber, spectator, and supervisor in the facility. Please complete your document(s) prior to arrival for faster check-in on your first visit.
A correctly completed and signed document is required for each climber, spectator, and supervisor in the facility.
Youth Requirements:

The Youth AoR Form MUST be signed by the participating minor’s parent or legal guardian prior to their participation.

Adult Waiver:

Online Waiver

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UPCOMING Stat Hours: 12–9PM, Aug. 4
UPCOMING Stat Hours: 12–9PM, Aug. 4
UPCOMING Stat Hours: 12–9PM, Aug. 4
UPCOMING Stat Hours: 12–9PM, Aug. 4
UPCOMING Stat Hours: 12–9PM, Aug. 4
UPCOMING Stat Hours: 12–9PM, Aug. 4
UPCOMING Stat Hours: 12–9PM, Aug. 4
UPCOMING Stat Hours: 12–9PM, Aug. 4
UPCOMING Stat Hours: 12–9PM, Aug. 4
UPCOMING Stat Hours: 12–9PM, Aug. 4
UPCOMING Stat Hours: 12–9PM, Aug. 4
UPCOMING Stat Hours: 12–9PM, Aug. 4
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Climbing Overview

At The Hive, we’re proud to offer climbing for everyone from  beginner to expert. Our setters come from around the world, and bring a variety of styles to the overall feeling of the gyms.

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Community

Our community is made up of passionate folks with all sorts of motivations—those looking for a new activity to do with friends, a fun way to exercise, or relevant way to train and stay in shape for outdoor climbing.

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Ask any avid climber and they'll tell you how climbing changed their life. It's a hobby, a home away from home, a lifestyle, a passion. You don't have to be the best or the strongest—it's about trying hard, seeing progress, and making amazing connections along the way.

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Start Climbing

Learn to Climb

Learn to Climb

Start with the basics, or add skills to level up with adult courses

Start with the basics, or add skills to level up with adult courses

Bring Your Kids

Bring Your Kids

Get important info about dropping in with kids, or explore camps and programs

Get important info about dropping in with kids, or explore camps and programs

Groups & Parties

Groups & Parties

Birthdays, School Groups, Corporate & other Adult Group booking details

Birthdays, School Groups, Corporate & other Adult Group booking details

About Our Climbs

About Our Climbs

Climbing at its simplest is about using your whole body to scale vertical terrain. The fun is in overcoming challenges by harnessing the mind and body together, honing our skills and sharing the experience with others.

Easy or Hard?

Our problems and routes are set using different holds, wall angles and spacing that shape the way you move and require greater technique, problem solving and physical ability as you progress in difficulty.

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Take a look at the grading systems we use to help you understand the challenge level of climbing routes and boulder problems  in our gyms.

Our Grading Systems

Our Grading Systems

We all like to have some idea what we're getting ourselves into before we get on the wall! Learning to read the difficulty from a distance can take time, so you'll see tags on the start holds for each climb to give you a little jump start.

Bouldering Hex Grades

Bouldering Hex Grades

All our bouldering gyms use our unique Hex grading system to indicate difficulty level. Every boulder problem is marked with a grade tag that ranges from 1–7 hex, where 1 hex is the easiest and 7 hex is the most difficult. Because grading is subjective, these grades overlap each other sometimes; a hard 2-hex might feel more difficult than an easy 3-hex, for example, depending on style and wall angle relative to your strengths as a climber.

If you’re familiar with V grades, see our conversion chart below.

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1 hex — VB-V0
2 hex — V0-V2
3 hex — V2-V4
4 hex — V4-V6
5 hex — V6-V8
6 hex — V8-V10
7 hex — V10+

Route Climbing Grades

Route Climbing Grades

At the Hive Heights—our rope climbing gym—we use a modified version of the Yosemite Decimal System (YDS) to show the difficulty level of each climbing route. At Heights, we have routes that range from 5.5–5.13 (easiest to most challenging).


The Yosemite decimal system is used to grade the difficulty of rock climbs. The climbing found in our gym begins at 5th class, denoted by "5.x" As the second number gets larger, the climbing becomes harder. In the 5.10 range and above, grades are broken into sub-grades, denoted with an a, b, c, or d (in order of least to most challenging) directly following the second number.


For simplicity in the gym setting, we have modified this system, replacing the letter grades with "+" or "-." Grades with a minus sign (5.10-) indicate an approximate difficulty level of an "a" or "b" grade, while grades with a + (5.10+) indicate a range around the "c" or "d" level.


Brand new climbers often start as easy as 5.5 or 5.6 where available. For your first time, it's good to focus on climbs that look appealing to you, and adjust your desired level based on if you felt that climb was too easy, too difficult or just right.

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Meet the Setters

Meet the Setters

The amazing humans who work tirelessly behind the scenes to bring creative, fun and challenging vertical experiences to climbers of all sizes, experience levels and abilities.

Our setters constantly strive to provide Accessible, Consistent and Fun Experiences! The setting team refresh boulders or routes weekly, and actively seek to connect with, and gain feedback from, our community. If you see them in the gym, say hi!

Kieran Alton-Tracy

Head Route Setter & Technical Maintenance Specialist

Kieran is a CEC Level 2 Routesetter. They have been climbing since 2001 and routesetting since 2012. When they started routesetting it was not even a real job yet. They love their Wife, Cat, and playing Magic the Gathering.

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Simon Yamamoto

Asst. Head Routesetter

Simon grew up climbing in the Bow Valley. He enjoys both competition and outdoor climbing. He started setting with The Hive in 2023. Aside from climbing, Simon enjoys photography and traveling.

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Jack Lam

Head Routesetter

Jack started climbing over 10 years ago in Yangshuo. He started setting over 6 years ago, first in Hong Kong, now in Vancouver. He found route setting similar to putting up climbs on untouched rocks, only with more possibilities. Besides work, he enjoys adventures in climbing, culture and food.

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Matt Gain

Head Routesetter

Matt discovered climbing in 2013, after moving to Manitoba. After a couple years just pulling on plastic, Matt discovered the wealth of climbing in Kenora, northern Ontario. Matt’s proud of his considerable contributions to the first bouldering guidebook for prairie folk, which he hopes will spur future boulderers to explore the wonders of northern granite bouldering.

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Ben Frost

Asst. Head Routesetter

Ben began climbing at The Hive where he quickly fell in love with the community. He has been routesetting for 2 years. Outside of the gym, he can be found performing music around the city and reading books at cozy coffee shops.

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Mika Hosoi

Routesetting Manager

Mika is an IFSC level 2 and CEC level 3 routesetter. She started climbing in 2007 and climbed competitively until 2019. She has been setting since 2017 and has set in the USA, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam and all across Canada. In her spare time, she enjoys drawing/painting, reading books, surfing, skiing, playing chess, and spending time in nature.

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Kieran Alton-Tracy

Technical Maintenance Specialist

Kieran is a CEC Level 2 Routesetter. They have been climbing since 2001 and routesetting since 2012. When they started routesetting it was not even a real job yet. They love their Wife, Cat, and playing Magic the Gathering.

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