Schools, Private Sessions & Parties

The Crux Climbing Gym @ YMCA Taranaki is great for parties, team building, work functions or large groups. Book in advance to reserve the Climbing Wall with a qualified instructor for your group.

Check our live schedule of existing bookings to book around(best veiwed on a phone or window of half the screen width or less): https://ynewplymouth.gymmasteronline.com/portal/account/classcalendar/27

Cost per hour	Number of climbers includes entry for	School/Not for Profit bonus	Adults required for under 13yrs
$50	2	+3 Climbers = 5	0
$85	8	+8 climbers = 16	2 – 4
$144	16	+4 under 13yrs climbers =20 +8 12yr+ Climbers = 24	4-8 2
$179	20 x under 13yrs ————————- 24 x 12yrs+	N/A	4-6 ——————— 1-2

*Exclusive room hire ($10 per hour climbing hourly discount when bookings four or more hours of Climbing/Sport and Recreation per school term).

Birthdays at The Crux

The Crux Climbing Gym is the most adventurous birthday you can get! Loads of challenges and problems to keep everyone entertained.

This is a 1 hour session based in the climbing gym with the help of a qualified instructor.

You can invite up to 7 or 15 of your friends as well as parents and helpers.

After you have finished climbing, you can use the party room facilities within the YMCA for your cakes and treats for a small additional cost, with extra time allocated for setting and packing up.

Once booked, we will send you out all the information you need as well as the all important birthday invitations to help rally your friends for your special day.

Additional optional $25 one hour use of party space

School Bookings

The Crux Climbing Gym is a fantastic place to bring school groups. We offer a tailored programme that can help students to learn about:

Warming up and down
Trust building through peer contracts
Efficient clear communication
Safe Falling
Balance
Hazard Awareness and Management
Holding Ropes as a team
Holding Ropes Independently
Climbing Technique
Critical Equipment Care and Safe use
Basics Forces generated of Falling on Ropes
Environmental impacts of Climbing both inside and outdoors and minimisation techniques

Each session is designed around a minimum of 45 minutes per group but we can design programmes for up to 2 hours. If your class is big, we can arrange for half or a third to climb while the others participate in team building activities in the stadium or squash courts.