CLIMBING
Beta Bloc is the first and only bouldering space in the West Island. Our facility has 14,000 square feet of beautiful climbing and training space, and a range of top-notch equipment – including dumbbells, squat racks, a campus board, a kilter board... and of course, our 15-foot-high walls! Beta Bloc is fully decked-out with a pro-shop equipped to meet all of your bouldering needs. And if you feel like taking it easy, we also have a bistro, bar and hang-out space with cozy couches and large tables to fit you and all your friends.
CLIMBING
Beta Bloc is the first and only bouldering space in the West Island. Our facility has 14,000 square feet of beautiful climbing and training space, and a range of top-notch equipment – including dumbbells, squat racks, a campus board, a kilter board... and of course, our 15-foot-high walls! Beta Bloc is fully decked-out with a pro-shop equipped to meet all of your bouldering needs. And if you feel like taking it easy, we also have a bistro, bar and hang-out space with cozy couches and large tables to fit you and all your friends.
First Visit?
There has to be a first time for everything and bouldering is no different. No belaying experience is required as there is no rope or harness involved. We have state-of-the-art mats to catch you when you fall. All you need to bring are some comfortable sports clothing – leave the rest to us. Our staff are passionate and professional when it comes to climbing and it is our pleasure to welcome you to the climbing world. On your first visit, we offer a free introduction to the sport, explaining how bouldering work, best practices, and safety rules. To help you in your climbing journey, renting specialized climbing shoes is recommended.
However, before hitting the walls, everyone needs to fill out a risk acknowledgement form. This can be done online (authenticated by email) or at our facility. Anyone who is younger than 18 will need their parent or legal guardian to complete their form for them.
Children at Beta Bloc
While climbing is an activity for a variety of age groups, we’ve implemented a few rules and recommendations for the safety and enjoyment of everyone attending. We work hard on creating a climbing experience that suits small and tall people alike. However, depending on the height of your children, they may be limited in the amount of climbing problems available to them. With that in mind, the recommended starting age to participate is 8 years old. If you wish to come with children, please check the guidelines below to respect our adult-children ratios.
- 6 years old and under: We ask that they be accompanied at all times by an adult who will not be climbing, with a ratio of 1 child for 1 adult.
- 7 to 9 years old: We ask that they be accompanied by an adult with a ratio of 1 child for 1 adult. We allow the adult to climb too, however the child should remain seated on the benches while the adult takes their turn.
- 10 to 12 years old: We allow children accompanied by adults with a ratio of 2 children for 1 adult. The child and adult are allowed to climb simultaneously.
Anyone under the age of 18 will need a parent or a legal guardian to sign their risk acknowledgment form before they are allowed to climb. This document can be filled out at home by following this link.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call the facility before coming!
Groups at Beta Bloc
If you are planning to visit with a group of 5 youth or more or 10 adults or more, please email us at [email protected] so we can better prepare for your visit.
We do not host children’s birthday parties at the climbing gym. However, groups are welcome to climb independently, provided that the supervising adult-child ratios listed above are respected at all times.
Routesetting
The Beta Bloc layout is under constant transformation. Our routesetters are obsessed with creating new, fun and challenging problems for our climbers. Through multiple different circuits, our routesetters work to ensure that the boulder difficulties and styles are balanced and accessible to people of all skill levels. But what exactly is routesetting?
Setting is an art – the kind where physical brawn meets creativity. The difference between a good problem and a great one can simply be the position or angle of a single hold. Just as one crafts an essay or composes a song, setting is a process that requires constant tweaking and adjusting before it can be considered complete. However setting is no easy task and sometimes the original plan has to be scrapped – and it’s back to square one.
The setter visualizes a sequence of desired moves – also referred to as “beta” – which the climber will have to solve in order to successfully complete the boulder. Once the holds have been set, the problem is tested by the routesetters to ensure that it works how they envisioned it. Upon making some final adjustments, the problem is assigned to a circuit and the fun begins!
From the depths of their creative minds, the setters bring into existence a boulder which could very well end up being someone’s climbing project for the next month and perhaps giving them a sense of accomplishment after finally sending it!
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At Beta Bloc we aspire to create an inclusive community of climbers and make climbing accessible to everyone while encouraging individuals to surpass themselves. We are doing so by offering a varied range of climbing problems in which every climber will find what they need to progress, enjoy themselves and tackle challenges with other climbers of the community.
This is why we migrated to our own bouldering classification system in which problems are arranged into circuits. Within a circuit a climber will find problems of varying difficulties and styles on different wall angles. The climbers will go through a smooth growth curve and will be presented with a set of boulder problems designed to make them progress and enjoy their climbing experience.
Setting for the people
When making circuits, we set problems for the people that will climb them instead of focusing on satisfying V-grades requirements. Instead of setting for a specific grade and debate on grade accuracy, setting a problem for a circuit has the climbers’ experience in focus. We improve their experience by introducing movements that will help the climber progress, making sure that other boulders in the same circuit have different styles, making boulders fun for the climbers of that circuit and finally ensuring that the difficulties at both ends of the circuit connect well with the previous and following circuits.
The Intro circuit will allow first comers to know where to start their climbing journey while circuits 1 to 6 will orient climbers with more background to find problems suited to their skill sets and needs and progress with their peers.
We believe that our circuit system will allow climbers to develop their skills effectively by minimizing self imposed mental barriers related to clear separation between many grades. Climbers are often intimidated by grades for which they have not yet attempted problems. Having a wider range of challenges within a circuit will encourage climbers to try new problems we think are accessible to them.
We also believe that the circuits will tighten the community by promoting communication and climbers helping each other. As a result of having less circuits than we had grades, more climbers will tackle problems together within a circuit.
Happy climbing!
Pricing
Sessions for occasional climbing
Valid for the day ; no reservation required ; purchase in facility.
Worth it as soon as you visit twice in the same week!
The best way to get started in climbing. Add the shoe rental option for the week for only $10!
Save $2 per visit!
Ideal if you climb frequently but not regularly enough to justify a membership; visits can be used to pay for your climbing partners' admission when you are present; no expiration date.
Save $3.50 per visit!
Ideal if you climb frequently but not regularly enough to justify a membership; visits can be used to pay for your climbing partners' admission when you are present; no expiration date.
Highly recommended - Clean running shoes are accepted.
1 bag may be shared within one group.
Worth it as soon as you visit twice in the same week!
The best way to get started in climbing. Add the shoe rental option for the week for only $10!
Worth it as soon as you visit more than 5 times!
Ideal if you want to climb regularly for a set period of one month.
Member Benefit : Guest Passes
Save $50 over 3 months!
Ideal if you want to climb regularly for a set period of 3 months.
Member Benefit : Guest Passes
Worth it as soon as you come ~1 time per week.
Our most popular option as it allows to spread out the payments! Price per month.
Activation fee of 30$. Member Benefits : Guest Passes & Membership Freeze
Save $7.92 per month!
The best value for money.
Member Benefits : Guest Passes & Membership Freeze
Guest Passes : Each month, invite free-of-charge two people who have never been to Beta Bloc. A great opportunity to introduce your friends and family to bouldering !
Membership Freeze : You are travelling or have less time to climb for a given period of the year ? You have the ability to freeze your membership (fee of $6 per month instead of your regular monthly fee) for a minimum duraiton of 1 month.
– Taxes not included –
Worth it as soon as you visit twice in the same week!
The best way to get started in climbing. Add the shoe rental option for the week for only $10!
Worth it as soon as you visit 5 times!
Ideal if you want to climb regularly for a set period of one month.
Member Benefit : Guest Passes
Save $50 over 3 months!
Ideal if you want to climb regularly for a set period of 3 months.
Member Benefit : Guest Passes
Worth it as soon as you come ~3 times in the month.
Our most popular option as it allows to spread out the payments! Price per month.
Activation fee of 30$. Member Benefits : Guest Passes & Membership Freeze
Save $4.25 per month!
The best value for money.
Member Benefits : Guest Passes & Membership Freeze
Guest Passes : Each month, invite free-of-charge two people who have never been to Beta Bloc. A great opportunity to introduce your friends and family to bouldering !
Membership Freeze : You are travelling or have less time to climb for a given period of the year ? You have the ability to freeze your membership (fee of $6 per month instead of your regular monthly fee) for a minimum duraiton of 1 month.
- Students : Full time student proof required - Taxes not included -
Worth it as soon as you visit twice in the same week!
The best way to get started in climbing. Add the shoe rental option for the week for only $10!
Worth it as soon as you visit 5 times!
Ideal if you want to climb regularly for a set period of one month.
Member Benefit : Guest Passes
Save $50 over 3 months!
Ideal if you want to climb regularly for a set period of three months.
Member Benefit : Guest Passes
Worth it as soon as you come 2 times in the month.
Our most popular option as it allows to spread out the payments! Price per month.
Activation fee of 30$. Member Benefits : Guest Passes & Membership Freeze
Save $13.42 per month!
The best value for money.
Member Benefits : Guest Passes & Membership Freeze
Guest Passes : Each month, invite free-of-charge two people who have never been to Beta Bloc. A great opportunity to introduce your friends and family to bouldering !
Membership Freeze : You are travelling or have less time to climb for a given period of the year ? You have the ability to freeze your membership (fee of $6 per month instead of your regular monthly fee) for a minimum duraiton of 1 month.
- Children : anyone 12 years old and under - Taxes not included -
Climbing Groups - Winter 2026
Adult Progression 20+ yo (Group 1)
Are you new to climbing and want to quickly improve your technique? This course teaches you the essential basics: positioning, efficient movements, and route reading. In four weeks, you’ll gain confidence and fluidity, while benefiting from coaching adapted to your pace.
- When : Sundays, 10am to 12pm
- Duration : 4 classes
- Dates : January 25, February 1, 8, 15 2026
- Coach : Karine
- Cost : $99+tx for members* / $149+tx for non-members
Climbing shoes are mandatory (purchasing or renting for $7+tx per class)
*Member pricing is for people who have an unlimited membership to the facility
Adult Progression 20+ yo (Group 2)
Are you new to climbing and want to quickly improve your technique? This course teaches you the essential basics: positioning, efficient movements, and route reading. In four weeks, you’ll gain confidence and fluidity, while benefiting from coaching adapted to your pace.
- When : Saturdays, 9:15am to 11:15am
- Duration : 4 classes
- Dates : March 7, 14, 21, 28 2026
- Coach : Serena
- Cost : $99+tx for members* / $149+tx for non-members
Climbing shoes are mandatory (purchasing or renting for $7+tx per class)
*Member pricing is for people who have an unlimited membership to the facility
Women Climbing
Join a supportive group of passionate women and develop your climbing skills while sharing experiences around the female perspective in climbing.
This women climbing group is a fun way to improve your technique, strength, and endurance while training in a motivating group setting. It’s also the perfect opportunity to meet other climbing enthusiasts and share the joy of climbing at Beta Bloc.
- When : Thursdays, 7:15pm to 9:15pm
- Duration : 12 classes
- Dates : January 22nd to April 9th, 2026
- Coach : Karine
- Cost* : $209+tx
- Climbing level : C2-C4
*In order to participate in the training, access fees to the facility must be paid separately, either by purchasing day passes or a membership.
Adult Intermediate 16+ yo
Have you been climbing for some time and want to progress more rapidly? Our intermediate groups are a fun way to improve your technique, strength, and endurance while training in a motivating group setting. It’s also the perfect opportunity to meet other climbing enthusiasts and share the joy of climbing at Beta Bloc.
- When : Sundays, 3:15pm to 5:15pm
- Duration : 12 classes
- Dates : January 25th to April 19th, 2026 (no class April 5)
- Coach : Jeremy
- Cost* : $259+tx
- Climbing level : C2-C4
*In order to participate in the training, access fees to the facility must be paid separately, either by purchasing day passes or a membership.
Climbing Groups for Youth
Youth Progression 10-13 yo
Are you new to climbing and want to quickly improve your technique? This course teaches you the essential basics: positioning, efficient movements, and route reading. In four weeks, you’ll gain confidence and fluidity, while benefiting from coaching adapted to your pace.
- When : Saturdays, 10am to 11am
- Duration : 4 classes
- Dates : January 24, 31 and February 7, 14 2026
- Coach : Serena
- Cost : $99+tx for members* / $149+tx for non-members
Climbing shoes are mandatory (purchasing or renting for $7+tx per class)
*Member pricing is for people who have an unlimited membership to the facility
Youth Intermediate 11-15 yo
Have you been climbing for some time and want to progress more rapidly? Our intermediate groups are a fun way to improve your technique, strength, and endurance while training in a motivating group setting. It’s also the perfect opportunity to meet other climbing enthusiasts and share the joy of climbing at Beta Bloc.
- When : Thursdays, 6pm to 7pm
- Duration : 12 classes
- Dates : January 22 to April 9th, 2026
- Coach : Karine
- Cost* : $259+tx
- Climbing level : C1-C3
*In order to participate in the training, access fees to the facility must be paid separately, either by purchasing day passes or a membership.
Youth Advanced 11-15 yo
Ready to take your climbing to the next level? Our advanced groups are designed for those who already climb regularly and want to push their limits. You’ll work on building strength, endurance, and technical precision, while learning the foundations of structured training. All in a motivating group environment that will challenge you to progress further.
- When : Tuesdays, 6:30pm to 8pm
- Duration : 15 classes
- Dates : January 27th to May 5th, 2026
- Coach : Jeremy
- Cost* : $299+tx
- Climbing level : C3-C5
*In order to participate in the training, access fees to the facility must be paid separately, either by purchasing day passes or a membership.
Private & Semi-Private Courses
Beta Bloc offers 1-hr private and semi-private courses for 1 to 4 participants, a great way to improve your climbing skills and have a good time.
Pricing: 60$+tx for 1 participant (+20+tx per additional participant)
Reach out to us by email at [email protected] and we will contact you shortly.
