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Monday 10am - 10pm Tuesday 10am - 10pm Wednesday 10am - 10pm Thursday 10am - 10pm Friday 10am - 10pm Saturday 12pm - 7:30pm Sunday 12pm - 7:30pm

River Rock Climbing

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River Rock Climbing

Helping build Roanoke region’s climbing community since 2013. The River Rock will feature over 8,500 sqft.
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Voted Best Climbing Gym in the Blue Ridge by the readers of Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025! The River Rock is an indoor rock climbing gym located on the first floor of the River House in the Wasena Village next to the Roanoke River, Greenway, and Wasena Park in Roanoke, VA. of climbing with over 30 top-rope and lead routes, plus plenty of world-class bouldering.

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween 🎃 👻 Sending 🫶 to everyone who showed out for the costume climb yesterday!

Check out what’s next up at The River Rock, with more information coming soon on our socials/website

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10/28/2025

We’ve got some exciting new additions to the gym!!

🪢Top Rope and Auto-belay Routes
🛍️ Monster chalk bags, buckets, brushes, and refillable chalk balls!
💪Racks to hold our new cable attachments for the gym!
⏳Hang Board from

10/24/2025

We’re pleased to announce we’ve been nominated as one of the best gyms in the Blue Ridge Valley! Help us bring the title back home to the Roanoke Valley and support other local businesses by voting through the link below or in our bio!

https://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/best-of-the-blue-ridge/

10/14/2025

The River Rock will be closed tomorrow 10/15 from 9 am to 5 pm as the City is working on the water line that services our building. We will be open at 6:30 am for members only hours and then closing at 9 am. We will aim to open again at 5 pm and remain open until our regular closing time of 10 pm. Sorry for any inconvenience.

09/22/2025

It's that time of year again! Nominate your favorite businesses for the Best of the Blue Ridge. Nomination period begins today and runs until Oct. 6th.

09/19/2025

Homeschool Fridays are back! If you are a homeschooler, aged 5-17, join us for Homeschool Fridays😁 Please help spread the word so we can keep this great deal going in the spring🎒

Identify what Homeschool Network you belong with to receive the discounted rate of $17 for the pass with rental gear included.

Schedule: September 19th-May 29th
Excludes Dates: November 28th, December 26th, January 2nd, February 20th, April 3rd.

09/18/2025

We’ve welcomed some new recovery focused equipment in the gym, come check it out and see what you think! Don’t forget, you can use the yoga studio if class is not in session😁

08/19/2025

YOUTH COMP SEASON IS BACK!!! 2025-2026 Season will run September-March🗓️

On Thursday, September 4th, 2025, youth are invited to the open tryout💪

Coaching staff will evaluate the climber and their interest in competitive climbing. Participation for the team is by coaches invitation🤝

Tryouts will be free and are welcome to youth of all ability levels to participate. However, competitive climbing requires a lot of commitment -for youth and their families‼️

⚠️Registration for this event will close on Wednesday, September 3rd at midnight. There will be NO WALK-IN’S ACCEPTED day of event⚠️

Further Questions? 📞Call us at: (540)685-2360

08/14/2025

Staff Spotlight: Kristian🤘
Our Head Setter, Kristian, has been climbing for about 10 years and been apart of the setting team at River Rock for 6👀

In his free time he enjoys listening to records and woodworking projects such as making climbing holds🪵

Fun fact about Kristian is that he loves watching documentaries🧐 ‘Doesn’t matter the topic’🧠

Best way to convince him to set you a personal project is by gifting him some chicken tikki masala😛

When asked ropes or bouldering, “Bouldering for life😂”

08/12/2025

🚨NEW AUTOBELAY & ROPE ROUTES: The Cove🚨

Our setters put up over 15 new routes with varying difficulties and some funky flows in 1/2 of The Cove yesterday!! Bring in your belay buddy and give it your best shot!

We’d love to see your attempts, send us your videos for a chance to be featured on our socials!

08/06/2025

Ever wondered what it takes to climb outside? This introductory course covers some of the basic knowledge and skills required for roped outdoor climbing. We’ll go over crag etiquette, useful knots and hitches, setting up a top-rope on bolted anchors, cleaning (removing) anchors when finished with a route, and what gear is needed outside.

Participants must be 16 years of age or older and be top-rope verified in our gym. This clinic is $25 for members. $45 for non-members (day pass and rental gear not included). Registration is required as space is limited!

Disclaimer: our instructor is not a certified guide, just an avid outdoor climber with hands-on sport climbing experience and college coursework who is super excited to share some knowledge with you!

07/22/2025

What is lead climbing? Unlike top-rope climbing the lead climber climbs with the rope secured from their harness and going directly to the belayer and not anchored to the top of the wall. The climber ascends the route, periodically clipping into quickdraws for anchoring. The lead belayer plays a critical role in supplying necessary slack in the rope to allow the lead climber to clip and then removing any extra to secure them. You must be able to climb at a 5.9 level proficiently. This clinic is $35 for members and $60 for non-members. Space is limited so register early at the front desk or through our website (Link in Bio)

Address

806 Wasena Avenue SW
Roanoke, VA
24015

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 10pm
Tuesday	10am - 10pm
Wednesday	10am - 10pm
Thursday	10am - 10pm
Friday	10am - 10pm
Saturday	12pm - 7:30pm
Sunday	12pm - 7:30pm

Telephone

+15406852360

Website

https://linktr.ee/riverrockclimbing

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