Top Rope Climbing Wall

If your climbing wall is going to be installed on a concrete/CMU wall, you are good to go. If your wall is made of drywall - either metal or wood studs - the installation process will include building out a sub wall for the climbing wall panels to be installed on. If you have a metal stud wall, it should be at least 6" 18-gauge steel studs, 16" o.c. For full details on the drywall installation process, please reach out to us at info@everlastclimbing.com.

The fun thing about our climbing walls is there are so many pre-set T-nuts in the panels that you can place the holds pretty much anywhere you want.

If your wall includes a Red-Relief Line^®, install that first. Recommended heights are:

WeeKidz^® Walls: 2.5 feet above the safety mats
8' Traverse Walls^®: 3 feet above the safety mats
10' Traverse Walls^®: 3.5 feet above the safety mats

Keep any foot holds below the Red-Relief Line^® if applicable.

At the beginning and end of the wall, place holds so climbers can easily climb off instead of jumping down. You can position holds in whatever direction you feel is best, but keep in mind there is generally an easier and harder way to position each hold.

Once all holds are placed, try climbing the routes yourself to check the difficulty. You can always add or move holds to adjust the route.

For more on installing holds and route-setting, check out this past educational climbing blog.

There are a lot of different types of activities that can take place on a climbing wall including individual, partner, competitive and cooperative activities. Activities help develop physical, social-emotional and cognitive skills. Varying how your climbers use the climbing wall by offering a variety of activities helps maintain interest in the climbing wall over time. Every climbing wall purchase includes a copy of our comprehensive Climbing the Walls Activity Guide that includes important information and 65 detailed lesson plans to help get you started. You can visit our Climbing Wall Activities page to see examples of activities you can download.

We know that budgets are limited and we try to help with funding in several ways. We offer a free funding guide, one for every state, that includes grants and other funding ideas to help you raise needed funds. We offer an annual Boost Grant Program where we award $1,000 - $5,000 towards a climbing wall project. We also offer a discount for Demo Sites. Visit our funding support web page to learn more.