We’re proud to partner with Climbers of Color to bring Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Climb Nights to Edgeworks!
Interested in learning how to rock climb? Looking to join a supportive community of BIPOC climbers? Join CoC for their monthly BIPOC Climbing Nights. Individuals of all ages and abilities are welcome!
$12 day passes + free rentals available. Check out the Climbers of Color website for more info.
Check our online event calendars for specific dates and times.
February 1 – April 30, 2024 Make the most of your membership, infuse a bit more playfulness and joy into your climbing routine, and snag a FREE T-shirt in our 8th annual, members only 90-day challenge!
THE OBJECTIVE
Adventure meets achievement! Earn points by completing a list of challenges spanning more than 100 activities. From climbing and fitness trials to check-ins, social events, staff interactions, training activities, dance sessions, and more.
As you rack up points, unlock three distinct levels of “peaks” to add to your FREE member challenge t-shirt. A total of 150 points grants you all three peaks, and there are over 300 points up for grabs!
First Peak: 65 points|Second Peak: 100 points|Third Peak: 150 points
THE CHALLENGE LIST
Discover new challenges annually, featuring fitness trials, climbing games, and skill-based challenges. The point distribution caters to both overachievers and those seeking a more laid-back experience. While earning all three peaks in a single day (IAD) is possible, there are plenty of enjoyable challenges accessible to all skill levels, ensuring you keep coming back for more points and peaks!
Available Now! Get a sneak peek at the 2024 Challenge List for your home gym and start devising your strategies now.
Edgeworks staff will tally points weekly, and t-shirts will be awarded upon reaching the first peak (65 points). Your T-shirt, labeled with your name, will be placed on a rolling cart near the front desk for convenient pickup.
*Please be aware that current stock levels may slightly delay T-shirt delivery by 1-2 weeks.
Note: Wear and wash your shirt during the challenge, but hold off on fabric softener until after all your peaks have been added.
THE PEAKS AWAIT
Iron-on peaks, accompanied by straightforward DIY instructions, will be available at the front desk. Alternatively, bring your shirt to the monthly Member Socials in March, April, and May, where our staff will add the peaks for you.
TRACK YOUR JOURNEY
Members are tasked with monitoring their progress and checking off completed challenges on their sheets. For those fueled by competition, keep an eye on the public Challenge Board, showcasing everyone’s points. See how your achievements stack up against others and let the friendly rivalry motivate you further.
Our Women’s Climb Nights focus on creating a dependable, welcoming, and safe atmosphere to connect with other climbers or begin one’s climbing journey. The program offers a new place for women and underserved genders to feel welcome and explore the climbing environment and community.
This experience is intended to help participants find new belay buddies and connect with new friends.
Please check our online Event Calendar for specific dates and times.
Because our members help build our community and we are intentionally working to build a welcoming space for all. One TUESDAY every month, we invite our members to branch out from their normal climbing sessions and engage with the Edgeworks’ community.
Meet other members, share stories, get tips from our staff, and have fun.
DETAILS:
Climbing, games, competitions, prizes, free drinks for members, and social time with friends(old and new), it doesn’t get much better than this!
As always, our Member Social evenings are FREE for Edgeworks members. Social and activities begin at 7pm.
NEXT UP: TACOMA
WCC CLIMB-A-THON | Tuesday, May 7
Join us for an evening of climbing and community support! Members are invited to test their skills and endurance by climbing as many routes as possible, all while supporting Washington Climbers Coalition (WCC). Participants will also receive a raffle ticket, giving them a chance to win exciting prizes. Don’t miss this opportunity to climb for a cause.
NEXT UP: SEATTLE
KNOT YOUR AVERAGE CRAFT NIGHT | Tuesday, April 9
Join us next week for a creative and eco-friendly crafting event! We’re repurposing retired climbing ropes into rugs, coasters, drink koozies and more. Whether you’re a crafting enthusiast or a climbing aficionado looking to give new life to old gear, this event promises a blend of creativity, sustainability, and hands-on fun!
NEXT UP: BELLEVUE
WCC x EW NIGHT | Tuesday, March 19
We’re doing things a little bigger and little different this month, hosting a community bouldering comp with all registration proceeds benefiting the Washington Climbers Coalition (WCC). Comp registration is $30/each and features an all new set with tons of great prizes. We’ll also have 10 gear vendors onsite helping us build the stoke and bring the fun – you won’t want to miss it!
South Bouldering Bay will be open to competitors only but all other areas of the gym will remain open to other climbers.
Join Us for the Edgeworks Bellevue Grand Opening Event!
Date: Saturday, March 30 Time: 8:00am – 8:00pm
We are thrilled to invite you to the Grand Opening Event celebrating our newly renovated facility and expanded climbing walls at Edgeworks Bellevue! This event is a celebration of our commitment to providing the best climbing experience for our community, and we have a day packed with activities for climbers of all ability levels.
ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:
Staff-led Facility Tours: Learn about all the new features and amenities now available to our climbing community, ask questions and get answers from our staff.
50% Off ProBelay Sessions: Perfect for new climbers, these 1-hour sessions will be offered from 10:30am – 4:30pm. Reservation required; sign up online.
FREE Climbing Clinics: Exclusively for members, these clinics offer a lineup of FREE climbing instruction designed to improve your technical skills and give you a taste of what our Climbing School courses have to offer. Space is limited, sign up online!
Member Guest Passes: Members are invited to bring any 2 guests for free, including free gear rentals; day passes for non-member guests will be $24 each.
Mystery Bag Fundraiser: Each bag purchased supports the important work of Nature Vision. Each bag contains a surprise assortment of climbing specific prizes, with some bags holding higher-value prizes than others. Available throughout the day; only while supplies last!
Community Social: Join us from 6pm – 8pm in our new community gathering space for complimentary drinks and social time with friends, old and new. Community is one of our core values and its what keeps people coming back to Edgeworks. We can’t wait to share this space with you!
Click here for more information or to sign up online:
All visitors must have a signed waiver on file. Climbers under 18 must also have the signature of their parent or legal guardian. Waivers can be completed online before the event.
DON’T MISS THIS FUN EVENT
Join us for a day of climbing, fitness, and community at Edgeworks Bellevue. Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 30!
Climbing with your kids just got that much better!
Don’t want to give up climbing now that you’re a parent? Want to meet other climbers with kids who understand the challenges?
We get it! Being a parent doesn’t mean you need to stop climbing but it does mean you may need to climb differently and that’s what Family Night is all about.
Meet and learn from other parents.
Make connections and share the responsibility of supervising the kid(s) while you climb.
Shift your climb times to when it’s less busy in the gym.
Manage expectations because sometimes the kids just won’t cooperate.
4th Saturday of every month | 5pm – 10pm $12 day passes w/ FREE gear rental
Price includes bouldering access for those with little to no experience. Top rope climbing is available to those who pass our belay test.
Important Notes: – Adults must be accompanied by 1 or more children. – Children must be under 18 years of age. – Maximum 2 adults and 3 children per group. – Youth under 14 must be directly supervised by an adult at all times. – Please see our Climbing With Kids tips for more information.
Edgeworks Bellevue is stoked to host our first bouldering competition since 2015!
Join us in Bellevue for this fun community event, featuring an all-new boulder set, tons of great prizes, a raffle, and 10 gear vendors on-site helping us build the stoke and bring the fun – you won’t want to miss it!
Date: Tuesday, March 19 Time: 5pm – 9pm Location: Edgeworks Bellevue What: Climb for a cause; all proceeds benefit WCC and their work to make Washington a better place to climb through advocacy, stewardship, and education.
REGISTRATION:
Cost: $30/competitor
Available: Now – March 17, 2024
Day of registration may be available if space remains; all proceeds benefit WCC.
DETAILS:
Climbing Discipline: Bouldering
Format: Modified Redpoint, no finals
CATEGORIES: Male/Female (sign up with the gender category you identify with)
BEGINNER – (V0-V3)
INTERMEDIATE – (V3-V6)
ADVANCED – (V6+)
PRIZES: We’ve compiled an excellent collection from prizes from our event sponsors, including crash pads, backpacks, hangboards, and more! Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 competitors in each category who will also each receive extra raffle tickets for additional prizes for a chance to take home more.
SPONSORS: Huge shoutouts to: Aura Bora Water, Black Diamond, Butora, Camp, Cotopaxi, Edelrid, Friction Labs, Joshua Tree, KAVU, La Sportiva, Liberty Mountain, Metolius, Mountaineers Books, Outdoor Research, Petzl, Rhino Skin, Scarpa, Sterling, Trango/Tenaya.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Do I need a new waiver?
Always! When in doubt, fill one out. All competitors must complete a signed waiver or have a current one on file with Edgeworks in order to participate. Waivers for climbers under the age of 18 require the signature of their parent or legal guardian.
What is a Modified Redpoint format?
A Modified Redpoint format provides select amount of climbing routes in your grade range. Points are gained only if the route is completed. If you can not complete a climb, you try again but most check off the attempt. Climbers are given 1.5 hours to complete as many routes as as possible within your category; with a climber’s top 5 adding up their final score. Falls will be used to determine tie-breakers.
Ability Levels: All climbers age 14 or older are welcome to compete! We’re planning to have up to 80 competitors and a variety of comp-style boulders designed to challenge competitors at every skill level.
Team & Youth Programs: Youth 14 and older are invited to compete but it is not a USAC sanctioned event.
WALL + GYM CLOSURES:
We will work to keep the closures as minimal as possible.
Sunday, March 17 (evening) | South Bay stripped and prep for setting
Monday, March 18 | Zenith and Twin Peaks setting begins
Tuesday, March 19 | Setting, forerunning and competition
Wednesday, March 20 | Walls and new sets reopen to everyone!
Bringing MORE Climbing + Fitness to the Bellevue Community!
With a MAJOR expansion project currently underway, we’re excited to share with you our plans to make Edgeworks Bellevue bigger, better, more inclusive and more modern.
Building a community where all climbers feel welcomed, challenged + engaged.
Our gyms are shared spaces for climbers of all ages, all sizes, and all abilities – from new climbers and fitness enthusiasts to elite/competitive climbers training for their next big goal or adventure.
Our focus with this expansion project is to build a space where:
Seasoned climbers know they’ll still find the best, most challenging and fun boulder problems and routes.
Weekend warriors can maintain their endurance and train in the off season when they can’t get outside.
New climbers feel welcome and unintimidated as they walk through our door.
Kids can be integrated into a sport and community that builds respect, confidence, communication skills, responsibility, teamwork and a healthy dose of calculated risk.
Community happens, built upon a shared interest in climbing, fitness, and fun (and sometimes beer!).
All in all, we aim to create a setting that feels active, vibrant and welcoming. Where people choose to hang out even if they aren’t climbing because they know that this is where they will find their people and it’s where they belong.
Details: In partnership with Crossroads’ overall expansion and development plans, an 8,400 square foot addition will be added to the south side of our building, featuring 10,400 sq ft of new climbing surface with walls designed and constructed by EP USA. ← The same folks who designed and built the competition climbingwalls for the Olympics. This new addition will bring us to a total of 31,400 sq ft of climbing!
Details: First, we need to expand our footprint to make room for the more exciting additions and updates. We’ll do so by busting through the south end of our building and extending out into the parking lot.
In addition to the new climbing walls, this building expansion will make room for:
All new women’s locker room with sauna
Single occupancy bathrooms
2nd floor mezzanine with a training area that includes training systems, campus board, hangboards and a great view of the new walls.
Details: Compared to other gyms in the Puget Sound, Edgeworks Bellevue is still pretty young – having opened in 2011 – but it could still use some updates to better serve our members and community, including:
Updated and improved front entry with larger retail area
Improved cubbies and storage options
Community space for remote work, socializing and re-energizing
Passthroughs and connections to the new climbing area
What are the details and features of the new climbing wall?
Designed and constructed by EP USA.
Adding nearly 10,400 sq ft of climbing surface (to our existing 21,000)
45 ft tall with an overhanging lead prow creating the possibility for 50 ft long routes
Features include: 49 additional climbing lines, top rope, lead prow, flake, free form crack, and multi-pitch instructional ledges
Are you adding more bouldering?
Construction is currently underway on our all new 26,000 sq ft bouldering only gym, Bel-Red Boulders. Located just down the street in the Evergreen Shopping Center, this all new facility will help fill the growing need for more climbing, training and fitness on the Eastside and for our greater Edgeworks community.
South Bay Bouldering Walls The majority of our existing walls will remain intact with the exception of The Cave in the South Bay. With its current design and steep overhang, these walls have always presented difficulties for our setting team and members. Therefore, this area will be opened up to create a pass-through to the new climbing area as well as a social gathering space.
While it’s never fun to take anything away, we feel confident in our plans to provide something more accessible and usable in its place. Including, access to all new walls, community work spaces for remote work or studying and a comfortable area to rest, recharge and connect before, during or after your climbing sessions.
Pirate Ship + Youth Zone Kids are always welcome at Edgeworks and we remain committed to helping young climbers discover, learn and excel at climbing. Similar to way we run our Youth Programs, starting kids out on the same climbing walls, routes, and holds as everyone else helps them develop a better understanding and awareness of climbing and the community that surrounds them.
Therefore, it’s time to “scuttle” the Pirate Ship. Removing it will allow space to create an all new weight training and cardio area.
Are there any plans to resurrect the development of a Tukwila location?
We really like the idea but the original Stone Gardens Tukwila project plans are no longer available. In the meantime, our existing partnership with Crossroads – coupled with their overall plans for expansion and development – are helping to make the Bellevue project possible.
Will you need to adjust business hours or close during construction?
It is our goal to maintain normal operating hours as much as possible during all phases of construction. If for any reason we need to open late or close early on certain days we will do our best to provide advanced notice to all members. Please check your email and be sure to follow our social media accounts to receive updates throughout the project, Instagram , Facebook, X (Twitter) and Threads.
Will membership prices increase?
Yes, but not just due to expansion. Since the very beginning, it’s been Edgeworks’ theory and practice that small yearly price increases provide transparent predictability for our members and allow us to continue our commitment to invest back into our facilities, programs, and employees.
Each year, we evaluate the following criteria that typically results in a monthly membership rate increase:
operating costs and staff wages
increases in membership value, benefits, access, and offerings
