NEW GYMS

Our expert team of experienced routesetters is here to guide you through every step of the process—from developing your first set of routes to creating an ongoing program that evolves with your community.

Whether you're starting from scratch or looking to refine your existing setup, we provide personalized consulting services to ensure your gym offers the most exciting, innovative, and memorable climbing experiences possible. Let’s take your gym’s routesetting to the next level together!

  • We will organize and manage your gyms opening set from start to finish, including:

    • Providing a well-rounded and attractive opening set that will excite your new community

    • Commnicating a clear schedule and delivering a complete set on an agreed deadline

    • Contracting a setting team to complete the job within your desired timelines

  • Whether you are looking to open a new facility, or just want guidance to bolster your current inventory - Vortex will work with you to curate a hold order that is designed specifically to serve the vision and culture of your gym. Working within your budget, we will take care of all of the details involved in procuring holds for your gym that will capture the imagination of your community. Vortex is not directly affiliated with brands and will assemble an order based on your facility’s unique needs.

  • Let us set you up for success by building out a foundational infrastructure for your routesetting program. Vortex can make recommendations in many aspects of the department from budget, hold room design and organization, routesetting hiring processes, and more. We can provide a turnkey experience for your setting team. Give us a call to find out more!

  • Bring Vortex in during your design phase to get expert advise through the lens of the team who will be curating the climbing experience in your space.

    We work alongside wall manufacturers to make your vision a reality.

  • As unaffiliated consultants, we can provide you with an unbiased perspective on a number of important desicions from wall design to equipment inventory and management. Let us help you advocate for the decisions that will be the most impactful to you and the community you’re building.

  • Bring Vortex to your gym to certify your setting staff in both Work at Height and Professional Routesetting based on accepted industry practices and the CWA Work at Height Standard. The program also trains and assesses the candidate’s ability to perform a prompt and effective rescue at-height.

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