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Monday 6am - 11pm Tuesday 6am - 11pm Wednesday 6am - 11pm Thursday 6am - 11pm Friday 6am - 11pm Saturday 10am - 8pm Sunday 10am - 8pm

First Ascent Uptown

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First Ascent Uptown

First Ascent Uptown is Chicago’s world-class bouldering gym, designed to serve and grow the local climbing community.
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First Ascent Climbing & Fitness, a project created and supported by Chicago's climbers, started with one simple mission: to build world-class indoor climbing facilities that serve and grow Chicago's vibrant, passionate climbing community. The Uptown gym features over 8,000 square feet of world-class Walltopia-designed bouldering terrain. Problems and features are friendly for beginners and challenging for experts, and we offer classes and training programs for all ages and ability levels. Additional features include a full-body fitness room with cardio machines, free weights, and functional training equipment, and climbing-specific training equipment, a yoga studio, locker rooms, pro shop, and community spaces.

02/18/2026

First Ascent West Loop will open for members-only access starting THIS Friday 2/20 🤩 Members only hours from 2/20-2/27 will be:

M-F 4:00-9:00 pm
Sa/Su 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

We'll be open officially to the public on 2/28 at 10:00a, more details coming soon about our Grand Opening Celebration! 🎉

02/09/2026

Hell or High Point is around the corner ⚠️

Saturday 2/14 is the USAC Comp, our bouldering & fitness areas will stay open from 4:00-8:00p. We're still in need of volunteers, click the link in our bio to support our young competitors!

Swipe through for our zone closures 👉

02/03/2026

February events are 🔥

🧡 2/8- V4+V5 Meetup
🩵 2/10- FA Member Meetup
♥️ 2/12- Partner Yoga + Thai Bodyworkshop
💛 2/12- Rope Craft Night
💚 2/12 + 2/17 + 2/20 - New + Returning Climber Meetup
💜 2/14 - New Yoga Studio Open House
🩷 2/19- Book Swap
💗 2/21- Setting Clinic
❤️‍🔥 2/25- Chili Contest

01/09/2026

Hell or High Point is on 2/15/26 ❤️‍🔥 register at the link in our bio!

01/06/2026

Happy 2026 🎉 We've got lots of events happening this month, including:

🔸1/13- Game Night (Uptown)
🔸1/17- Yoga Fundamentals
🔸1/21- Member Meetup Mixer
🔸1/28- Game Night (Avon)

All month long: $0 enrollment when you join in January!

12/17/2025

Don't be that guy who misses out on our $25 membership sale. Only one week left to grab yours, they also make for a great gift 🤩

12/10/2025

BIG Congrats to all those who participated this past weekend at the Humboldt Rumble! Thanks to all of our sponsors and our incredible team of setters 🫶

12/03/2025

Setting CLOSURES for the Humbolt Rumble have started!
Important things to know:
🔸 Day passes Wednesday-Friday are $15
🔸 The gym is closed on Saturday + Sunday
🔸 We're still in need of volunteers for the QE, check the link in our bio
🔸 $10 to spectate for the Rumble, 1st come 1st serve
🔸 Watch finals for FREE at 6:30p

12/02/2025

This month at FA ❄️

-12/4: Rope Crafting Vase
-12/7: Soundbath + Yoga
-12/9: Game Night
-12/13: Craft Night
-12/17: Member Meetup Mixer

Community-led Meetups:
Phoenix Group | 12/13 at FA Avondale
Sending in Color | 12/16 at FA Humboldt and 12/24 at FA Uptown

$25 Membership Sale this month only!

11/18/2025

The League Climbers rocked out for our 10th Anniversary Tour! Congrats to Block 37 for landing the Fall 25 stop on the Crosstown Cup 🏆

Congrats to our Top 3 Rec, Int, & Open:
Rec: Dyno-Soar Jr, Better Than Ever V4, climb UP TO WiN
Int: Chicken 10ders, Motley Crüx, CUNxtTu(S)
Open: Miscrimps, The Blockstreet Boys, LeBlock James

And another encore of thanks for our Setting team & League Sponsors:

Scarpa, Unparallel, Rab, Weee!, Literally Outside, Oso, & Zigzag

11/03/2025

Happy November! 🍂 LOTS going on this month:

11/1-11/16: Food Drive at HP
11/12: Finger Injury Prevention Workshop
11/12: Qu**rs on the Rocks Meetup
11/15: Phoenix Group Meetup
11/19: Session with the Setters
11/19: Member Meetup Mixer
11/20: Friendsgiving

Black Friday through Cyber Monday: get 10% OFF FA Gift Cards!
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10/23/2025

The Humboldt Rumble is Saturday 12/7! 🐊

Rec Up to V3 🔸 Interm Up to V5 🔸 Open V6 & Up 🔸 Masters Age 45+

🐊 Men's | Non-Binary | Women's
🐊 Afterparty and Open Category Onsight Finals 🏆
🐊 Register by 11/20 to be guaranteed a comp shirt at the link in our bio 👕

Address

4718 N Broadway
Chicago, IL
60640

Opening Hours

Monday	6am - 11pm
Tuesday	6am - 11pm
Wednesday	6am - 11pm
Thursday	6am - 11pm
Friday	6am - 11pm
Saturday	10am - 8pm
Sunday	10am - 8pm

Website

http://www.firstascentclimbing.com/uptown

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