Information about Resistance Climbing Gym

Moray Pl 27
9016, Dunedin
+64 3-974 6328

Opening hours

  • Monday: 12:00 – 9:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 12:00 – 9:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 12:00 – 9:00 PM
  • Thursday: 12:00 – 9:00 PM
  • Friday: 12:00 – 9:00 PM
  • Saturday: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
  • Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Welcome to Resistance Climbing. We are open under the red Traffic Light setting.Monday to Friday 12 - 9pmSaturday 10am - 9pmSunday 10am - 6pm Vaccine certificates are mandatory for all those over 12 years and 3 months. Please sign in on arrival. We encourage mask wearing while climbing, but they are compulsory in the facility…

Our new facility is the first of its kind in Dunedin and is designed to support the growing climbing community in Otago. Whatever your level of strength or fitness, you’ll find a challenge that’s right for you.

Designed to mimic the challenges of outdoor rock climbing, our indoor bouldering gym – perfect for Dunedin’s temperamental weather – involves the use of artificial climbing walls with moveable holds offering an array of physical challenges. 

For some, it offers accessible all-year-round prep for outdoor climbs. For others, it’s the perfect work out all by itself. And remember, all our climbs are graded, so there’s always something for beginners – but you’ll be surprised how quickly you can progress.

Bouldering is an activity where parents and children can take part as equals. We have a variety of different-graded routes which are colour-coded to make it easy to follow. You can also rent everything you need from reception. We’ve got you covered.

Regular, quality route setting guaranteed. With an LED MoonBoard and Splatterboard in our upstairs area to hone your skills. Great value memberships. Local knowledge. Run by climbers, for climbers. A shop with the things that climbers need. We've got you covered, too.

Climbing is about having fun and building confidence - reaching for something you wouldn't think possible until you try. Our friendly staff are on hand to help you get started. And our community of climbers are pretty cool people too. They're known for cheering others on, or offering helpful tips to newcomers

Our comment from FitFit New Zealand about Resistance Climbing Gym:

Resistance Climbing Gym, located in Dunedin, New Zealand, is a charming and compact bouldering gym that has captured the hearts of many visitors. With a friendly atmosphere that fosters community, it is a great place for climbers of all ages and skill levels. Users have praised the engaging climbing routes, the creativity in route setting, and the warm welcome from the staff. Many guests appreciate the cozy vibe, and find it to be a fun little gym, perfect for making new friends.

There are several positive highlights about this gym:

  • Friendly and helpful staff: The staff members are known for their welcoming attitude and willingness to assist climbers.
  • Fun and varied routes: The climbing paths are frequently updated, providing new challenges.
  • Inclusive environment: The gym caters to all climbers, including families and beginners.
  • Great facilities: Visitors enjoy the clean environment, training areas, and nearby parking options.
  • Community vibe: The gym fosters a supportive atmosphere, which many find motivating.

However, some users have noted a few areas for improvement:

  • Space limitations: Being a smaller gym, sometimes climbers may have to wait to access certain routes during busy times.
  • Need for regular cleaning: While generally clean, there are suggestions for more frequent maintenance.
  • Occasional overcrowding: Some visitors mentioned that the gym can get quite busy, potentially affecting the experience.

Overall, Resistance Climbing Gym is regarded as a fantastic place for climbing with a lot of potential for fun and growth in the sport. Whether you are new to climbing or a seasoned pro, this gym is highly recommended for a memorable experience.

Resistance Climbing Gym: Opinions

4.9/5 (68 Opinions)
Erin Graham 1 month ago

Fantastic experience: First time here with the kids. The staff and people attending were so supportive. The staff gave the kids a hands on briefing around safety and were super friendly. Highly recommend it!

Gemma SP 1 month ago

Fantastic experience: I’m so grateful for this spot in Dunedin! The staff are so kind, helpful, and knowledgeable. There’s a wonderful community vibe here amongst the patrons

Callum Curran 1 month ago

Fantastic experience: It's a fun little climbing gym pretty challenging.

Chris Jones 2 months ago

Fantastic experience: Smaller gym but great staff, great vibes, and good sets

Jimmy Langrish 4 months ago

Fantastic experience: lots of climbs

rob 6 months ago

Fantastic experience: absolutely loved coming to this place - compact but super engaging bouldering gym. only place for improvement would be that it needs a good sweep every week

Flynn Richards 8 months ago

Fantastic experience: nice

Eru Lee 8 months ago

Positive experience: Awesome climbing gym but recently has been way too busy, they need to limit the amount of walkins/subscriptions given out or something.

ilgar isayev 9 months ago

Fantastic experience: Cozy place, Friendly staff

Finn Stumbaum 10 months ago

Positive experience: Lots of fun climbs, the only reason it didn't get five stars from me is that sometimes you have to wait some time to climb again since there's only so much wall space to go Around and the climbing gym is quite popular

Calvin Wenner 11 months ago

Fantastic experience: Small gym but a warm welcome and nice options for each grade:D Great place, hopefully back for one more time

Eddie Kongwatana 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: + Amazing friendly atmosphere + Rock paths creativity in Dunedin + climbing shop and snacks and drinks available on premises + plenty of free street parking around the place

Jay Park 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: I made so many friends here I love this place

Tim Thatcher 1 year ago

Positive experience: A fun little gym in the city. Friendly staff and a really nice, encouraging vibe. It's really small so avoid the busy times. Route setting can be good but due to space and limited holds its not quite as good as other nz gyms yet.

DUNCAN Trickey 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: I honestly love this place. Took my 12 year old and his mates great value good education challenging and fun.

Kwee Yum Lee (이귀염) 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: My initial visit to this gym surpassed expectations. Housed in an old building, they've cleverly utilised the space. The vintage ambiance adds charm, and the traditional climbing setups create a safe and enjoyable environment suitable for climbers of all levels.

Ethan 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: ive been told to give a 5 star (its still bad)

Shannon B 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great vibes in the gym. The staff and community are very nice

Mr Miyagi 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Went here twice today. Gonna get the membership. Sweet wee gym, and plenty of climbing. Found it a nice relaxed atmosphere, and the staff and patrons were friendly. Cool wee community. So glad I went. Chris

陳冠融 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Nice place, friendly staff

Andras Balogh 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great vibes.

Emma Chen 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great place, very helpful staff and friendly vibes

Nhân Lê 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, good variety of routes

Jakub 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Very nice and relaxing atmosphere, patient staff. Cool experience all-around.

Scott Mills 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff and great facilities, a cool indoor climbing experience.

Luke Stevens 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great climbing gym. Awesome staff. Great atmosphere. Highly Recommended

Ivan Kurnosov 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Family friendly gym, amazing route setting, nice personnel!

Dion Beker 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to bring the kids to burn off some energy, kept them entertained for a couple of hours. Good pricing and very friendly staff.

Tim Lennon 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: welcoming and friendly staff :-) (who, in the event of forgetting ur card, may or may not give u free rental shoes in exchange for a positive google review)

Y Lee 1 year ago

Positive experience: Friendly, warm atmosphere. Only downside is it's not very large, so climbing options for beginner levels are limited

Hanna M 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: First visit today... such a friendly and inclusive environment. Super friendly staff got us started super quick... so much fun! We were able to bring our toddler too :) They even had a Saturday treat of Mama's Doughnuts for climbers!

Ethan Abitz 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Spent a month living in Dunedin, and came to climb almost everyday. Was always greeted with a smile, the staff are incredibly friendly. Great little gym with some fun and challenging routes!

Tim Quain 1 year ago

Positive experience: Awesome little climbing gym. Only thing that I'd suggest is to keep the holds the same colour as the difficulty. Currently, the difficulty is colour coded on the start hold/s on labels and then you just follow the same colour holds up the wall. It gets confusing a little and means you really have to hunt down start holds with your colour.

Olive McRae 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Really friendly, made it easy for first time climbers. Great with kids, and the kids loved it but definitely for all ages. Such a great facility!!!

Dakota Walsh 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: This place is pretty much the reason I still live in dunedin. Come on by if you're new or a veteran climber it's super chill and the routes are fun. There's also a moonboard + training area and a shower which is nice!

Heidi S 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym with fun problems and very professional, helpful and friendly staff. It’s a bit of a weird location (buried somewhere in the CBD) but lots of parking right nearby and easy to find.

Yuki Mat 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: The gym was tiny but mighty. The staffs were friendly : ) I’ll definitely go back when I visit Dunedin

Sally Holmes 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Wonderful bouldering gym! We were visiting and the staff member was so welcoming. Routes were fun, grading system is nice that it's not so tied to grades. Love the beanbags in the middle to rest on. Strength workout area is a fun addition, packed some essentials into a small space. Gym is small but the prices are inexpensive!

Lorraine Mazza 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: We really loved this gym! There are so many routes to go at, they’ve made really great use of the wall space they have! The climbs were really fun and well set, I can definitely imagine doing some of these movements outdoors! Good training area upstairs, gym, shower and a really friendly atmosphere! If we lived here I think we’d quickly become regulars ☺️

Felicia Felice 2 years ago

Positive experience: Kids liked the experience, unfortunately notary options for them so they said they got bored going only over the same places. We might go back once in a while.

Gabriel Waterson 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Relatively affordable, great routes, espically for beginners like me.

Anthony 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Helpful, friendly staff, an all round super fun experience. My first visit to resistance is what started my hobby of bouldering, and I would recommend anyone and everyone to visit and give bouldering a go at least once!

rosie rocket 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendliest little bouldering gym ever. Love it here! Routes are varied in style, and some are changed most weeks so always something new to work on.

Valentina Concha Vargas 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Bought climbing shoes here and the staff helped me pick a good pair. It's been satisfying to see my progress and completing the climbs. Great atmosphere great people

SamandMackenna Dent 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Visiting from Brisbane and had a great time at this bouldering gym. For it's size, it really packs a punch. They had some really cool problems, and has all the facilities for serious training. I would describe it as having a traditional setting style influenced by outdoor climbing which I really enjoyed, rather than the competition style you often find in other gyms. Staff were friendly, and there seemed to be a good community vibe. Definitely keen to climb there again when I come back!

Felicia Alkin 2 years ago

Positive experience: Kids liked the experience, unfortunately notary options for them so they said they got bored going only over the same places. We might go back once in a while.

Ben 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: I had a great first-time climbing experience. The staff were well-knowledged and I felt safe with the information they gave me. The facilities were very clean along with the equipment. The climbs were set into different levels easy, average and hard, so it was easy to differentiate between them. Overall it was great fun :)

anything & everthin 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very welcoming and theres a nice range of climbs too, which also get swapped a wee bit weekly to always have something new

Nicolas Concha 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Bought climbing shoes here and the staff helped me pick a good pair. It's been satisfying to see my progress and completing the climbs. Great atmosphere great people

Kaitlin de Geest 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very welcoming. Will be back instead there isn't one in Invercargill

Jack Wynne 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: A smaller climbing gym, but a great one. A large variety of climbs considering the size of the area. Weekly resets always gets something new in while leaving your project there to be worked on. In store shop is good value with the members discount.

Ciaran Walker 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing staff, amazing venue.

Charlie Mornin 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice gym, great to have here in town

Potato-Cat Edie 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: It was amazing!!! it left me with sore hands, but it was totally awesome!! five stars!!

Talea Uluakiola 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: First time there today, awesome.

Evie Boyd 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Really enjoyed my first visit here, hoping for many more!

Lindsay Smith 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: What a great addition to Dunedin's climbing scene. Obviously popular for good reason. Wide range of routes and very good facilities.

Nick 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great climbing gym and great, helpful, staff. Definitely recommend.

Riley Smith 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: An awesome place to climb and hang out, climb here!!

Thom Harrison 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Pretty dank, it's all about who can get to the top of the wall in the hardest way. Pickle

Ben Mitchell 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great routes and great environment!

Gabriel Rawcliffe 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great new facility to have fun, get strong, or both

Keren Graham 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Positive: Quality

Henry Cooper 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Yeah nah pretty good ae

Michael Jopson 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: This place rocks *cough* ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Fiona Thomas 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Bright, clean, friendly and supportive. Just needs to be BIGGER.

Giant Bee 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Awesome gym, great people. Professional bouldering gym in Dunedin.

Briony O'Farrell 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facility, wonderful staff and all the climbing goodies you could need in the pro shop!

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