First Visit

We at Shift seek to create the most unique, quality, and innovative climbing experience in the industry while also fostering the most supportive, hospitable, and caring staff and community found anywhere. To learn more about us click here.

Bouldering is a form of rock climbing where technical challenges are presented on shorter climbs, or “boulder problems”, rather than testing endurance on longer climbing known as “routes”. In bouldering, there are no ropes, but don’t let that scare you! Boulder problems are usually 10-15 ft tall and climbers can either climb back down to the ground when finished or fall onto big, soft pads that help soften the impact.

Circuits are the groups of climbs in our space designated by hold color. These colors represent the general difficulty of the climb. Each color circuit features a balanced and diverse set of movements meant to test climbers in many different ways. We encourage everyone to give "circuiting" (trying to climb an entire color) a try - it's one of the most fun and challenging ways to experience the gym! To learn more about circuits, click here.

We were inspired by the legendary climbing circuits of Fontainebleau, France - one of the world's best outdoor climbing areas. Climbing circuits is such a fun, challenging, rewarding, and social experience, we wanted to use that same experience to build a great climbing community in Holland.

You’ll definitely want to go ahead and fill out a waiver to save yourself some time once you get here. After that, go ahead and buy a day pass if you want to save some more! Remember, anyone under 18 needs a waiver filled out by their legal guardian before climbing.

Nope! Feel free to stop by anytime we’re open and stay as long as you’d like. If you want to take a class, it’d be a good idea to go ahead and sign up just in case it fills up quickly.

Anyone 14 years or older may climb unsupervised in our space. Anyone under 14 years old must be actively and directly supervised by a guardian or chaperone during the entirety of their visit. Climbing is inherently dangerous and proper management of youth helps us mitigate risks for all climbers.

We recommend wearing loose or stretchy clothing that you’re comfortable doing new movements in. We ask that everyone visiting our facility wears a shirt or tank top.

We recommend climbing in climbing shoes and with a chalk bag (it helps keep your hands dry). We do not allow barefoot climbing and provide free rental shoes with the purchase of a day pass! Other than that, just make sure you bring your psych and a growth-mindset and you’re ready to go!

If you have a big family, be sure to check out our family membership page. If you are part of a planned event with 6 or more people, will have 6 or more youth with you, or want to schedule something special, please contact.

With how tight climbing shoes can be, there will be enough barkin' dogs in here. Sorry, no pups allowed at Shift.