Crux started as a bouldering room in a RiNo warehouse and a stubborn idea: a gym where your first climb and your hardest project matter equally.
Since 2016
22,000 sq ft
9 setters
3 youth teams
In 2016 Kai Thompson and a few friends signed a lease on an empty machine shop on Larimer Street, built twelve bouldering walls by hand and opened the doors with a folding table for a front desk.
The neighborhood showed up. Today Crux is 22,000 square feet of boulders and 45-foot rope walls, a youth program with three teams and a setting crew of nine, and we still reset every Monday.
Nine setters, a dozen coaches and a front desk that knows your name by visit three.
Head route setter
Youth team coach
Yoga and fitness
Gym manager, co-founder
Kai Thompson, co-founder
The V0 circuit gets the same care as the comp wall. Nobody should feel like a guest in their own gym.
Nine setters, weekly resets and honest grades. We test every problem before it gets a tag.
Clear orientations, daily gear checks and staff who speak up kindly when something looks off.
Film night proceeds fund Front Range crag cleanups, and our lot is open to the block on weekends.
