Hangar 18 Indoor Climbing Gym - South Bay, Hawthorne CA

I had trouble inputting our Groupon codes on the website to schedule our rock climbing, so I called and was treated very well. David was so helpful, kind, and provided excellent customer service.

How great to be able to get back inside and rock climb had a really great time and people were very very nice very helpful

Absolutely fantastic. The people are friendly, the management is helpful. The climbing is always changing so you'll never do the same route twice.
It's a bit pricy but you get what you pay for. I am always willing to bring new climbers and friends here.

As someone who got into climbing about 4 months ago I absolutely love this place.

I travel a lot and this weekend I found myself in LA, the closest bouldering gym to me being Hangar 18, South Bay.

The bouldering problems were challenging. I'm usually climb V3s and V4s. I found most of the V3s do-able with a couple of tries but the V4s were significantly harder.

The layout of the gym is a little cramped but the routes plentiful.

The climbers in the gym itself were friendly and welcoming, something that's important for me as a nomadic, travelling climber. The staff were perfectly polite although not entirely engaging.

Smaller than others but membership is totally affordable. They have Autobelay and Bouldering so you can go by yourself. Or go with a friend to Top Rope or Lead Rope.

Friendly staff and they have auto belay. It’s a smaller gym and walls aren’t too high but I thought there were enough routes.

I visited this gym for one time climbing during my visit in LA. While I later found out that they have special offer for first time visitors at the moment, they insisted that I should pay $33 for intro class+one day pass. They could have informed me that they are offering 45% discount at the moment. Unfortunately, I left the gym and decided not to climb at this gym because $33 was for one-time climbing seemed too expensive.

Plus, this is the first climbing gym that ever required me to pay additional fee for Orientation session.

Great, cheap gym, but it's cheap for a reason. You get what you pay for.

Pros:
1. They rotate the problems regularly.
2. Price can't be beat in this area.
3. Lots of parking and good location.
4. The kilter and campus boards are nice.
5. Clean facilities.

Cons:
1. Crowded. The space is way too small to allow people to Boulder and top rope at the same time, or even to get a decent rotation onto the boulders. The top ropers fall onto the bouldering crash pads since the belay area is too small and too close to the bouldering areas. The belay areas are usually filled with people resting from bouldering anyways. It's hard to get a good workout in when you gotta wait so long to get on the wall. Going after work is an exercise in extreme patience.
2. People have very little spacial awareness and will walk or stand under you while to you climb. This is worse when there's a little kids birthday party or something. Very dangerous and I see this often.
3. Not enough cubbies and lockers during peak hours. People just leave their stuff all over the floor. This could easily be fixed by adding lockers and cubbies. This gym needs to plan for their peak times better.
4. The weight/training area is an afterthought. One bench with a few weights doesn't quite cut it for the number of people using this gym.

I feel this gym has outgrown its current location. I'd be happy with a price increase and a bigger location to better accommodate the many, many members this gym has.

I wish they opened earlier! Great facility but very crowded in the evenings. Would love to get an earlier climb in the mornings.

A little tiny, but the environment is calming and colorful. It's tucked in the back of a bare business center. Very helpful & friendly staff. First day of membership, shoe rental is free, $3 thereafter. Try it, it tops a typical gym. Oo & they offer yoga. They do offer day passes.

Maybe it is shabby and gets hot easily, but no other climbing gym in the area has their one-year-membership deals ($300 ish, typical for any other place is more like $1000). I just wish they opened at like 8am.

A great gym with welcoming and friendly atmosphere. They update routes on Fridays and offer classes and training. If you are a beginner this is the best gym to go to. They could use a better weight/training space, but you get what you pay for.

They change the routes fairly frequently and both the staff and fellow climbers are friendly. They usually only offer advice when you ask but that's because they don't want to to feel like they're criticizing you. Everyone is really helpful regarding climbing technique for different body types.

I've been a member here for 3 years and think it's a great place. The facility isn't huge but big enough. Bouldering is good especially in that they change the routes pretty frequently. It can get busy after work so if you can go by 4-4: 30 it's not too crowded. People are really friendly and are willing to help you if you get stumped with a route. I'd give 5 stars if the staff was more friendly/welcoming. Look for membership deals and discounts throughout the year

Came here while visiting family on vacation from Colorado. I honestly didn’t even realize a climbing gym could be this bad. The rope walls are barely higher than the boulders. The whole gym is outdated and janky. The route setting is truly terrible.the difficulty comes solely from making holds smaller and further apart rather than from using interesting and/or technical movement. The setters were screaming, throwing holds, and acting like idiots during peak time. I kept wondering why all the holds were chipped and cracked until I saw the setters yelling “rock! ” as they threw holds down from the the top of the lead wall onto piles of other holds. PLEASE don’t judge rock climbing from the experience you had at this gym, go somewhere better! Don’t waste your time, go to a proper climbing gym.

The staff here is friendly. Different types of climbing for all levels. It's usually not too crowded. Great Place to practice climbing, would greatly recommend it.

Lots of good choices for bouldering, top roping, and lead climbing. There's a few auto-belays if you go alone. Can get a little crowded during peak times.

Love this place. Easy, no hassle membership for reasonable rate. 2 for 1 rentals on Tuesday. Bring a friend! Climbing is a great workout and as challenging as it is fun.

Solid gym, good routes. A little on the smaller side so it can feel really cramped during peak hours

The activity is fun, but their system for coordinating field trip type events definitely needs to be improved. Super slow and chaotic!