Terra Firma Bouldering Co.

🚨New Routes

A few of our East Lansing setters made the trip to GR this week and helped with the Left Prow set! Come check ‘em out!

✹ Save the Date: Friday, September 25 | 5pm - 10pm

Join us for a fun evening of free climbing and food as we celebrate 9 years of climbing and community!

We’ll have free climbing, free food, and climbing challenges starting at 5pm!

Itinerary:
〰️ FREE Day Passes Starting at 5pm*
· 5pm — Party Starts
· 5pm — Enduro Challenge Route Begins
· 5:30pm — Free Cookout & Cake
· 6:30pm — No Hands Challenge Begins

*Rental Shoes $5, Chalk Rental $2
**Sign up for the No Hands Challenge at the front desk

📍1555 Marshall Ave SE, Grand Rapids 49507

Check out our open positions:

〰️ East Lansing
• Assitant Head Setter
• Programs Manager
• Community Engagement & Events Coordinator

〰️ Grand Rapids
• Front Desk Manager
• Part-Time Routesetter
• Front Desk Staff

View the position details & apply 👉 https://www.climbterrafirma.com/careers

Our setting crew put 17 routes up over the last two days 🙌Come check out the new Right Prow set and let us know which one is your new project!

Got kiddos? Enrollment for our Youth Programs is now open!

Tree Frogs Climbing Club | Ages 7-12
An 8-class bouldering course, once per week club, where kids learn new climbing skills, build confidence, and have a blast with new, lifelong friends.
〰️ Classes start the week of September 14th

Teen Climbing Club | Ages 13-17 
For the older kiddos— The Teen Climbing Club meets for 1.5 hours, for 8 weeks during the Fall season. Our coaches will help teen climbers achieve their climbing goals with a group of peers who share the same passion for bouldering!
〰️ Classes start the week of September 14th

Get all the info 👉 https://www.climbterrafirma.com/gr/youth-climbing-programs

Congrats to our 2026 Summer Boulder League Champs: On the Rocks 🏆

Best Dressed went to The Misfits who all dressed as a climbing terms: Flag, Dyno, Barndoor, & Match!

Thanks to all who participated this year! Our next league will take place in the winter for GR and our first EL league will happen mid-Septemer this year!

Got kiddos ages 7-12? We have spots open in our 5-day Climbing Summer Camp at our East Lansing location!

— Terra Firma | East Lansing
— July 27th - July 31
— 1:00pm - 4:00pm
• Climbing Coaching & Instruction
• Stretching & Yoga
• Creative Crafts

Sign up details 👉 https://portal.climbterrafirma.com/eastlansing/programs/summer-camp-east-lansing

Ready to climb, connect, and find your people?

Whether you’re spending the summer in West Michigan for an internship or attending college in the area, this is your chance to meet fellow students, interns, and young professionals. No climbing experience needed — all skill levels are welcome!

📆 Friday, July 24 @ 6pm
📍Terra Firma GR — 1555 Marshall Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507
✨Hosted By: Radical Hospitality Grand Rapids
👉 Register through — Link in Bio!

〰️ The Radical Hospitality: Grand Rapids Ambassador Program is a community-driven initiative supported by The Right Place, in partnership with Hello West Michigan. The program helps newcomers, longtime residents, interns, college students, and professionals at every stage of their careers build meaningful connections, discover local opportunities, and feel at home in the Greater Grand Rapids community.

This Saturday, a new bouldering gym is opening its doors right here in Mid-Michigan.

Joining WILX Taylor Gattoni on this Mid-Michigan Matters is Alex Williams with Terra Firma Bouldering.

He discusses what bouldering is and what the new facility has to offer in the story below:

We are closing our Grand Rapids location early this Saturday, so our staff can head to East Lansing and celebrate the new gym!

We will be open from 8am - 1pm on Saturday, July 11th!

We will see y’all in EL on Saturday 👋