No. Anyone can book a youth birthday party at North Mass!

Yes, all youth may use rental shoes from North Mass if we have their size available. Otherwise, clean athletic shoes are fine to climb in.

Please email Ellyn Hessong, at [email protected] to create a customized event/party for your youth. We recommend our ‘Fun and Games’ package for your youth which provides one or two of our Youth Facilitators/Climbing Instructors to facilitate games and climbing for your youth and their friends.

Yes, you are welcome to show up 15 minutes prior to your party to set up decorations.

If you have to cancel your party, please email [email protected] to let us know. We will retain $100 of the initial fee for renting the room as we will not be able to book the room out to anyone else during that time period.

No. On certain holidays we only offer the Play Your Way Package.

Yes, we have a counter and tables in the kids room for you to set up your food. We also have a cafe upstairs we you can order treats and snacks as well as our friend and neighbor Shin Dig offers pizzas for pick up! You cannot bring in your own alcohol.

Only the ‘Fun and Games’ package can climb in the main bouldering room.

Any youth (persons 14 years and younger) must be actively supervised by the adult who is responsible for them during their visit to the gym. Direct supervision is required over youth during the entirety of their visit.

Adults cannot supervise more than (2) youth at a time.

Before climbing, all participants under 18 must have a waiver signed only by a parent or legal guardian.

Unchaperoned drop-offs are not permitted. Youth must be actively supervised by their responsible adult at all times.

No jumping off structures.

No running, rough-housing, horseplay, or acrobatics (flips, cartwheels, handstands, etc.).

Indoor voices. No yelling.

Fitness equipment may only be used by people 14 and over. No playing allowed on the fitness equipment.

Never stand, sit, or walk in an area where another climber could fall. Always look at the climbing walls around you, especially when walking through the gym, to see where climbers are on the walls.

Never climb above, below, or near another climber. Please be considerate.

Never climb up the designated descents on the top-out structures.

Stay safe. Treat walking through climbing areas like crossing a busy street. Look both ways–plus up!–and proceed with caution.

Avoid cutting closely around sharp corners or underneath overhangs, and inspect all the walls around you.

Never stand, sit, or walk in an area where another climber could fall.

Never climb above, below, or near another climber.

No running, yelling, roughhousing, horseplay or gymnastics (flips, cartwheels, handstands, etc).

The Adult Climbing Area is a more dangerous environment than the youth-only area. Please respect our guidelines for youth climbers in the adult areas.

Climbing shoes make climbing much easier and should be snug without being painful.

Climbing in regular street shoes or bare feet is not allowed.

Stuck? Try moving your feet up to extend your reach. Climbers should focus on keeping their arms straight and using their legs to push themselves up.

Have questions about bouldering, the facility, or safety? Ask our staff — we are here to help.