1 / 2Pacific Pipe
📍 West Oakland, CA
55-foot lead wall, 13,000 sq ft bouldering area with top-out section, 33,000 sq ft rope climbing, plus a full weight room, yoga classes, and saunas in West Oakland.
Have been part of the touchstone community for many years and want to highlight how welcoming the staff is. Shout out to Dominic for your lightheaded banter and authentic kindness. My spirit always feels a bit lighter after a session at pacpipe. Thanks to all the staff up front and behind the scenes. We all need a place to feel welcome move our bodies.
🏆 Family Action Verdict
Best for families with kids who are ready to try roped climbing or bouldering. The sheer scale means multiple skill levels can train simultaneously without crowding. Beginners benefit from intro classes; teens and adults can push into lead climbing. Bring nothing of value in your car and park in the dedicated lot.
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💬 What Families Are Saying
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Phillip Bellgreen
“Have been part of the touchstone community for many years and want to highlight how welcoming the staff is. Shout out to Dominic for your lightheaded banter and authentic kindness. My spirit always feels a bit lighter after a session at pacpipe. Thanks to all the staff up front and behind the scenes. We all need a place to feel welcome move our bodies.”
Tim
“This gym is huge and great atmosphere”
Hans Florine
“Biggest in the USA! Friendly staff. Awesome walls. Great weight/exercise area. Be careful on parking,- be patient and park in lot to reduce chance of theft.”
Ron Desmond
“The irony of pac pipe is that this massive gym has an equally small parking lot. Thats okay on its own, but the street parking in the area is highly unsafe. Case in point, our first time signing up our rear window got smashed despite having nothing of value in the car. It was essentially a pointless act of crime that’ll be expensive for us to fix. Adding a star because everything else was top notch: staff were friendly and on top of things, gym was in excellent shape, and routes were awesome. But due to the risk of break-ins I’ll have to limit how often my wife and I come here. If you can bike here that would be best as there’s lots of bike parking within the parking lot right next to the front door. If you do have to drive leave it completely empty, pulling down the back seat so thieves can see there’s nothing to steal in the trunk.”
Reviews from Google
Overview
Pacific Pipe is the largest climbing facility in the United States, operated by Touchstone Climbing. The bouldering section features multi-level terrain with a top-out zone and specialized training boards including a spray wall. Beyond climbing, the gym offers fitness classes, yoga, a fully equipped weight room, and saunas. Staff are consistently praised for their welcoming attitude. Street parking in the surrounding area carries a theft risk — use the on-site lot.
