2017
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SILVER STREET CLIMBING GYM HOURS
REGULAR HOURS
MONDAY – FRIDAY |
6AM – 11PM |
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SATURDAY |
10AM – 10PM |
*Members Only 8AM – 10AM |
SUNDAY |
10AM – 8PM |
*Members Only 8AM – 10AM |
Holiday & Special Hours
Memorial Day |
Monday, May 26, 2025 |
10:00 am – 6:00 pm |
Independence Day |
Friday, July 4, 2025 |
10:00 am – 6:00 pm |
Labor Day |
Monday, Sept. 1, 2025 |
10:00 am – 6:00 pm |
Thanksgiving Day |
Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 |
Closed |
Christmas Eve |
Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025 |
10:00 am – 6:00 pm |
Christmas Day |
Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025 |
Closed |
New Years Eve |
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025 |
10:00 am – 8:00 pm |
New Years Day |
Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026 |
10:00 am – 8:00 pm |
First Time at our Silver Street Climbing Gym?
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What's the Difference Between Bouldering / Top Rope / Lead Climbing?
Bouldering is climbing up to 15ft (in gym) off the ground without the use of ropes or climbing gear. Pads are provided throughout the bouldering areas and participation in a Safety Orientation is required prior to climbing. This type of climbing is available to climbers of any skill level and does not require a partner.
Top Roping is climbing up to 50ft (in gym) on a rope that is already attached to the top of the wall while being belayed by a certified partner below. This type of climbing is available to climbers of any skill level and requires a partner(s). Belay certification is required prior to climbing. Belay Classes are offered daily, visit a location’s “classes” page for more information or to sign up.
Lead Climbing refers to climbing on our full height walls in areas that do not already have a rope attached at the top. Unlike Top Roping, Lead climbers must bring the rope with them as they progress up the wall. Leading is an advanced form of climbing and not recommended until you have a strong Top Rope climbing foundation. Lead Certification is required prior to leading in our gyms. Classes are offered several times a month at our rope gyms, please review the requirements prior to signing up for this class on a location’s “classes” page.
- Please note:
- Momentum Lehi, SODO, and Silver Street are Bouldering Only gyms.
Momentum Millcreek, Sandy, and Katy offer both Rope Climbing and Bouldering. - We do not allow anyone other than Momentum employees to provide belay instruction inside our gyms.
- Momentum Lehi, SODO, and Silver Street are Bouldering Only gyms.
WHAT TO EXPECT
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All visitors are required to fill out a waiver, including spectators.
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Climbers must watch a bouldering orientation video prior to climbing.
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If you know how to boulder, simply visit the Front Desk to get started.
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If you do not know how to boulder and would like some instruction,
sign up for our Learn To Boulder Class! (Price includes day pass + rentals)
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Exercise equipment use is first come first serve.
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Climbing Shoe rentals are available at Front Desk.
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Visit our Pro Shop for awesome retail deals!
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1401 Silver Street
Houston, Texas 77007
Phone: 832-433-7211
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING…

Recently, however, the prices have increased significantly. I feel like the gym is taking advantage of the fact that it’s the only climbing gym in Houston.
I tried one of the Monday night mobility classes at 8:30 PM out of curiosity, and I absolutely loved it! It’s a mix of flexibility and strength training across the full range of motion. I’ve already recommended it to several of my friends. I’m quite stiff, and Max’s advice was really helpful—he’s a boss!
I’m giving it a 4/5 because of the recent price increase.
In short, Max is who persuaded my friends and I to become members of Momentum. It wasn't for the climbing culture or well-stocked free weight training area. However, he did not perform any type of persuasion other than being a professional expert of his practice.
Context: I have been teaching for nearly 10 years in colleges and public schools. I greatly admire his applied philosophy of leadership and education. Max's approach to instruction reflects his students' needs and developing a positive classroom culture. He takes the time to build rapport with each person, both old and new, and learn their fitness needs and functions.
Like many, I am an aging (prior) college-athlete with an assortment of old injuries and a strong desire for a sliding scale of challenges for my body. Max could teach a masterclass on bringing students up to their threshold of function and form without risking injury or harm (both physical and emotional). (Subtext: His classes are incredibly challenging, but will always encourage self-advocacy and learning one's own body).
They should have top rope climbing, the location isn't perfect, but it's better than driving out to Katy...
Unfortunately felt like I wasted my money as I couldn't climb long before my skin gave out.
Update: we’ve now been taking kids rock climbing classes at Momentum for two years - started with Mo-mini and now in Base Camp. Still love it here and highly recommend the classes and summer camps!
The gym is spacious, with dedicated warm up and training areas, plus some cardio upstairs.
Staff is incredibly nice and helpful, give the receptionists a hug, they are amazing!
There are plenty of areas to climb, including those with topouts. Holds selection isn't amazing, a lot of holds are old, greasy, and polished to death.
Route setting is great in terms of consistency, there are no one move wonders, pretty much every problem is workable, it is great for making progress and improving as a climber. Route setting styles are somehow limited.
The gym is really beginners friendly, there is a good variety of problems to get into climbing and it's not just jugs ladders, with interesting moves even at v1-2 levels.
There is a spray wall, a moonboard, and a woodie for those dedicated to train. No kilterboard (only because I couldn't find if this gym has it online).
I saw a bunch of comments about the AC not working. They must have fixed it, it is working now.
A single entry costs $25, which is quite pricy. Is it a perfect gym? Not really, but it's decent, especially since there is not much to compare it with in Houston.
Haven’t climbed in years and glad to start back up in such a cool place.
EDIT: They have now upgraded from vinyl mats to carpet, which means less chalk on the walls, love it!
Replacing all the mats and fixing the AC I'm sure have come at a great cost. The employees are awesome, the gym is huge with fun and challenging routes. I wouldn't blame the gym for experiencing some bad luck
Con: No chalk for rentals and rental shoes are quite slippery.
This gym has been without functioning AC for the entire summer of 2024. I would wait until the weather cools down before visiting. An additional downside to the heat is that the gym smells like a sweaty locker room.
Management has not explained what the issue is, and it’s unclear why the issue has persisted for so long during the hottest part of the year. Management says that they have been in “constant communication” with their HVAC company, but this communication still hasn’t translated into a functional AC system and more reasonable temperatures.
Momentum has not maintained the Silver Street location and it is no longer on par with other modern gyms or the $84/mo price tag. A new bouldering gym is under construction about 10 minutes away, scheduled for completion in 2025.
On the plus side, bouldering is a good activity and gym also has cardio and weightlifting equipment.
I've been going here for years. Normally its a great gym but there are MAJOR issues right now:
- Its way too hot in the gym (broken AC)
- Most of the gym has been closed for months (mat repairs)
- They are charging full price even though issues have been going on for months
If there was another good gym option I would have canceled already, and Crux is opening a new climbing gym in Houston soon.
I understand these things are out of their control but you really should either discount members during this time, or at least give them free punch/guest passes that don't expire.
Its a pretty terrible experience right now and almost everyone I know has already cancelled their memberships because of it.
Unfortunately I’m not very happy with what overall seems to be a corporate issue. I do believe the local staff is doing their best and likely working often to their maximum capacity.
Though communication has significantly improved as time has passed with the issues we’re currently experiencing, I was generally unhappy as the problems first unfolded as I felt the response in communication was subpar.
Currently, things I can point out other than the obvious is the need for general upkeep in the weight room and at minimum address that we do have an issue with cool water coming out of the water fountains.
The gym is expensive and is a top performer in momentum’s organization and it has been continuously obvious that corporate prioritizes dollars over the users time and time again.
I wrote this in the most objective way possible and hope for better times ahead. I do think the gym was good and look forward to things changing.
However, the last three months have painted a different picture. The air conditioning has been consistently out of order, leaving members to climb in oppressive 90°F heat. What was once an enjoyable workout has turned into a grueling, sweaty ordeal.
The lack of competition seems to have bred complacency. Why fix what’s broken when there’s no one else to turn to?
The result? Overcrowded, stifling conditions that have turned the gym from a climber’s paradise into an uncomfortable sauna. My disappointment has grown with each visit, and I’m now seriously considering canceling my membership.
Momentum, you can do better. Your members deserve more.
The gym being half closed was unavoidable, BUT management has done absolutely nothing for members. At the VERY LEAST they should be limiting evening hours (3pm-close) to members only. I'd even go a step further and say that they should also be discounting memberships and/or crediting back some money to the prepaid members. Under no circumstances should a gym be allowed to get to a point where there is a LINE to do a climb.
On top of all of this, the gym is dirtier than it's ever been. Don't get me wrong, it's always been dirty (pretty nasty walls, stained and stinky bench mats, clumps of hair and dustbunnies especially in the weight room, 1-2 musty wet rags to wipe equipment, cardio machines always on the fritz, unusable shreds of barbell pads, etc.) but with the increased foot traffic in such a TINY space for hundreds of people every single day it's gotten really gross. I have to sweep/blow out my own little square of floor if I do any floor exercises and bring my own barbell pad. The same clump of hair sat by one of the lifting benches for at least 5 days. All of this could be SOOO easily remedied by replacing some of the ancient pads/equipment, keeping the single use disinfecting wipes stocked, and just sweeping/vacuuming *thoroughly* once a day. For the premium price of $84/mo per member, this is a teeny tiny ask that shouldn't even have to be asked for. Nothing about SST feels worth $84, and I would not have a membership without the prepaid discount.
I still go to Momentum quite often despite these issues because I don't have a regular gym membership, and right now climbing is the majority chunk of my life, but it has gotten to a point where I feel like management is purposely overlooking all the issues with SST because they know members have no other choice. SST has the market cornered (for now) and management has fully taken advantage of it's members because they know that they can.
Updated July 2023: Looove the routesetting here compared to the other gyms we've tried while traveling. Super unique and well thought out usually!! The only downfall of this location is the walls/holds are pretty dirty due to the amount of traffic they get. Wish momentum would open another innerloop TR/lead/boulder gym combo like Katy to help with how many members there are. The other qualm is they took down the paper towel dispenser in the cardio room and just want you to wipe down the machines with drenched dirty cloths that are reused by everyone.
UPDATE - Been climbing here for 4+ years. Half the gym isn't available but that's not their fault so can't complain. However, the AC has been pretty terrible since April or earlier. It seems to always have issues during the summer. I can think of at least 2 summers where it was barely working. I pre-paid for the whole year so I still go but will definitely be looking at Crux when they open.
OLD Review:
Haven't been to other bouldering gyms but this one is great. Started climbing here and I go pretty often. The staff are friendly and helpful. The problems get reset at a good pace. They offer yoga and have a regular gym too. It does tend to get kinda dirty but there's just so many people that come that it's unavoidable.
For the past two months, the gym has had no air conditioning, making it extremely uncomfortable to climb. With no sign of it being fixed, it's clear that courtesy and comfort is not a priority for members. Additionally, 2/3 of the gym has been closed due to flooding for several months, significantly reducing the available climbing space and overcrowding the usable space.
Despite these major issues, there has been no communication from management about any timeline for repairs or compensation for the inconvenience. It’s frustrating to pay a premium price for such a subpar experience.
The icing on the cupcake for me is the decision to bring back the 2016 moonboard above the brand-new 2024 setup. To my knowledge there was no request for feedback on what the members thought/wanted. Candidly, this felt like a decision made by someone who doesn’t use the moonboard, and a middle finger to the climbers who consistently train on it.
I had high hopes for this gym, but the lack of basic facilities and poor management response have left me deeply disappointed. I cannot recommend this gym to anyone until these issues are addressed. Save your money and wait for Crux’s grand opening in 2025.
The A/C has been broken for months with no clear signs of returning.
* Day pass + shoe rentals are very expensive, compared to much better gyms (such as Austin Bouldering Project and Crux). It would be fine if this gym were better, but it's so much worse.
* Looking at fitness class schedule over the next 2 months, there are only classes 4 days out of the week, with a total of 6 classes across the whole week. Compare this to ABP, where there are typically 10+ classes per day.
* Let's talk route resetting. Having come in multiple times over the past 18 months, on multiple occasions I've come back 2-3 months apart & seen many of the same routes up across visits. This wouldn't really be that upsetting if the staff were honest about it, but they say it's "impossible" that that would happen as they reset routes "every six weeks, without fail". They told me this again today, when I could literally walk to the back of the gym and see at least 20 routes that were up from 8 weeks ago (Easter weekend).
tl;dr: this is still unfortunately the best gym in Houston proper right now, though hopefully some competition will open up to fill the void.
Momentum Indoor Climbing, nestled on Silver Street, undoubtedly stands out as a premier rock climbing facility in our town. From the moment you step inside, it's evident that the staff prioritizes safety, ensuring that every climber has a rewarding and secure experience.
The facility boasts an impressive array of rock climbing walls, catering to climbers of all skill levels. The vibrant colors adorning the walls add to the aesthetic appeal, creating a visually stunning and inviting atmosphere that beckons enthusiasts and novices alike.
What sets Momentum apart is not only its extensive climbing options but also its commitment to creating a welcoming environment for all. Comfortable seating areas provide the perfect vantage point for friends and family to cheer on their climbers, fostering a sense of community and camaraderie.
Moreover, Momentum goes above and beyond to reward its members, offering specialty specials that extend to friends and family, encouraging everyone to join in on the adventure. This inclusive approach enhances the overall experience and reinforces the notion that climbing is not just a sport but a shared passion meant to be enjoyed together.
I wholeheartedly recommend visiting Momentum Indoor Climbing to anyone seeking a thrilling outdoor activity and a chance to challenge themselves in a safe and supportive environment. Whether you're a seasoned climber or a curious beginner, you're sure to find something to inspire and elevate your experience. Don't hesitate to embrace the challenge and reach new heights at Momentum.
I can also bring my friends when they feel like tagging along on my guest pass.
Found this gym to be really well organized, clean and friendly. Parking was super easy and the staff were welcoming and helpful. Route setting seemed to be somewhat soft and then there was a big jump from V6 to V7. Some really cool top out boulders where you climb up and over the top of the wall on some sections. Really nice spacious workout area with plenty of finger training boards and campus boards. Also a splatter wall. Although there was no moon board or kilter board. Most modern boulder gyms have those by now. A great training tool.
Lockers and open cubbies for bags/gear. Also a nice seating space on the first and second level for hanging out or to whip out a laptop and get some work done.
I just wanted to add more praise for Momentum. I've been climbing here for about a year now. The route setters are non-stop setting new routes that are creative and challenging to climb. These new routes always cater to all levels of climbing ability. As for cleanliness of holds, the traffic over these routes is high, because climbers are inspired to climb them, and there are many climbers. Both of these reasons speak to the joy climbers have in this gym...and the climbers are one of the best aspects of this gym, it's a great social community. There was a negative comment about cleanliness and I would like to say, if you think a hold is dirty, or chalked up, get a brush and clean it. Be helpful, it will make you a happier person. Finally, don't worry that there is a lot of traffic, it's a big gym, and even when there's a lot of people there are always plenty of boulders immediately available.
They have fun little events often and the staff us so knowledgeable and willing to help.
My daughter loves kids Canyon too. She came for rock climbing camp and loved every day of it.
They also have a super cool world boulder section that really puts what those athletes are doing into perspective.
update 8/1/24: I’ve got to lower my rating because of the gym’s recent state. They had a big leak which caused half of the gym to be unusable. Which is understandable, but it has been months with only half the gym accessible. What is most frustrating is the gyms response… they won’t offer a discount to members, even though members are getting half of what they paid for. I bought a year long membership and there’s no way for me to freeze my membership, so I’m stuck. Plus, the A/C seems to be broken about half the time. I’m seriously considering not renewing my membership after it expires because going to the gym is not a pleasant experience anymore.
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I’ve been a member here for a little less than two months and I love it! It’s a massive climbing gym with lots of different types of climbing routes. Plus they change sections every week which keeps things fresh. They have a good deal for new members where if you buy a pair of shoes and a chalk bag you get your first month free. The staff is very friendly and helpful. Plus they offer classes for beginners. In addition to all the climbing offerings, they also have a weight room and a cardio room!! And they offer workout classes and yoga classes. Truly they have everything. The parking lot can get a little crazy. Just because they’re a popular place 🙂
The gym is mainly bouldering- it’s so many routes so I can able to problem solving to around the gym. I stayed there for about four hours and half to climbing. One of the staffs- greeted me and very friendly. She’s surprised me when she knew some sign language because ASL is my first language. I will never forget that and I had amazing day there! Will come back sometime this fall to climbing there again!
And the people here are so chill and friendly. I never feel judged if I struggle with a problem. I often find I have total strangers cheering me on as I push my own personal limits on a route. Everyone is just happy to chat and share tips or encouragement. If I could live here I would. This is my happy place.
The last few months though have just been terrible. Obviously the water main break that flooded part of the gym is not the fault of Momentum. There are some things you just can’t control. However, as a paying member, my experience coming here and trying to climb in a half open gym has been awful. It is so so so crowded now no matter what time you go. And even worse, it is summer, so the crowds are typically people using day passes. Now, there’s nothing inherently wrong with this, as everyone should have the option to try climbing. BUT. It is quite frustrating to try and seriously work on problems when there is a group of 17 year old boys hopping on routes that intersect yours or a 5 year old running around in your fall zone. The staff here does absolutely NOTHING to enforce the standard rules and etiquette of a climbing gym. And I’m tired of it.
The most frustrating part is probably the lack of compensation for members. Yes, it costs the same to operate the gym, but this stance of the gym shows a complete lack of value and care for the people who keep them running. If YOUR MOST LOYAL CUSTOMERS ARE MISERABLE the least you could do is cut us a break. Because I am definitely not getting my money’s worth right now. Give members a discount for a couple months and bump up the cost for guest passes. And no, the extra two hours on Sunday aren’t enough.
The last thing I will say is that if I lived farther out I would probably switch to Inspire by now. But I might freeze or cancel because at this point I don’t know if it’s really worth it.
from entering this place to the end, it was such a great experience. the staffs were welcoming and friendly. they explained everything for the first timers and my friends guided me through so that was helpful.
i was able to accomplish some of the purple ones which i am super proud of. i enjoyed learning new things such as: how there is a special shoe you need to rent and the chalk thing on your palms. and the steep slope thingy, an area to start from and how there are parts you go over the rock etc. the color coded rocks, i thought you could step on any rock lol
overall i would come back here. such a fun place to get your workout and to hangout with friends. i got calluses on my palm and thankfully the front had bandaids. parking is crowded but super spread out so you still can park without any hassle.
should be. check it out!!
Great for group activity, dates, or just climbing alone
Trust me you will no regret it. I was lucky enough to have a one on one session with her and she was gentle, charismatic, and funny. She had such a calm energy to her that it made the experience even better than I could have imagined. Idk what shes getting paid but this woman needs a raise. She was so intentional with the way she carries you though the practice and uses essential oils that bring a sense of bliss. 10/10
As an inexperienced climber, the staff there made me feel super welcomed—giving me a full tour of the facility and willingly answering any questions I had.
The gym itself is a beauty and FULL of amazing climbs.
Great staff. Great climbs. Even greater community.
The problems are fine and well-set, but the holds are extremely greasy. I have never seen anything like it in the US. Even jugs become friction dependent here because they‘re so full of rubber and chalk!
Other than that, the area is huge and there are lots of people on weeknights, which is cool. Staff is super friendly and there‘s even a bike parking rack inside.
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