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Climbing gym · Salt Lake City, United States

The Front Climbing Club Salt Lake City grades, explained

The Front Climbing Club has gyms in Salt Lake City (one on 400 West and one on South Main) and Ogden. The Salt Lake City gym has bouldering walls up to 17 ft and roped walls up to 70 ft, with over 100 routes reset every ten weeks, plus yoga, group fitness and weights.

Bouldering grades

A coloured dot at the start of each climb marks its difficulty band. From easiest to hardest they are yellow, blue, green, pink, red and black, which The Front calls 'hard… Yoda hard'. Posters in the gym give the numeric ranges, but the website doesn't. The V ranges below are our estimate, spreading the six dots over a typical VB–V10 range in the published order.

LevelV-scale≈ Font
YellowVB–V13–5B
BlueV1–V35A–6A+
GreenV3–V55C+–6C+
PinkV5–V76C–7B
RedV7–V97A+–7C
Black≥ V9≥ 7C

Rope climbing grades

Roped routes use the same dot colours. The YDS ranges below are our estimate, spread over a typical 5.5–5.13 gym range in the same order.

LevelYDS≈ French
Yellow5.5–5.83b+–5a+
Blue5.9–5.10b5b–6a+
Green5.10b–5.11a6a+–6c
Pink5.11a–5.11d6b+–7a+
Red5.12a–5.12d7a+–7c
Black≥ 5.13a≥ 7c+

The Front Climbing Club grades the same way at all 3 of its gyms. All The Front Climbing Club gyms and grades

Estimated by Gear Loop. The gym publishes only the order of its colours, so these ranges are our best guess from its chart and climbers' descriptions. Gyms reset and regrade often, and grades vary between setters, so treat this as a guide and check the boards when you visit.

Visiting The Front Climbing Club Salt Lake City

Address
1470 S 400 W, Salt Lake City, UT 84115, United StatesGoogle MapsApple MapsOpenStreetMap
Prices
Day pass · adultincludes gear rental, classes (yoga, group fitness), weights and cardio$39
Day pass · youth13 and under; free for ages 5 and under$25
10-visit pass · adult10-punch pass, valid 1 year$312
Monthly · adultmonthly auto-pay, 1-month minimum, 49 initiation fee; access to all Front locations$129
Starter pack · adulttwo-week membership, once per year, no initiation fee (youth 59)$69
Gear rental (shoes, harness, belay device, chalk bag) is included with day passes and memberships, so there is no separate rental fee. No cash accepted.All prices on the gym's site
Opening hours
Mon–Fri05:30–23:00
Sat–Sun08:00–22:00
Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day; shortened hours on 4 July, Halloween, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.Hours on the gym's site

Hours and prices from the gym's own website, checked 3 October 2026. They change, so check before you go.

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Questions

What V-scale grade is Yellow at The Front Climbing Club Salt Lake City?
Yellow at The Front Climbing Club Salt Lake City is roughly VB–V1, about 3–5B in Font (our estimate).
What V-scale grade is Blue at The Front Climbing Club Salt Lake City?
Blue at The Front Climbing Club Salt Lake City is roughly V1–V3, about 5A–6A+ in Font (our estimate).
What V-scale grade is Green at The Front Climbing Club Salt Lake City?
Green at The Front Climbing Club Salt Lake City is roughly V3–V5, about 5C+–6C+ in Font (our estimate).
What V-scale grade is Pink at The Front Climbing Club Salt Lake City?
Pink at The Front Climbing Club Salt Lake City is roughly V5–V7, about 6C–7B in Font (our estimate).
What V-scale grade is Red at The Front Climbing Club Salt Lake City?
Red at The Front Climbing Club Salt Lake City is roughly V7–V9, about 7A+–7C in Font (our estimate).
What V-scale grade is Black at The Front Climbing Club Salt Lake City?
Black at The Front Climbing Club Salt Lake City is roughly ≥ V9, about ≥ 7C in Font (our estimate).

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Sources

  1. The Front SLC: visit page (dot system FAQ, prices, wall heights)
  2. The Front: home (locations)

Checked 3 October 2026. Gear Loop isn't affiliated with The Front Climbing Club Salt Lake City.