upcoming events
Belay Buddies:
Looking for a Belay Buddy?
Need a climbing partner who matches your skill level, goals, and size for safer catches, or just has a schedule that lines up with yours? We’ve got you covered.
Join us every second Friday of the month from 6-9 PM at Hive Heights—just book your session and let the staff know you’re looking for a Belay Buddy when you check in. Our team will be around to help with introductions, or you can simply say hello to anyone sporting a Belay Buddies tag. Meeting new partners can feel awkward, but we’re all in it together!
A quick note: Belay Buddies is about finding climbing partners, not romantic partners. There are apps for that. Please respect the spirit of the event—anyone who doesn’t will be asked to leave.
Requirements: Participants must be Belay Certified before arrival.
Let’s climb together!
Climb Smarter – Workshops Series
Struggling with slab climbs? Want to start climbing outdoors but not sure how?
These workshops are for you! Join us at The Hive Vancouver this June and July for a series of fun and practical climbing workshops designed to build your skills and confidence.
Workshop Schedule:
• June 4 – Intro to MoonBoard
• June 22 – Outdoor Simulator
• July 2 – Hips Don’t Lie
• July 13 – Slip and Slab
Choose the workshop that fits your goals—or join us for all four.
Pricing:
• Members: $40 CAD
• Non-members: $50 CAD
Learn something new, meet fellow climbers, and get ready for your next adventure.
TNT Training!
Join us for TNT Training: exciting and interactive sessions designed to prepare you for our annual TNT competition series!
Led by our instructors, these sessions provide helpful insights and a hands-on experience to help climbers prepare for the real deal. Each session includes a 20-minute chat followed by a 40-minute mock competition, with the goal of equipping participants to succeed at TNT—whether it’s your first competition or you’re looking for deeper insight.
Session #1
Date: April 28, 2025
Location: Hive PoCo
Session #2
Date: May 27, 2025
Location: Hive Surrey
Energy Breathwork with Wendy Issa
Are you ready to breathe and rejuvenate from within? Experience Energy Breathwork, a transformative journey that combines the power of breathing techniques, intuitive chakra work, and Thai bodywork.
Through this 2-hour workshop, you will be guided to experience the benefits of Energy Breathwork at a cellular level. We will dive deep into the layers between consciousness while breaking down limiting beliefs, and behavioral patterns that may be holding you back and building stress and anxiety.
Leave feeling empowered, rejuvenated, and at peace to embrace a more fulfilling time near the holidays.
Last Sunday of every month from 1:30–3:30PM
Pricing: $40 for members, $50 for non-members
Spray Wall Meet Up
Come join us for a night of bouldering the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30PM in Hive Heights!
The spray wall can often be an intimidating place for climbers. This meetup aims to make the spray wall a more accessible place by facilitating a community night of climbing, setting and fun with reduced barriers!
No bouldering experience is required, all levels are welcome! Just bring a good attitude, chalk and your climbing shoes! Don’t have your own shoes? Rentals are available via the front desk.
Belay Buddies @ The Heights
Friday nights are Belay Buddy nights! How it works:
- Book your climbing session as normal.
- Ask the staff for a Belay Buddies harness tag on arrival.
- Proceed to respectfully introduce yourself to others wearing the tag!
- Keep safety in mind, of course, and ask questions of your potential climbing partner to make sure you’re on the same page about experience and ability.
- It’s okay to say ‘no thanks’ or ‘not today’ if someone isn’t a good fit.
- Remember it’s not a dating event, we’re here for climbing partnerships.
Some experience required. You must be Belay Certified in order to participate. You must have a partner to take the belay test; testing in advance is strongly recommended.
December 15, 2022
VIMFF X HIVE
Community Climbing Show
Join us at The Rio Theatre for a Hive Community Climbing Film Night! The best of VIMFF’s climbing films of the last few years are waiting for you.
Doors at 6:30pm, show starts at 7:30pm
Take a look at the film list below!
boulder league 2022
Boulder league is a fun, friendly team-based event created to build camaraderie in the community, and provide a little extra fun by setting more climbs than usual throughout the league climb. It was also created to connect the broader climbing community, with a cross-gym championship for the top teams from all participating gyms in the area (Hive, Project, Coastal historically). You and your teammates (4-5) will compete out of 1 Hive location – so pick your favourite most accessible one, as only that gym’s “League” climbs will count towards your score! You and your team must be registered by October 23rd, 2022 in order to participate, as the League will begin on October 17, 2022 for PoCo and Van, while Surrey and North Shore will start on October 19, 2022. Two teams from each location will be invited to attend the finals at Project in Cloverdale on Nov 18, 2022.
How it works
Rules & Instructions for Registration & Participation
The Rules and Regulations for running The Hive’s Boulder League were developed in conjunction with the Pacific Bouldering League founding gyms – Project, The Hive, and Coastal Climbing. These rules are intended to keep this fun competition fair for all. Rules of the PBL championships may vary slightly, as it is not run on KAYA.
Teams
- Teams must include 4-5 people who are available to compete each week for the duration of the League.
- Each member of the team must register and compete at ONE Hive location (Or register your team independently at multiple locations).
- You may be on more than one team, but make sure you can commit to both for the duration of the League. We suggest climbing on one highly competitive team and one more casual, ‘just for fun team’ since you can’t climb on two teams at the PBL Championships.
- We encourage teams to be gender-diverse; this is a requirement to compete in the PBL Championships. Please note that teams are to self-regulate this aspect of their team dynamics. (We hope this is not necessary to say, but just in case: please do not expect folks to out themselves for the benefit your team’s qualification, or assume anyone’s gender based on your assumptions of how someone of a particular gender presents themselves to the world.)
Climbing
- Start dates for the league will be staggered, to align with each gym’s setting schedule. Only climbs with League tags in KAYA count.
- Each member may only count each climb towards their total score once per interval (7 days from the day a climb is set)
- multiple team members may count the same climb
- ONLY the top 5 climbs per interval (week) are counted toward your score
- You may repeat league climbs each week, but it will not count more than once per interval (e.g. you can log the same 2 hex this interval and the following interval) – this is different from previous leagues. YOU MUST RE-CLIMB IT IN ORDER TO COUNT IT!
- Climbs do not expire – those tagged ‘League’ in Kaya will be valid for the duration of the League.
Scoring
- Complete a climb start to finish in order to count it
- You must submit your climbs for each interval during that week’s interval; new scoring interval will begin every 7 days (e.g. the second ‘week’ or interval will begin on the on the 8th day of the league)
- Top 5 climbs per team member count towards your final score
- Final Score = (total team points)/(total team members)
- See “Injuries or missing Teammates” below; No substitutions of team members for Finals (this doesn’t mean reverting to the OG teammate though; previously made substitutions stand)
- The honour system is used for scoring – teams can self-police and cross-team police; any concerns should be brought to league manager or Events Manager
- Any unsportsperson-like behaviour observed by league members or staff may result in disqualification
- Auto bumping is enabled – if you send multiple problems above your listed grade, you will get bumped into a different VMax
- Your VMax should be the grade you regularly send in 3-5 attempts
- V0 = Hard 1/Easy 2 Hex
- V1 = Solid 2 hex
- V2 = Hard 2/ Easy 3 Hex
- V3 = Solid 3 Hex
- Etc.
Injuries or Missing Teammates
A team’s average will be calculated by (a maximum of) one less member (5 become /4, 4 become /3) due to:
- Injuries: Must have proof of actual injury (doctor or physio note ideally)
- Illness/ major unforeseen event (staff will make a judgement call)
These may not be stacked. So a team short 2 members due to one or both of these issues may not divide by 2 less. (Sorry)
Questions about how the Kaya app is working should be directed to Kaya: support@kayaclimb.com
Setting queries should be directed to the front desk team or facility manager.
Event feedback which is considerate and constructive, and may be submitted to communityevents@hiveclimbing.com
registration requires 2 steps:
- Register & pay online for your location using the buttons below
- Sign your team up on KAYA using the password provided int he confirmation email