We have gone two times with large groups of children who have never climbed before, ranging in age from 4-14 years. The staff has always been helpful and showed us a complete tutorial of where they are best suited to climb, making sure to tell us they are not allowed in the bouldering area without an adult. The system is really nice as the kids can get themselves locked in, we did have to help the littler ones up to about age 8. The price was good, we buy the punch card and use it for all the kids so the admission price ends up being $10 per person. I feel that is a good price for unlimited climbing. In response to another reviwer, at REI you only get to go up once and they are very impatient and have even yelled at my child with autism because he got scared on the wall and could not come down. Here at VE they are so kind to him.
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