Pflugerville - Hutto Edition | December 2024

Business

BY DACIA GARCIA

The center features murals from local artists including the one pictured by Jimani.

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The Pugerville location oers auto-belays, a lead climbing roof, permanent crack climbing lines and two lanes of speed climbing.

COURTESY CRUX CLIMBING CENTER

First look: Crux Climbing Center unveils tallest location Crux Climbing Center recently opened in Puger- ville and is the third location in the Austin area, creating an inclusive indoor jungle gym for climbers. The backstory The details The new location features auto belays, a lead climbing roof, permanent crack climbing lines, two lanes of speed climbing and 58-foot climbing walls—

Co-owner Grace Nicholas opened the rst Crux Climbing Center in South Austin in 2016.

COURTESY CRUX CLIMBING CENTER

the tallest in all of Central Texas, said Nicholas. Nicholas said the Pugerville location in particu- lar gives the business an opportunity to better serve its Be Empowered To Ascend program. What’s special about it? The center creates the perfect setting for an all-day retreat with work-from-home spaces, locker rooms, saunas, a lounge space, a tness studio, a Spicy Boys Fried Chicken food truck and a soon-to- open Spokesman Coee shop.

Since the rst Crux location opened in South Aus- tin in 2016, co-owner Grace Nicholas said the Austin metro climbing community has been requesting a center in North Austin. Nicholas said the center had over 700 check-ins on the rst day of its soft opening in September. She said the center’s main focus is highlighting inclusivity in the climbing community. “We really want everybody to be able to come in and have a route they can do like o the couch,” Nicholas said.

18817 N. Heatherwilde Blvd., Bldg. 3, Pugerville www.cruxclimbingcenter.com/pugerville

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