Utah company brings second indoor climbing gym to Houston area

Momentum Indoor Climbing, a Salt Lake City-based indoor gym company, will open two Houston-area locations in 2017. Momentum Indoor Climbing, a Salt Lake City-based indoor gym company, will open two Houston-area locations in 2017. Photo: Momentum Indoor Climbing, Contributed Photo Photo: Momentum Indoor Climbing, Contributed Photo Image 1 of / 11 Caption Close Utah company brings second indoor climbing gym to Houston area 1 / 11 Back to Gallery

Momentum Indoor Climbing has announced it will build a second indoor climbing gym in Houston, and this one will be the company's largest.

Momentum Silver Street is expected to open in summer 2017 in the Silver Street Studios area, near Silver and Edwards streets. The 40,000-square-foot facility will have 17,000 square feet for "bouldering," or climbing large indoor boulderlike objects, a 4,000-square-foot training area and a 1,000-square-foot area for cardio.

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The gym also will feature training walls, a second-floor yoga studio and a children's climbing area, according to Momentum.

The Silver Street gym is Momentum's second project in the Houston area. Construction began in July on a full-service, 36,000-square-foot climbing gym at 25410 Katy Mills Parkway that is expected to open in spring.

Momentum Indoor Climbing is based in Salt Lake City, with three gyms in Utah. The company says the Houston and Katy locations are the first phase of a national expansion plan.