ASCEND Pittsburgh to open new climbing wall facility at Rockwell Park in North Point Breeze

WPXI ROCKWELL PARK An aerial view of what has now been named Rockwell Park, an 800,000-square-foot business park redevelopment of a collection of established buildings n North Point Breeze on more than 20 acres. (Indovina Associates Architects)

By Tim Schooley – Reporter, Pittsburgh Business Times

PITTSBURGH — ASCEND Pittsburgh, a home-grown climbing wall venture that started on the South Side, is heading to Rockwell Park, the collection of properties in North Point Breeze being redeveloped into a mixed-use business park.

The company announced the new expansion plan on the ASCEND Pittsburgh website: “The ASCEND Climbing family is about to get a lot bigger with a new location planned for early-mid 2022 in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Point Breeze.”

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According to ASCEND, the new facility will be in Rockwell Park and will be 25,000 square feet, featuring 42-foot lead, “top-roping, and auto-belay walls, ample bouldering terrain, a tranquil yoga room, an array of fitness equipment and climbing training tools, slacklines,” along with a retail store.

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