Crash Pad Reviews

No gear is more essential to modern bouldering than the crash pad. Climbing magazine has tested dozens of bouldering crash pads for durability, functionality, and value, and these field-tested reviews will help you choose the best pad.
  • 2012 Gear Guide: Bouldering

    2012 Gear Guide: Bouldering

    Climbing magazine's editors present 2012's best crasphads and hangboards, plus the Mountain Project iPhone app.

  • 2010 Gear Guide: Asana Green Highball Pad

    Asana Climbing decided to create an environmentally-friendly crashpad.

  • 2009 Gear Guide: Metolius Climbing Colossus

    In 2009, bigger is the bouldering rage: bigger hucks, bigger boulders, and bigger crashpads. Oregon-based Metolius Climbing (metoliusclimbing.com) is in synch with this trend, this year replacing their Behemoth with the Colossus boulder pad.

  • From Monsters to Bastards

    Climbing Gear review

    From trail runners and a crashpad to biners and helmets, a roundup of some of the best rock climbing and ice climbing gear.

  • Climbing Crash Pad Review

    Like most great inventions, the crash pad is slap-your-forehead simple. Take some sturdy slabs of foam, cover with durable fabric, attach shoulder straps and handles for maneuverability.