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Jewart's Gymnastics / Climb North / The Wild Woods offers gymnastics, climbing, and nature based programming. Children can take part in preschool gymnastics, recreational gymnastics, co-ed, boys, girls, and rhythmic gymnastics, as well as cheer, tumbling, trampoline & tumbling (TNT), Xcel, and competitive girls’ and boys’ teams. The program also includes bouldering, auto-belay climbing, and other climbing activities, along with The Wild Woods Forest Kindergarten program for nature-based learning.
• Schedule: Jewart's Gymnastics business hours are Monday–Friday 9:00 am–9:00 pm and Saturday 9:00 am–1:00 pm, and it is closed on Sunday; Climb North’s business hours are Monday–Friday 1:00 pm–9:00 pm and Saturday–Sunday 12:00 pm–4:00 pm.
Jewart’s Gymnastics was established in 1969, Climb North in 1993, and The Wild Woods in 2017. The business is family owned and operated and has more than 100 staff members. The leadership team includes Mrs. Elaine Jewart (Owner - President), Katie Hilko (Director of Gym Operations), Justin Mech (Manager of Climb North), Pat Hilko (Director of The Wild Woods), and Kristen Gulakowski (Office Manager). Mrs. Elaine Jewart is a Hall of Fame athlete from Slippery Rock University, a recipient of Pennsylvania's 50 Best Women in Business, an award winner from the Women and Girls Foundation for “Leveling the Playing Field” for women, and a top 25 Women in Pittsburgh honoree. Justin Mech has over 20 years of climbing experience and 20 years working at Climb North, and Pat Hilko has an education in Environmental Studies.
The program’s mission is to prepare children for a world of possibilities by developing their talents and building their character through the teaching of gymnastics, climbing, and nature based programming, with a goal of helping them develop skills that will prepare them for a lifelong commitment to physical fitness and good health. The facility includes a 12,000-square-foot team gym, a 10,000-square-foot recreational gym, a dedicated 5,000-square-foot climbing area, a pommel room, and 2 air-conditioned preschool rooms. It is equipped with multiple foam pits, competition spring floors, a rhythmic floor, uneven bars, balance beams, parallel bars, high bars, rings stations, vault tables, pommel horses, mushrooms, tumble traks, competition trampolines, a double mini trampoline, and a rod floor, as well as a climbing wall with a cave and 3 auto-belay climbing walls. The gyms are video-monitored, and there is an on-site physical therapist. Families can use a mobile application for enrollment, attendance checking, party booking, and announcements, and an online pro shop is available for gymnastics leotards, chalk, and climbing rentals and supplies.
Last updated August 16, 2026.
• Schedule: Jewart's Gymnastics business hours are Monday–Friday 9:00 am–9:00 pm and Saturday 9:00 am–1:00 pm, and it is closed on Sunday; Climb North’s business hours are Monday–Friday 1:00 pm–9:00 pm and Saturday–Sunday 12:00 pm–4:00 pm.
Jewart’s Gymnastics was established in 1969, Climb North in 1993, and The Wild Woods in 2017. The business is family owned and operated and has more than 100 staff members. The leadership team includes Mrs. Elaine Jewart (Owner - President), Katie Hilko (Director of Gym Operations), Justin Mech (Manager of Climb North), Pat Hilko (Director of The Wild Woods), and Kristen Gulakowski (Office Manager). Mrs. Elaine Jewart is a Hall of Fame athlete from Slippery Rock University, a recipient of Pennsylvania's 50 Best Women in Business, an award winner from the Women and Girls Foundation for “Leveling the Playing Field” for women, and a top 25 Women in Pittsburgh honoree. Justin Mech has over 20 years of climbing experience and 20 years working at Climb North, and Pat Hilko has an education in Environmental Studies.
The program’s mission is to prepare children for a world of possibilities by developing their talents and building their character through the teaching of gymnastics, climbing, and nature based programming, with a goal of helping them develop skills that will prepare them for a lifelong commitment to physical fitness and good health. The facility includes a 12,000-square-foot team gym, a 10,000-square-foot recreational gym, a dedicated 5,000-square-foot climbing area, a pommel room, and 2 air-conditioned preschool rooms. It is equipped with multiple foam pits, competition spring floors, a rhythmic floor, uneven bars, balance beams, parallel bars, high bars, rings stations, vault tables, pommel horses, mushrooms, tumble traks, competition trampolines, a double mini trampoline, and a rod floor, as well as a climbing wall with a cave and 3 auto-belay climbing walls. The gyms are video-monitored, and there is an on-site physical therapist. Families can use a mobile application for enrollment, attendance checking, party booking, and announcements, and an online pro shop is available for gymnastics leotards, chalk, and climbing rentals and supplies.
Last updated August 16, 2026.
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