Beta

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Beta is simply information, usually regarding the nature of a trip or route and the challenges one might encounter. The word beta sprang from the climbing community and could have originally meant a Betamax video. Essentially the video of someone climbing a pitch.

These days beta typically takes the written form, but you can find excellent route information on YouTube.

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This site is currently documenting 11422 locations, with detailed information on 3743 locations.

Ropewiki hosts beta contributed by users but it also aggregates beta documented by other Beta Sites (including guide books).

Information on a specific canyon/cave may be found in many different ways:

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This site relies on users like you to grow and improve. Anyone can add beta or update beta posted by other users. We also welcome links to beta or trip reports posted on other sites.

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Silver Creek Canyon
Darrington Ranger District (Washington)
3.8*#163C I (v3a4 III) 2-3r ↕40ft



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5 Oct 2025




Wallace River Canyon
Darrington Ranger District (Washington)
4.6*#324C IV R (v5a3 III)6-12h4.7mi 0.8mi ↕899ft12-16r ↕170ft



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6 Oct 2025




Claustral Canyon
Blue Mountains (Australia)
4.9*#233B III (v3a3 III)8-9h 1.9mi ↕689ft4-6r ↕49ft



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27 Sep 2025




Bowens Creek North (Lower) Canyon
Blue Mountains (Australia)
3.2*#83B III (v2a2 III)5-6h 1.2mi ↕492ft2-3r ↕39ft



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Hart Creek
Idaho
0*#0
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Landers Falls
Snowy Mountains (Australia)
3.8*#44B IV (v4a2 IV)6-12h 6r ↕148ft


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4 Oct 2025




Leze
Alava (Spain)
4.1*#223B II (v2a2 IV)3h 0.4mi ↕351ft ↕49ft


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17 Jun 2017
Takamaka 3
Saint-Benoit (Reunion)
4.4*#84C1 III R (v5a4 V)5-6h 0.7mi ↕984ft ↕230ft


4 Oct 2016

Ladder Creek
Mt. Baker Ranger District (Washington)
4.8*#144C3 II R (v3a5 II)3-5h 9-12r ↕100ft



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19 Sep 2025




Tally Creek
Northern Oregon Cascades (Oregon)
0*#0
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Sardine Creek (East Fork)
Northern Oregon Cascades (Oregon)
4*#13C III (v3a4 III) 6-10r ↕90ft



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Sardine Creek
Northern Oregon Cascades (Oregon)
3.4*#123C III (v3a4 III)4-5h2.5mi 5-16r ↕90ft



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31 Jul 2020




East Hamongog
Wasatch Front (Utah)
4.4*#63C III (v3a3 II)3-9h5.2mi 0.5mi ↕700ft8-11r ↕100ft



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22 Sep 2024


Bungonia Main
Bungonia (Australia)
2.5*#24B (v4a2 IV) 5-6r ↕213ft



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3 Nov 2024




Swift Creek (Mt. St. Helens)
Mount St. Helens (Washington)
0*#03C2 II R (v5a5 II)0.8mi 0.3mi ↕160ft3-4r


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Canyon mapper[edit]

RopeWiki hosts a tool that allows the user to plot the elevation profile of a canyon simply by ctrl-clicking (⌘-clicking) on the top of that canyon. The accuracy depends on the character of the canyon and the quality of elevation data in the region. In the San Gabriels, this tool is extremely accurate -- accurate enough to distinguish most rappels and their heights in most canyons. For slot canyons in remote areas of Utah, it is worthless.

This tool works by measuring the 3D polygons automatically loaded onto the viewer's local machine when viewing a particular area with the Google Earth plugin. This means that getting the best results requires:

  • Waiting for the Google Earth data to fully load before measuring an elevation profile
  • Ensuring that the entire canyon is visible on the screen (off-screen areas are replaced with much lower-resolution polygons and will not yield good elevation profile results)
  • Zooming in as much as possible (when zoomed out away from a given area, Google Earth loads lower-resolution polygons because the higher-resolution ones are unnecessary to create a good visual image)


Waterflow gauges[edit]

Some canyons with flowing water have gauges installed and managed by agencies/utilities. Some of these gauges are connected live to the internet and some aren't. A wish list of gauges for creeks you'd like to see gauged or gauges needing live connection is kept here.