Beta

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 10897 locations, with detailed information on 3370 locations.

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

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↓ Click on icon to locate on map Location	My ratings Quality	French rating Rating	Time	Metric Hike	Descent	Raps	Info	Conditions
YOUR RATINGS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN, CLICK ON THE STARS TO ADD/CHANGE RATINGS, X TO DELETE
Miyagi Sedona (Arizona)	3.2*#13	3A I (v3a1 I)	1.5-3h			4r ↕50ft	..., ..., ..., ...	1 Dec 2023
Bobcats Canyon Sedona (Arizona)	2.7*#24	3A II (v3a1 II)	2-5h	2.5mi		3-4r ↕200ft	XXX, XX., ..., .XX	29 Nov 2023
Deer Creek (Middle Arm Redwall) Grand Canyon (Arizona)	4.3*#11	3B VI (v3a2 VI)	2-4 days	20mi		↕75ft	..., XXX, XXX, XXX	27 Nov 2023
Coyote Canyon (Left Fork) San Gabriels Front Range (California)	3*#4	3A III (v3a1 III)				15r ↕100ft		27 Nov 2023
Purtyman Falls Sedona (Arizona)	3.5*#2	3A II (v3a1 II)	3.5-6h			r ↕300ft	XXX, XXX, ..., .XX	27 Nov 2023
Midget Rattler Escalante (Utah)	3.7*#9	3A II PG (v4a1 II)				↕100ft		26 Nov 2023
Grizzly Canyon (Sedona) Sedona (Arizona)	4.3*#35	3A III (v3a1 III)	4.5-8h	6.5mi		6r ↕180ft	..., XXx, ..., xX.	26 Nov 2023
Deadman's Descent Sedona (Arizona)	3.6*#22	3A III PG (v4a1 III)	6-8h	3.5mi		7r ↕180ft	..., XXX, ..., XXX	25 Nov 2023
Big Bear Sedona (Arizona)	4*#9	3A III PG (v5a1 VI)	5-9h	4.3mi	-1921ft	10r ↕200ft	..., XXX, ..., XXX	25 Nov 2023
Via Ferrata Terrisi Nuevo Leon (Mexico)	5*#2	Via Ferrata	3-5h	3.5mi		1r ↕90ft	XXX, XXX, ..., XXX	25 Nov 2023
Headless Duck Escalante (Utah)	3.4*#7	3A III (v3a1 III)	3-7h			↕150ft	..., XXX, ..., XXX	25 Nov 2023
Potholy Grail Escalante (Utah)	4*#2	POI 3A I PG (v4a1 I)				0-r ↕100ft		25 Nov 2023
Duncan Creek Washington Side (Oregon/Washington)	3.5*#16	3C II (v3a4 II)		1.6mi	0.6mi ↕461ft	9r ↕30ft	..., .xX, Xxx, ...	25 Nov 2023
Jumpup Canyon Grand Canyon (Arizona)	3.8*#6	1A VI (v1a1 VI)	2-4 days	25mi			..., XXX, XXX, XXX	24 Nov 2023
Hades Knoll Grand Canyon (Arizona)	4*#13	3B VI (v3a2 VI)	2-4 days			↕50ft	..., XXX, XXX, XXX	24 Nov 2023
Half Dilly Sedona (Arizona)	3.7*#21	3A II (v3a1 II)	2.5-4.5h	2.3mi		4r ↕170ft	xxx, XXX, xxx, XXX	24 Nov 2023
Yankee Doodle Hollow St. George (Utah)	3*#74	3B I (v3a2 I)	1-4h	1mi		1-2r ↕73ft	..., XXX, XXX, XXX	24 Nov 2023
String of Pearls Red Rock Canyon (Nevada)	3.5*#25	3B IV (v3a2 IV)	8-12h	5.6mi		11r ↕200ft	..., XXX, XXX, XXX	24 Nov 2023
Matacanes Nuevo Leon (Mexico)	5*#20	3C IV (v3a4 IV)	8-10.5h	8mi	2.5mi ↕820ft	2r ↕100ft	..., XXX, XXX, XX.	24 Nov 2023
Kanab Creek Grand Canyon (Arizona)	3.7*#11	1B VI (v1a2 VI)	4-6 days	43.3mi			..., XXX, XXX, XXX	23 Nov 2023
Emerald Canyon North Shore (Hawaii)	4.3*#2	3C III (v3a4 III)				10r ↕80ft	XXX, XXX, XXX, XXX	23 Nov 2023
Spyhole Canyon Sedona (Arizona)	3.6*#26	3A II PG (v4a1 II)	3-6h	3.1mi	0.3mi ↕650ft	3-5r ↕170ft	XXX, XXX, xxx, XXX	23 Nov 2023
Cassidy Canyon Capitol Reef National Park (Utah)	4.5*#63	3A II (v3a1 II)	3.5-6.5h	2.1mi	0.2mi	7r ↕140ft	XXX, XXX, XXX, XXX	23 Nov 2023
Chipitin Nuevo Leon (Mexico)	5*#16	4C III (v4a4 III)	5-6h	1.6mi	0.3mi ↕440ft	7r ↕150ft	..., XXX, XXX, ...	23 Nov 2023
End of the Rope Sedona (Arizona)	3.4*#12	4A II (v4a1 II)	2.5-5h	3mi	0.2mi ↕681ft	4-5r ↕220ft	xxx, xxx, ..., xxx	23 Nov 2023

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Recently modified locations

↓ Click on icon to locate on map Location	My ratings Quality	French rating Rating	Time	Metric Hike	Descent	Raps	Info	Conditions
YOUR RATINGS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN, CLICK ON THE STARS TO ADD/CHANGE RATINGS, X TO DELETE
Purtyman Falls Sedona (Arizona)	3.5*#2	3A II (v3a1 II)	3.5-6h			r ↕300ft	XXX, XXX, ..., .XX	27 Nov 2023
Dandahra Falls Gibraltar Range (Australia)	3*#1	4C2 IV (v4a5 IV)				10r ↕246ft	XXX, XX., ..., .XX
Dandahra Canyon Gibraltar Range (Australia)	3.3*#2	4C2 IV R (v5a5 V)	7-10h			9r ↕213ft	XXX, XX., ..., .XX
Quelital Creek Western Juan Castro Blanco Parque Nacional (Costa Rica)	3*#4	3C III (v4a3 II)		3.1mi	1.4mi	7r ↕164ft	.XX, X.., ..., ...	18 Mar 2023
Tierdrop Canyon Arches National Park (Utah)	2.9*#31	3A II (v3a1 II)	2-4h			3r ↕132ft	XXX, XXX, XXX, XXX	20 Feb 2017
U-Turn Canyon Arches National Park (Utah)	2.7*#35	3A II (v3a1 II)	2-4h	1mi	0.4mi ↕203ft	3r ↕102ft	XXX, XXX, XXX, XXX	24 Sep 2023
Not Tierdrop Canyon Arches National Park (Utah)	3*#23	3A II (v3a1 II)	2-4h			2r ↕197ft	XXX, XXX, XXX, XXX	12 May 2023
Pasadena Glen San Gabriels Front Range (California)	2.8*#11	3B III (v3a2 III)	5-13h	6mi	1.6mi ↕1929ft	12r ↕90ft		18 Dec 2022
Brezos Tenerife	0*#0		3.5-4h		↕466ft	↕39ft	XXX, XXX, XXX, XXX
Duncan Creek Washington Side (Oregon/Washington)	3.5*#16	3C II (v3a4 II)		1.6mi	0.6mi ↕461ft	9r ↕30ft	..., .xX, Xxx, ...	25 Nov 2023
Snake River (North Fork) (I-70 Mountains) I-70 Mountains (Colorado)	3*#3	3C3 I (v3a6 I)	30min-1h	0.2mi	330ft ↕80ft	1r ↕60ft	..., ..., .XX, X..
Potholy Grail Escalante (Utah)	4*#2	POI 3A I PG (v4a1 I)				0-r ↕100ft		25 Nov 2023
Souther Creek Washington Side (Oregon/Washington)	2.4*#6	3C1 II (v3a4 II)	2-3h	0.8mi		2r ↕110ft	..., .XX, X.., ...	28 Nov 2020
Headless Duck Escalante (Utah)	3.4*#7	3A III (v3a1 III)	3-7h			↕150ft	..., XXX, ..., XXX	25 Nov 2023
Grizzly Canyon (Sedona) Sedona (Arizona)	4.3*#35	3A III (v3a1 III)	4.5-8h	6.5mi		6r ↕180ft	..., XXx, ..., xX.	26 Nov 2023

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Canyon mapper

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)

NOTE: Google Earth API has been discontinued, so this tool may or may not work depending on what version of Google Earth you have installed. The Canyon Mapper module included in Ropewiki Explorer provides similar functionality but does not use the obsoleted API.

Waterflow gauges

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.