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 11540 locations, with detailed information on 3826 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:

• By using the search box in the upper right hand corner (direct search)
• By searching near a geographic location
• By choosing a region of interest
• Browse by name

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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.

• Add a new location
• Fix or update existing information
• Define a new region
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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
Gleniffer Canyon Coffs Harbour (Australia)	5*#9	4C2 X (v6a5 V)		9mi		15r ↕230ft	..., ..., ..., ...	26 Apr 2026
Dry Creek Oregon Side (Oregon/Washington)	4.5*#9	3C III (v3a3 III)	6h	3mi		5r ↕80ft	..., ..X, XXX, X..	22 Jun 2025
Buckeyes Canyon Eastern Reef (Utah)	3.8*#19	4B III (v4a2 III)	6-8h			11r ↕181ft	..., XXX, ..., XXX	9 May 2026
Nymboida Narrows Canyon Coffs Harbour (Australia)	4.6*#4	4C II (v4a3 II)	3-5h			2-3r ↕98ft	XXX, XX., ..., .XX	9 May 2026
Sandy Chasm Northern Oregon Cascades (Oregon)	3*#1	3C I PG (v4a1 I)				3r ↕60ft	XXX, XXX, X.., ..X
Stafford Creek Coastal Range (Oregon)	3.6*#20	3C1 II (v3a4 II)	2-5h	0.8mi		7-10r ↕75ft	..., XXX, ..., ...	10 May 2026
Barrosas Flores (Azores)	4.3*#8	3C II X (v3a4 III)	3-6h		0.8mi ↕574ft	8r ↕98ft	..., .XX, XXX, XX.	26 Jun 2017
Gargantuan Canyon Funeral Mountains (Death Valley National Park)	3.7*#2	4A IV (v4a1 IV)				3r ↕540ft	XXX, X.., ..., ..X
Suiattle Falls Darrington Ranger District (Washington)	4*#3	3C III (v4a3 VI)	5.5-8.5h			15r ↕200ft	..., .XX, X.., ...	25 Apr 2026
Patterson Creek (Upper) Sierra National Forest (California)	4*#3	4B III PG (v4a2 III)		2.5mi	0.2mi ↕1080ft	7r ↕390ft	..., ..X, XXX, ...	6 Jul 2025
Star Creek South Cascades (Washington)	4*#4	3C III (v3a4 III)		5.5mi	0.5mi ↕1140ft	6-9r ↕190ft	..., XXX, ..., ...	9 May 2026
Columbus Canyon Colorado National Monument (Colorado)	2.7*#5	3A II (v3a1 I)	3.5h	3.6mi		2-3r ↕80ft	XXX, XXX, xxx, XXX	22 Nov 2025
Redemption Canyon Trachyte Area (Southeast Utah)	4.6*#7	4B V (v4a2 V)	15-20h	66ft		8r ↕70ft	..., XXX, ..., XXX	10 May 2025
Ladder Creek Mt. Baker Ranger District (Washington)	4.8*#14	4C3 II R (v3a5 II)	3-5h			9-12r ↕100ft	..., ..., ..X, X..	19 Sep 2025
Family Camp Zion East Side (Utah)	3.8*#8	4B III (v3a2 III)	7-10h			2-6r ↕60ft	..., XXX, ..., ...	9 May 2026

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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)

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.