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 11318 locations, with detailed information on 3634 locations.

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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
Rosewood Canyon Coffs Harbour (Australia)	3.8*#8	4C (v4a3 III)				8r ↕131ft	XXX, XX., ..., .XX	24 Jan 2025
KC Canyon San Bernardino Mountains (California)	3.7*#3	3A II (v4a1 IV)	5-6h	2.5mi	0.5mi ↕1000ft	12r ↕100ft	XXX, XX., ..., .XX	19 Jan 2025
Kanangra Main Kanangra (Australia)	4.6*#12	4C IV (v4a3 V)	8-12h		↕656ft	17r ↕190ft	XXX, X.., ..., ..X	18 Jan 2025
Styx Canyon (North Fork) Black Mountains North (Death Valley National Park)	4.6*#22	3A IV (v3a1 IV)	7-11h	5.9mi	4.1mi ↕4446ft	16-22r ↕105ft	XXX, X.., ..., ..X	18 Jan 2025
Elder Canyon Flagstaff (Arizona)	2*#5	3A III (v3a1 III)	2-6h			1-2r ↕100ft	xxx, xxX, XxX, Xxx	15 Jan 2025
Rimrock Canyon Colorado National Monument (Colorado)	2*#1	3A I (v3a1 III)	2h	0.8mi	792ft ↕270ft	4r ↕130ft	XXX, XX., ..., XXX	12 Jan 2025
Big Alder Creek Northern Oregon Cascades (Oregon)	2*#4	3C I (v3a4 I)	2-3h	0.6mi	0.2mi	3-4r ↕70ft	..., .xX, Xx., ...	12 Jan 2025
Young Creek Oregon Side (Oregon/Washington)	3.8*#9	3C1 II (v4a4 IV)	4-5h	0.6mi	739ft ↕350ft	7r ↕115ft	XXX, XXX, XX., ...	12 Jan 2025
Deadman's Hollow Sedona (Arizona)	3*#7	3A III (v3a1 III)	5h	3.8mi	0.9mi	3r ↕250ft	XXX, ..., ..., ...	11 Jan 2025
Sabine Falls Otways (Australia)	4*#2	4B (v4a2 II)				7r ↕89ft		11 Jan 2025
Walker Gulch Zion East Side (Utah)	3.3*#6	3A III (v3a1 III)	3.5-7h	6.2mi	1.5mi	4r ↕150ft	..., XXX, XXX, XXX	11 Jan 2025
Wilson Falls Coastal Range (Oregon)	2*#2	3C I (v3a4 I)				1r ↕120ft	XXX, ..., ..., ...	5 Jan 2025
Eaton Canyon San Gabriels Front Range (California)	4.6*#82	3B IV (v3a2 IV)	5-12h	7.5mi	2mi ↕1000ft	4-7r ↕75ft	..., XXX, X.., ...	5 Jan 2025
Hiker Bob Canyon San Gabriels Front Range (California)	2.8*#4	3A III PG (v4a1 III)		5.1mi		8r ↕300ft	XXX, XX., ..., .XX	5 Jan 2025
Rubio Canyon San Gabriels Front Range (California)	3.6*#63	3B II (v3a2 II)	3-6h	1.6mi		4-12r ↕100ft	XXX, XXX, xxx, XXX	5 Jan 2025
Black Star Canyon Orange County (California)	2.4*#4	3A III (v3a1 III)	2-8h	8.2mi	472ft ↕121ft	1r ↕150ft	.XX, XX., ..., ...	4 Jan 2025
Salitre Ibagué (Colombia)	4*#6	4C1 IV (v4a4 II)	6.5-10.5h		0.9mi ↕1148ft	12-15r ↕148ft	XXX, XXX, XXX, XXX	4 Jan 2025
Galena Creek South Cascades (Washington)	3.7*#2	4B I (v4a2 II)	1.5-3h		↕600ft	1-5r ↕115ft	..., .XX, XX., ...	4 Jan 2025
Endiandra Canyon Coffs Harbour (Australia)	2.8*#4						XXX, XX., ..., .XX	3 Jan 2025
Carrolls Creek New England Tableland (Australia)	5*#2	4C1 III (v4a4 IV)	7.5h			↕115ft	XXX, XX., ..., .XX	3 Jan 2025
Urumbilum Canyon Coffs Harbour (Australia)	4.4*#6	4C1 III (v4a4 III)	8h			9r ↕171ft	XXX, XX., ..., .XX	2 Jan 2025
Gonzalez Ibagué (Colombia)	5*#3	4C2 III X (v6a5 IV)	5.5-7.5h		0.4mi ↕984ft	12r ↕164ft	XXX, XXX, XXX, XXX	2 Jan 2025
La Cascada Ibagué (Colombia)	4.8*#3	4C1 III R (v5a4 III)	5.5-7.5h		0.9mi ↕1476ft	22r ↕98ft	XXX, XXX, XXX, XXX	2 Jan 2025
Nikon Draw Superstition Mountains (Arizona)	3*#8	3B I (v3a2 I)	1.5-3h			5-6r ↕50ft	xxx, xxx, ..., xxx	1 Jan 2025
Purgatory Canyon (North Fork) Black Mountains North (Death Valley National Park)	3.8*#9	3A IV (v3a1 IV)	10-13h	7.1mi	1.7mi ↕3156ft	17r ↕120ft	XXX, X.., ..., ..X	1 Jan 2025

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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
Grendel Canyon Eureka Dunes (Death Valley National Park)	4*#1	3A IV (v3a1 IV)				11r ↕250ft	XXX, X.., ..., ..X
This Here Canyon San Bernardino Mountains (California)	2.7*#2	4A II (v4a1 II)	3-5h	1.5mi		8r ↕75ft		6 Feb 2016
Half Dilly Sedona (Arizona)	3.6*#28	3A II (v3a1 II)	2.5-4.5h	2.3mi		4r ↕170ft	xxx, XXX, xxx, XXX	16 Dec 2024
Nortosce Perugia (Italy)	0*#0	3A II (v4a1 V)			↕1237ft	12r ↕108ft	..., ..., ..., ...
Serendipity Blue Mountains (Australia)	3.4*#12	3B II (v2a2 III)	4h		0.6mi ↕328ft	6r ↕66ft	XXX, X.., ..., ..X	10 Oct 2014
Ute canyon (Salix Fork) Colorado National Monument (Colorado)	3*#1	3A III (v3a1 III)	5h			2r ↕240ft	XXX, XXX, XXX, XXX
Keane Canyon Funeral Mountains (Death Valley National Park)	4*#13	3A III (v3a1 III)	6.5-8h	5.3mi	2.4mi ↕2303ft	7r ↕135ft	XXX, X.., ..., ..X	20 Dec 2024
Young Creek Oregon Side (Oregon/Washington)	3.8*#9	3C1 II (v4a4 IV)	4-5h	0.6mi	739ft ↕350ft	7r ↕115ft	XXX, XXX, XX., ...	12 Jan 2025
Big Alder Creek Northern Oregon Cascades (Oregon)	2*#4	3C I (v3a4 I)	2-3h	0.6mi	0.2mi	3-4r ↕70ft	..., .xX, Xx., ...	12 Jan 2025
Dog Creek Indian Cave Southern Oregon Cascades (Oregon)	0*#0	Caving					..., ..., .XX, X..
Deady Caves Southern Oregon Cascades (Oregon)	0*#0	Caving					..., ..., .XX, X..
Spiderman Creek Central Oregon Cascades (Oregon)	3*#2	3C II (v3a4 II)		0.7mi	479ft ↕203ft	2r ↕130ft	..., XXX, ..., XXX	23 Mar 2014
Gold Creek Northern Oregon Cascades (Oregon)	2*#1	3B I (v2a2 I)		2.4mi	0.7mi ↕157ft	1r ↕20ft	..., ..., .XX, X..
Opal Creek (Upper Section) Northern Oregon Cascades (Oregon)	3*#1	3C IV (v3a4 IV)		7.9mi	4.2mi ↕1322ft	5r ↕150ft	..., ..., .XX, X..
Elkhorn Mountain Creek Northern Oregon Cascades (Oregon)	3*#2	3C1 III (v3a4 III)				9-12r ↕175ft	..., .xX, Xx., ...	6 May 2017

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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.

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