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 11528 locations, with detailed information on 3815 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
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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
Eulah Creek Northern NSW (Australia)	0*#0						XXX, XX., ..., .XX
Mordor Canyon Bajos del Toro (Costa Rica)	5*#26	4C1 III R (v3a3 V)	6-8h	3.4mi	1.3mi ↕1000ft	14r ↕131ft	.XX, X.., ..., ...	24 Mar 2026
Llirkave Southern Albania (Albania)	4*#2	3B II (v3a2 II)	4h			↕82ft	..., ..X, ..., X..
Planera Huesca (Spain)	2.8*#2	3B I (v3a2 II)	1.5-3h		↕591ft	↕82ft	..., XXX, xxx, ...	13 Jun 2017
Bee Canyon Upper Fork Santa Susana Mountains (California)	3*#1	3A II PG (v4a1 II)				3r ↕70ft
Quandary Canyon Southern Swell (Utah)	4.3*#38	4B III (v4a2 III)	7-10h		2.2mi ↕1119ft	7r ↕66ft	..., ..X, XXX, X..	22 Apr 2025
Cistern Canyon Southern Swell (Utah)	1.8*#8	3A III (v3a1 III)	4-6h			0r	XXX, XXX, xxx, XXX	26 May 2019
Wild Side Canyon Lake Mead NRA (Arizona/Nevada)	3.4*#6	3B III (v3a1 III)	5-6h			4-6r ↕120ft	XXX, XXX, ..., XXX	4 Apr 2026
Diana's Throne Canyon Mt Carmel (Utah)	3.3*#57	3A II (v3a1 I)	1.5-5h	2.7mi		11r ↕50ft	XXX, XXX, xxx, XXX	9 Nov 2025
Epinephrine Error Red Rock Canyon (Nevada)	3.5*#7	3A III (v3a1 III)	8.5h		0.4mi ↕1750ft	20r ↕125ft		7 Sep 2025
Buckeyes Canyon Eastern Reef (Utah)	4*#17	4B III (v4a2 III)	6-8h			11r ↕181ft	..., XXX, ..., XXX	26 Apr 2025
Fire Canyon (Capitol Reef National Park) Fruita District (Utah)	3.5*#10	3B II (v3a2 II)	5.5-8h			5-7r ↕125ft		5 Apr 2026
Endiandra Canyon Coffs Harbour (Australia)	3*#5	3C III (v3a3 II)	3.5-5.5h			10-11r ↕164ft	..., ..., XXX, ...	28 Jan 2026
Bangalore Canyon Coffs Harbour (Australia)	3.7*#12	3C III (v3a3 III)	4-5h			9r ↕82ft	XXX, XX., ..., .XX	6 Apr 2026
Gleniffer Canyon Coffs Harbour (Australia)	5*#7	4C2 X (v6a5 V)		9mi		15r ↕230ft	..., ..., ..., ...	4 Apr 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.