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 11358 locations, with detailed information on 3682 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
Sundance Canyon West Clear Creek Wilderness (Arizona)	4.4*#56	3B II (v3a2 II)	3-6h	1.5mi		2-5r ↕180ft	..., ..x, XXX, X..	1 Jul 2025
Rasiga Ossola (Italy)	4.5*#57	4C1 III (v4a4 IV)	4-9h		1.9mi ↕1804ft	29r ↕164ft	..., ..., .XX, XX.	9 Aug 2017
Cougar Creek NE Mount St. Helens (Washington)	3*#1	3C IV (v3a4 IV)		4.2mi	1.4mi ↕1350ft	8-13r ↕125ft	..., .XX, X.., ...	28 Jun 2025
Cougar Creek Mount St. Helens (Washington)	3.4*#4	3C1 IV (v3a4 IV)		4.5mi	1.7mi ↕1600ft	6-10r ↕130ft	..., ..., .X., ...	28 Jun 2025
Long Gravel Canyons Loop Cedar Mesa	4.6*#3	3B VI PG (v3a2 VI)	4-7 days	32mi		3r ↕70ft	..., .XX, ..., XX.	26 May 2025
Crystal Creek (White Chuck River) Darrington Ranger District (Washington)	2*#3						..., ..., .XX, X..	29 Jun 2025
Boundary Canyon Zion West Side (Utah)	4.3*#81	3C IV (v3a4 IV)	5.5-18h	6.6mi	1mi ↕948ft	10r ↕100ft	..., ..X, XXX, XXX	24 May 2025
Rachor Creek Alpine Lakes (Washington)	3.8*#14	3C IV (v3a4 IV)	5-10h	8mi	0.6mi ↕1257ft	7-13r ↕300ft	..., ..., .XX, X..	28 Jun 2025
Bell Creek Blue Mountains (Australia)	4.2*#4	2A III (v1a1 IV)	7-9h		2.2mi ↕492ft	0r ↕0ft	XXX, X.., ..., ...	7 Apr 2012
Starlight Wolgan Valley (Australia)	4*#4	3A (v2a1 II)				1-3r ↕82ft	XXX, XX., ..., .XX
HP South (West Fork) West Fork Oak Creek (Arizona)	2.4*#4	3A III (v3a1 III)	6-8h	5.4mi		6-8r ↕300ft	..., XXX, XXX, XXX	28 Jun 2025
Scatters Newnes Plateau (Australia)	2*#1	2B III (v1a2 III)				r	XXX, XX., ..., .XX
Watson’s Creek Canyon Brisbane (Australia)	2.8*#3	4A II (v4a1 II)	3.5h			3r ↕164ft		2 Feb 2025
Flaggy Creek Falls Brisbane (Australia)	0*#0	4B (v4a2)				4r ↕230ft
Cabbage Tree Canyon Brisbane (Australia)	3*#1	3B (v3a2)				5r ↕82ft		8 Dec 2024

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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.

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Beta

Information provided by automated processes. Authors are listed in chronological order.

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