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 11523 locations, with detailed information on 3812 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
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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.

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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
Emerald Canyon (Lower) North Shore (Hawaii)	3.8*#3	3C II (v3a4 II)	1.5-2.5h	1mi		4r ↕90ft	.XX, XXX, ..., ...	26 Dec 2016
Knucklehead Canyon (Wailua Nui Stream) North Shore (Hawaii)	5*#2	3C III (v3a5 III)	5-7h	2.5mi	0.8mi ↕700ft	10r ↕110ft	XXX, XXX, XXX, XXX
Emerald Canyon North Shore (Hawaii)	5*#4	3C III (v3a4 III)				10r ↕80ft	XXX, XXX, XXX, XXX	15 Dec 2025
Offset yourself to the flow East Cascades (Washington)	3*#1	3C III (v3a4 II)	5.5-8h	2.5mi	1mi ↕600ft	7-8r ↕50ft	..., ..., .XX, XX.	30 Jul 2023
Black Hole of White Canyon Cedar Mesa	4.5*#40	3B III (v2a2 III)	4-8h	7.8mi	4.3mi ↕335ft	0-2r ↕15ft	..., XXX, XXX, XXX	17 Oct 2025
Bee Canyon Upper Fork Santa Susana Mountains (California)	3*#1	3A I (v3a1 I)				1r ↕70ft
Langille Peak View Waterslide (aka "the warmup") South Cascades (Washington)	0*#0	3C1 II (v3a4 II)				5r ↕220ft	XXX, XXX, ..., ...	14 Apr 2025
Davis Creek Canyon South Cascades (Washington)	4.7*#82	3C2 II (v4a4 III)	2-6h		↕423ft	5-10r ↕120ft	..., ..., .XX, X..	28 Sep 2025
Rock Canyon (St. George) St. George (Utah)	0*#0	3B IV (v3a2 IV)					XXX, XX., ..., .XX
Young's Creek Falls Darrington Ranger District (Washington)	3*#3	3C1 I PG (v3a4 II)	40min-1h	0.4mi	528ft ↕65ft	1r ↕70ft	..., ..., XXX, XXX	2 Sep 2025
Lake Face Canyon Otago (New Zealand)	3*#2	4B I (v4a2 III)	1.5-3.5h			10r ↕131ft	.XX, X.., ..., ...	9 Feb 2026
Chamana Waterfalls Ecuador	0*#0	3C1 II (v4a4 II)
Infierno (Cuenca) Cuenca (Spain)	0*#0
Bubba's Hideout Canyon Nevada	4*#1	3A III (v3a1 III)	5-7h	6.5mi	1.3mi	8r ↕210ft	XXX, XX., ..., .XX
Bird Shit Alley Burr Pass (Southeast Utah)	0*#0	3A III R (v5a1 III)	4-6.5h	7mi	1mi	1-2r	..., XXX, ..., XXX	24 Feb 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.