Beta

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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 11353 locations, with detailed information on 3680 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:

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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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Trachyotomy Canyon
Trachyte Area (Southeast Utah)
4.2*#193B III R (v5a2 III)3.5-7h5mi 1r ↕35ft



..., XXX, XXX, XXX
9 Apr 2023


Trail Canyon
Trachyte Area (Southeast Utah)
3.5*#143B III PG (v4a2 III)3-6h3.3mi 1.5mi ↕700ft2r ↕59ft



..., XXX, XXX, XXX
28 Mar 2025




Leprechaun Canyon (East Fork)
The Irish (Southeast Utah)
3.8*#583A III (v3a1 III)2-8h3.8mi 3r ↕50ft



XXX, XXX, xxx, XXX
15 Mar 2025




Leprechaun Canyon (Middle Fork)
The Irish (Southeast Utah)
4*#503A II PG (v4a1 II)2.5-3.5h3mi 0.7mi ↕500ft1-4r ↕25ft



xxx, XXX, xxx, XXX
3 Oct 2024




Leprechaun Canyon (West Fork)
The Irish (Southeast Utah)
3.6*#463A II (v3a1 II)2-4h3.1mi 0.6mi ↕380ft0-4r ↕45ft



..., XXX, ..., XXX
15 May 2025




Sandthrax Canyon
The Irish (Southeast Utah)
4.4*#114B III X (v6a2 III)3-8h 1r ↕35ft


XXX, XXX, xxx, XXX
29 Nov 2014

Eagle Creek
Oregon Side (Oregon/Washington)
4.8*#323C III R (v5a5 III)5-9h6.8mi 2.5mi ↕470ft3r ↕115ft




..., ..., .XX, X..
22 Jun 2025




Leze
Alava (Spain)
4.1*#213B II (v2a2 IV)3h 0.4mi ↕351ft ↕49ft


XXX, XXX, XXX, XXX
17 Jun 2017
Cesario Canyon
Big Tujunga Region (California)
0*#03A II (v3a1 II)4-6h 4r ↕140ft

Trilla
Ancona (Italy)
2.1*#33C III (v3a2 IV)3-4.5h 0.6mi ↕787ft25r ↕92ft




..., XXX, ..., ...
13 Dec 2015
Scaloni
Perugia (Italy)
0*#0 1.1mi ↕1280ft ↕157ft

..., XX., ..., ..X
Fortress
Blue Mountains (Australia)
2.5*#93B III (v2a2 II)4-6h 1.2mi ↕328ft1-3r ↕26ft



XXX, X.., ..., ...
7 Oct 2014

Looper Creek
Vancouver Island (British Columbia)
5*#33C II (v3a4 II)4h1.4mi 1.3mi ↕417ft0-1r ↕33ft



..., ..., XXX, ...
20 Aug 2024




Paradise Creek
South Cascades (Washington)
3.5*#23C1 III (v3a4 III) 6-7r ↕125ft



..., ..., XX., ...
8 Jun 2025




Sarcophagus
Blue Mountains (Australia)
2*#13A (v3a1 III) 6-7r ↕108ft
XXX, XX., ..., .XX

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Canyon mapper[edit]

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[edit]

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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