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 11425 locations, with detailed information on 3750 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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Lake Creek
East Cascades (Washington)
3.7*#23C I (v3a4 II)1-3h 3r ↕40ft


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22 Oct 2025




Silver Falls (Pagosa Springs)
Pagosa Springs (Colorado)
2.5*#73C1 I (v4a3 I)1h0.8mi 528ft ↕180ft3r ↕165ft



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6 Jun 2025



Black Canyon (Lemhi Range)
Idaho
2*#12A I (v2a1 II)



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Moulin de Roubion
Alpes-Maritimes (France)
4*#994B II (v4a2 III)3-3.5h 0.2mi ↕656ft9r ↕197ft


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9 Aug 2017

Heaps Canyon
Zion Main Canyon (Utah)
5*#914B V R (v5a2 V)12h-2 days10.5mi 25r ↕290ft




20 Oct 2025




Son Gallard
Mallorca (Spain)
2.7*#104A II (v4a1 I)3-4.5h ↕1050ft ↕115ft


XXX, XXX, XXX, XXX
8 Apr 2016

Guix
Mallorca (Spain)
3*#14A II (v4a1 III)4h 0.3mi ↕919ft ↕148ft

16 Apr 2017

SkyFall
Eastern Oregon (Oregon)
4*#13A II (v3a1 II)2-4h 0.8mi 3r ↕130ft



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Upper Lesslie Gulch (Top Down)
Eastern Oregon (Oregon)
4*#23A II PG (v4a1 V) 2r ↕150ft



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12 Oct 2025




Bear Creek Canyon
Ouray (Colorado)
4.6*#243C3 III (v4a4 IV)4.5-6.5h3.3mi 1.1mi ↕990ft9r ↕65ft



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31 Aug 2025




Greenleaf Creek
Washington Side (Oregon/Washington)
2*#43C II (v3a4 II)3-4h3.7mi 686ft ↕200ft3-5r ↕75ft



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19 Oct 2025




Montezuma Canyon
Ticaboo Mesa (Utah)
4.4*#174B III (v4a2 III)5-8h3.2mi 4r ↕260ft



25 May 2024
Gargoyles Canyon
Darrington Ranger District (Washington)
3.7*#83C IV (v4a3 V)6-10.5h6.6mi 0.4mi ↕1100ft9r ↕170ft



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13 Oct 2025

Butterbox Canyon
Blue Mountains (Australia)
4.1*#164C III (v4a3 IV)6.5h 0.5mi ↕591ft6-11r ↕66ft


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1 Jan 2025




Bindook Chasm
Kanangra (Australia)
3*#23B III (v4a2 III)5-7h 7r ↕148ft


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12 Oct 2025




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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.