About Red Rock Beta

Most climbing beta in the United States lives on one website owned by one company. That company closed its public data feed years ago. If it ever goes dark, decades of shared knowledge go with it.

Red Rock Beta is a small answer to that. The facts for every route we know about (grades, first ascents, lengths, bolt counts, coordinates) are kept in a plain, open archive that anyone can download and mirror, released into the public domain, in the same open tradition as OpenBeta. Anything a climber contributes here in their own words stays free too. What we're building on top of that, over time, is a deeper layer: full route descriptions, rappel and descent info, topos. That's the part we plan to eventually charge for, to fund doing it well.

This is built and maintained by passionate climbers who develop and maintain routes at Red Rock ourselves: bolting new lines, replacing worn hardware, upgrading anchors. That means we often know before anyone else when something on the wall actually changes: a new route going up, a rappel that used to need two ropes now needing just one, a bolt that got replaced. The plan is for all proceeds this app ever makes to go back into that same work.

What is in it

The map covers Red Rock Canyon, with grades, first-ascent parties, lengths, pitch and bolt counts, and links out to other sources. Coverage is broad but uneven. Coordinates are area-level for now, so a pin marks the wall, not the exact start.

How to help

Every route page has a “Suggest an edit” button. Corrections to facts are always welcome. If you want to add a description, write it in your own words from your own experience on the climb. Please do not paste text from Mountain Project, a guidebook, or anywhere else; grades, first ascents, and page numbers are facts and are fine to cite.

Privacy

No ads, no cookies, no sign-up. Your ticks and any areas you download for offline use stay on your device and are never sent anywhere.

To decide what to build next, we count anonymous usage: which pages and routes get viewed, what people search for, and where visitors come from. That's measured with Cloudflare Web Analytics and this site's own server. There are no user IDs and nothing ties it back to you. To opt out on a device, visit redrockbeta.com/?noanalytics once.

Use at your own risk

Climbing, canyoneering, and the approaches to reach them are inherently dangerous. People get seriously hurt or killed doing this. Nothing here replaces your own judgment, training, and a firsthand look at the rock, the protection, the anchors, and the descent.

This beta comes from a mix of imported sources and firsthand accounts, and some of it will be wrong, outdated, or missing. Grades, protection, bolt counts, descents, and closure info can all be off. Aztec sandstone loses much of its strength when wet, so give it a day or two to dry after rain or snow before climbing. Check current conditions and seasonal raptor closures with the land manager directly, not just here.

Using this site means you're responsible for your own safety and decisions. Red Rock Beta, its data, and the people who maintain it come with no warranty and no liability for any injury, loss, or damage.

Get in touch

Questions, partnership ideas, press, route beta you want to pass along: send a message.

Route facts licensed CC0 (public domain).