www.thecrag.com - Rock Climbing North America

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Explore 63,742 climbs in North America. Check out www.thecrag.com, a project to create a global index of rock climbs as an online resource for rock climbers. Members use the site for trip planning, recording climbs they have done, tracking their progress, getting in touch with other climbers and sharing with their friends. As at 18 Nov 2006, thecrag.com has indexed 156,964 climbs and manages 299,215 distinct climbing ticks on behalf of its members (79,894 ticks in North America).

Crag Snapshot (the best of North America)

Get your Crag Snapshot for rock climbing in North America.

If you are new to North America, you might want to take a look at our two page Crag Snapshot PDF publication for rock climbing in North America. This publication is based on 79,894 climbing community ticks in North America. Among other things, Crag Snapshot gives you a summary of key climbing statistics for an area including, highest quality climbs, busiest climbs, iconic climbs for each grade and graphical profiles of climbs by grade, ticks by grade, ticks by season, climbing styles and overall climb quality.

Sub areas for North America Climbing

By becoming a member (it's quick, free and your email is optional) you can explore are 11,344 areas and 63,742 climbs in North America. Below is a list of the direct subareas to North America. Note that you will have to become a member to see the climbs listed for North America.

Members can add sub-areas and climbs online.

Become a Member

There is heaps to experience on the site once you have become a member, tens of thousands of climbers have already become members. Becoming a member is free, it only takes a minute, access is instant and your email is optional. Use the 'Create Account' button below to become a member.


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If you area already a member please use our standard entrance page to log on.

Share Photos

Share photos, see photos of climbs, follow photo tours of photographers and climbers and much much more.

10 things to do on the site

  1. Get in contact with climbers who have climbed in a particular area (or climb).
  2. Keep track of the climbs you have done and chart your progress.
  3. Fast electronic searches across multiple guidebooks for climbs of particular grades, height and/or guidebook star ratings.
  4. Keep in contact and up-to-date with what your friends are doing.
  5. See how your climbing is going compared with the rest of the community.
  6. Find guidebooks that cover an area (or climb).
  7. Find out what the climbing community really think about a climb (member tick comments and climb quality ratings).
  8. Get an overview of an area by creating Crag Snapshot two page PDF area summary.
  9. Create personalised lists of climbs (Crag Planners) including 80 busiest climbs and 80 highest quality climbs for any area.
  10. Get climb suggestions for an area (climbs that match your climbing profile).

Beta Net

Beta Net helps you get in contact with climbers who have climbed in an area. Members who have a a question about an area, can send a message to the accounts of other members who have climbed in that area. Responses will be delivered to your account.

Guidebooks & Local Businesses

Below is a list of rock climbing guidebooks for North America (number of climbs they cover for the area in parenthesis) and businesses that have listed in the sites business directory. Note that publishers may list their guidebooks for free, but business have to pay for listings. Log onto the site for more information about each listing.

Guidebooks

Climbing Gyms

Stores

Guiding & Instruction

Accomodation

Eating Out

Tourism & Travel

Other Area Links

Below you will find other links for North America that are not included in the business directory but do participate in www.thecrag.com's Reciprocal Links Program. If you want your website included, then follow the process outlined in the program notes. As well as being included here, you will linked into thecrag.com's climbing community and global index of climbs.