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Beyond the Guidebook: The Definitive Climbing Resource


Mountain Project: A Free, Crowd-Sourced Guide to Climbing the World

Crags and routes are submitted to Mountain Project by users around the world. The data is managed and organized by Regional Admins, all of whom volunteer their time, skill, and knowledge for the benefit of all climbers. The site is operated by one of its original founders, Nick Wilder.

The Backstory

On a sunny day in January 2000, Myke Komarnitsky dreamed up a new web site while climbing in Eldorado Canyon. That night, he began ClimbingBoulder.com and started documenting local climbs. The idea spread to a dozen different websites across the US including Joshua Tree, Moab, Red Rock, & more.

In 2005, two longtime climbing buddies Andy Laakmann and Nick Wilder built Mountain Project and imported the data from the old sites with Myke's help as he moved on to grad school. Mountain Project was built to take climbing beta beyond the guidebook, and become the definitive climbing resource for climbers across the globe.

In 2015, REI acquired Mountain Project to solidify the future of this amazing resource for the climbing community. Every line of code was redone from ground zero and traffic skyrocketed. In 2020, REI returned Mountain Project to its founders.

In 2020, onX Maps, a pioneer in outdoor digital navigation, aquired of Adventure Projects, Inc.

Top contributors

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43,362 points

Site stats

Routes
306,300

Areas
71,139

Photos
739,332

Comments
559,316

Forum posts
1,835,140

Regional Admins: Mountain Project is run by volunteers. These are the heroes that manage the content.
20 kN Hawaii
Aaron Brouwer Holy Boulders
Aaron Mc Red Rocks, Queen Creek Canyon, Illinois
Aaron Parlier Virginia, North Carolina
Adam Stackhouse California
adrian montaño Southern Arizona
Aeon Aki Vedauwoo, Joe's Valley
Alex R Vietnam, Portugal
Alvaro Arnal Independence Pass, Lime Park (a.k.a. Lime Creek), Glenwood Springs, Carbondale Area, Rifle
Amadeus DeKastle Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Amanda Smith The New River Gorge Region
Andrew Gram Utah
andy patterson Central Coast
Andy Riley Myanmar
Andy Weinmann Seneca Rocks
Angelique Brown Morocco, Colombia
Anna Brown New Mexico
applewood Okanogan
Aron Quiter San Francisco Bay Area, Pinnacles National Park, Northeast California, Sierra Eastside, Lake Tahoe
BDalhaus *Pawtuckaway, -Clifton Crags
Ben Strobel Wisconsin
Big Red Kenya
Billy Simek Kentucky
Bob Moseley Yunnan Province
Bogdan Petre Chamonix Mont Blanc, Mont Blanc Range
Brad Fauteux *Pawtuckaway, Stone Fort, *Rumney Bouldering, Clough State Park, Smugglers' Notch Bouldering
Braden Batsford British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
Bradley Mark Edwards Grand Junction Area, Bahamas
Brennan Crellin Northeast Oregon
Brian Boyd Arizona, Thailand, Hong Kong
Brice Pollock Madagascar
Bruce Hildenbrand Pinnacles National Park
C Miller Joshua Tree National Park, Tahquitz & Suicide Rocks, San Bernardino Mountains, High Desert, Inland Empire
C S Maryland
Cameron Fraser North Island
Chan Kim South Korea
Chris Owen High Sierra, Stoney Point, United Kingdom
chris tregge Wisconsin
Chris Whisenhunt The New River Gorge Region
Christian Storms Japan
Christopher Buckley Okinawa Prefecture
Colby Wangler I-80 Corridor
Colin Parker San Jacinto Mountains
Cory B Southern-Western Sierra
Courtney Curtner Ohio
D C Utah
Dan Flynn Switzerland, China
Dan W Thacher State Park
Daniel Birdwell Tajikistan
Danny O'Farrell Marble Canyon
Dave Hug Missouri, Illinois
Dave Rone Alberta, Ontario
David Bruneau Newfoundland and Labrador
David Riley Spain, France
Derek Sullivan Lynn Woods, Cape Ann
Dom Caron New Brunswick
Doug Hemken Wisconsin, Starved Rock State Park
Drew Nevius Oklahoma
DrRockso RRG Kentucky
Dylan Griffith Northern WV
Edward Medina Ouray (Ice/Mixed), Ouray vicinity (rock), Montrose
EPAC Pennsylvania
Eric Bluemn Idaho, Devils Playground
Eric Leclerc Cuba
Eric Och Valle Cochamó
Euan Cameron Sierra Eastside, Inland Empire, United Kingdom
Evan Hurley O'Dwyer Dalkey Quarry, Northern Ireland
Frances Fierst Colorado, Vedauwoo, Maryland, Philippines
glclimber 21 Lower Peninsula
Gokul G India
Greg Hughes Nova Scotia, El Potrero Chico, New Brunswick
Greg Opland Arizona, Joshua Tree National Park
Greg Parker South Dakota
GRK Utah, City of Rocks, Castle Rocks, Montana
Gunkswest Joshua Tree National Park, Tanzania, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Sweden, India, Belize, Malawi, Denmark, Rwanda, Curaçao
Heliodor Jalba Colombia, Puerto Rico
Ian Cotter-Brown South, Baraboo Range
Ian Lingley New Brunswick
Ian M Sweden
Indian Jones Sacred Valley
Jake Dickerson Wyoming, Turkey
James Schroeder Wisconsin, Fort Collins
Jamie Re Rhode Island
Jason Halladay New Mexico, * In Progress, Spain, Greece, In Progress
Jason Hayden Vermont
Jay Knower New Hampshire
Jay Shultis Bozoo, Peterskill Bouldering
JD Borgeson Arkansas
JD Merritt Willamette Valley
Jeffrey Dunn Catskills (Ice)
Jeffrey LeCours New Hampshire
Jesse Zacher Grand Junction Area
Jim Clarke Maple Canyon, Uinta Mountains, South Fork Shoshone (Ice), Duchesne, Wasatch Back
Jim Lawyer Little Falls, Adirondacks, Salmon River Falls (Ice), Angel Falls - Ice Climb, Minas Gerais, Central NY Ice, Payne Lake, Tinker Falls (ice), Jamaica
jim.dangle Massachusetts
JJ Schlick Arizona
Jody Hughes Western Kentucky
Joe M Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Sundown Bouldering
Joel Ledvina Northern Highlands
Joey Chicharrones Keystone a.k.a. Montezuma, Buena Vista, Aruba, 10 Mile Canyon
John McNamee Colorado, Vedauwoo
John Miller Michigan
John Serjeantson Yukon Territory
Jon Nelson Washington
Jonathan S New Hampshire, Maine
jt512 Los Angeles Basin
Juanlu Masalah Jamaica
Justin Johnsen California, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Delaware
K Ice Minnesota
Kate Lynn British Columbia
Kemper Brightman Arizona
Kevin Diaz Oklahoma
Kevin MudRat MacKenzie Adirondacks
Kevin Piarulli Central Oregon
Kevin Sierzega Illinois
Kris Gorny Minnesota
Kristen Fiore Vermont, Eagle Falls
Kristin Tippey Obed & Clear Creek, Portland & The Gorge, Willamette Valley
Ky Bishop The Emeralds, I-80 Corridor, Neverland, 1. Southern Mountains Region
L. Von Dommelheimer Alaska
Ladd Raine Maine
Larry DeAngelo Red Rocks
Lee Hansche New Hampshire
Leo Paik Colorado, Vedauwoo
Luc-514 Vermont, Quebec, France
Luca Keushguerian Armenia
Luke Bertelsen Arizona, Greece
Luke Cornejo Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama
Luke EF Southern Nevada
Lurk Er Northeast California, High Sierra, Lake Tahoe, Northwest California, Western Nevada
M Sprague New Hampshire, Rhode Island
MAKB El Potrero Chico, Peru, Saskatchewan
Mandie Walls Okanagan
Marcus Floyd Missouri
Mark P. Switzerland
Mark Rafferty South Dakota
Mark Roberts British Columbia
Matt Looby Brazil
Matt Richardson Texas
Matthew Clausen Iceland
Matthew Clawson Blue Mountains
Matthew Fienup Southern Sierra - The Needles, Kern River, Domelands, etc.
mattm Texas
Mauricio Herrera Cuadra Mexico, British Columbia, Argentina
Micah Klesick Oregon, Washington
Micah McCrotty Black Mountain
Michael Brown Eastern Ohio, Northern Panhandle, Wayne National Forest
Michael Sullivan Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Denmark
Mike Engle Idaho, Devils Playground
Mike Hoskins New Mexico
Mike Howard Taos Area
Mike Morley California
Mike Snyder Wyoming
Mikel Madsen South Dakota, Virgin Islands
Monomaniac Colorado
Monty Colorado
moredaysoff Laos
Morgan Patterson New York, Connecticut
Muscrat Northeast California, Southern Sierra - The Needles, Kern River, Domelands, etc., Iceland
Nate Ball Oregon, Mount Arapiles, Malaysia, Taiwan, Laos, China, South-West & Tacoma
Nathan Cahill Angola
Nathan Fisher Utah
Nick Reecy Grand Junction Area
Nick Richards Missouri
Nicole Wiesenthal Los Angeles Basin
Noah Kaufman Laramie Range, The Roost
Old Timer Massachusetts
Pat Goodman West Virginia
Perin Blanchard Utah
Peter Gram South Dakota, Devils Tower
Phil Lauffen Norway, Austria
Pnelson The New River Gorge Region
Raud Iowa
Ray Weber Southeast Ohio, Eastern Ohio, Northern WV, Southern WV, Eastern WV
Ricardo Orozco Mexico
Rich S EM: Robinson Bluff
Richard Rose Alberta
Richer Lariviere Quebec
Rick Shull Northwest California
RJ B The Gunks, The Neighborhood, East Canyon, Grey Slabs (aka Sugar Slabs), Cascade Creek
Robert Hall New Hampshire, Maine, The Adamants, Montserrat, Sir Sanford Group, Collegats, Riglos, Ordesa National Park
Roberta Zouain Brazil, Portland & The Gorge, Mt. Hood National Forest
Rudy Peckham Nuevo Leon
Rukas Fodor Kootenays
Ry Morrison Romero Costa Rica
Ryan Sheldon Oklahoma
Salamanizer Ski California
Sandeep Bhagyawant India
sara pax Western MA
saxfiend Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama
SCPC Pennsylvania
Sean Godwin Okanagan
Shawn Heath Virginia, Italy, Germany, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Austria
Shirtless Mike Diablo Canyon, Red River Gorge, Caballo Lake
slim Southeast Utah
SMarsh New Jersey, Powerlinez
Steve Lineberry North Carolina, South Carolina
Stonyman Killough Tennessee, Alabama
SWPACC Pennsylvania
Tao Techakanon Thailand
Taylor Spiegelberg Wyoming, Phalanx of Will
The Morse-Bradys Fairfield Hill, Shady Side
Thierry Berland Quebec
Tim Wolfe Italy
TJ Brumme Morocco
TJ Kieper Dalkey Quarry
Tom Caldwell South Carolina
Tom Jones Alberta
Tommy Blackwell Texas
Tony Yeary Peru, Bolivia
Tyler KC Colorado, Arkansas
Vicki Schwantes California
Will Bland Nova Scotia
Winston Mueller Southwest Oregon
Zach Levy Queen Creek Canyon, Beardsley Boulders Area, South Mountain
Zach Wahrer Montana
Zachary Winters Washington

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