theCrag
The largest collaborative rock climbing & bouldering platform·thecrag.com
theCrag is a collaborative online platform for rock climbing and bouldering that maintains a global database of crags, routes, and logged ascents contributed by climbers worldwide. Users can search climbing areas and gyms, keep a personal ascent logbook, create topos and guidebooks, and track a Climber Performance Rating (CPR). It also offers tools and partnership programs for gyms, route setters, guidebook editors, advocacy groups, and local businesses, plus API and embed options for developers.
What it's for
Features 16
- Climber Performance Rating (CPR) scoring and ranking
- Climbing competition and contest management
- Discussion forums (general, gyms, releases, how-to)
- Embed and API access for sharing climbing data
- Favorite crags and profile publishing
- Global crag, route, and area database with map search
- Grade conversion tool (grAId)
- Guidebook publishing tools
- Gym solution for indoor climbing gyms and route setters
- Logbook import/export, including from 8a.nu and Vertical-Life
- PDF crag guide generation
- Personal API keys for logbook read access
- Personal ascent logbook and route ticking
- Photo and web-cover galleries
- Topo drawing and creation tools
- User permissions and karma system for data contributors
At a glance
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Site offers free signup and mentions a 'Pay as you feel' contribution option and 'Supporter Benefits' for those who support the platform, but no specific price amounts or tiers are listed. Premium features can also be unlocked by becoming a data contributor rather than by paying.