{{Short description|Online database of climbing routes}} {{Infobox website | name = Mountain Project | logo = | logo size = <!-- width in pixels, with "px" suffix --> | logo alt = | collapsible = no | screenshot = | screenshot size = <!-- width in pixels, with "px" suffix --> | screenshot alt = | caption = Mountain Project Homepage - April 2018 | type = | traded as = | founded = {{start date and age|2005}}<ref name="TC"/><ref name=snews/> | dissolved = <!-- {{start date and age|year|month|day}} --> | predecessor = | successor = | location = Boulder, CO<ref name="TC"/><ref name=snews/> | coordinates = | country = US | country of origin = | locations = | area served = | founder = Nick Wilder and Andy Laakmann<ref name="TC"/><ref name=snews/> | chairman = | chairperson = | president = Mike Ahnemann | CEO = Nick Wilder<ref name="TC"/> | MD = | GM = | key people = | industry = | products = | services = | revenue = | operating income = | international = <!-- "yes" or "no" --> | net income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | employees = 7 (in 2015)<ref name="TC"/> | parent = Adventure Projects Inc. and onX | divisions = | subsidiaries = | url = {{url|www.mountainproject.com}} | programming language = | alexa = | website type = | advertising = | registration = | users = 3M (unique visitors in 2014)<ref name="TC"/> | language = | launched = <!-- {{start date and age|year|month|day}} --> | current status = | native clients = | footnotes = }} '''Mountain Project''' is a website that serves as a guidebook to more than 300,000 climbing routes across the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=Route Guide|url=https://www.mountainproject.com/route-guide|website=mountainproject.com|accessdate=22 March 2024}}</ref> The website is operated by '''Adventure Projects Inc.''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adventureprojects.net/|website=adventureprojects.net|accessdate=17 February 2016|title=Adventure Projects Inc.}}</ref> a Boulder, Colorado-based company, founded by Nick Wilder and Andy Laakmann in 2005 and purchased on June 11, 2015 by REI.<ref name="TC">{{cite news|last1=Winkel|first1=Vince|title=REI buys Boulder-based outdoor adventure trail company|url=http://www.timescall.com/business/ci_28342443/rei-buys-boulder-based-outdoor-adventure-trail-company|accessdate=18 February 2016|publisher=Times-Call|date=June 19, 2015}}</ref><ref name=snews>{{cite news|last1=Clucas|first1=David|title=REI acquires Adventure Projects network of sites|url=http://www.snewsnet.com/news/rei-acquires-adventure-projects-network-of-sites/|accessdate=17 February 2016|publisher=SNEWS|date=June 11, 2015}}</ref> Adventure Projects, Inc. subsequently became independent<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-25 |title=Mountain Project and REI Split, New MP Partnership To Be Announced Soon |url=https://www.rockandice.com/climbing-news/mountain-project-and-rei-split-new-mp-partnership-to-be-announced-soon/ |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=Rock and Ice Magazine |language=en}}</ref> and has since been acquired by onX.<ref>{{Cite press release |last=onX |title=onX Acquires Adventure Projects, Inc. |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/onx-acquires-adventure-projects-inc-301199400.html |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}</ref>
Adventure Projects Inc. has expanded from its initial focus by creating ''MTBProject.com'', a website for mountain bike trail maps, ''HikingProject.com'' for hiking trails, ''PowderProject.com'' for backcountry skiing trails and ''TrailRunProject.com'' for cross-country running trails.
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