diff --git a/packages/web/app/lib/slug-utils.ts b/packages/web/app/lib/slug-utils.ts
index 91874222..7ab44ab5 100644
--- a/packages/web/app/lib/slug-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/web/app/lib/slug-utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { dbz } from '@/app/lib/db/db';
 import { BoardName, LayoutId, Size } from '@/app/lib/types';
 import { matchSetNameToSlugParts } from './slug-matching';
-import { generateSlugFromText, generateDescriptionSlug } from './url-utils';
+import { generateSlugFromText, generateDescriptionSlug, generateLayoutSlug } from './url-utils';
 import { UNIFIED_TABLES } from '@/app/lib/db/queries/util/table-select';
 import { eq, and, isNull } from 'drizzle-orm';
 
@@ -35,27 +35,8 @@ export const getLayoutBySlug = async (board_name: BoardName, slug: string): Prom
 
   const layout = rows.find((l) => {
     if (!l.name) return false;
-    const baseSlug = l.name
-      .toLowerCase()
-      .trim()
-      .replace(/^(kilter|tension)\s+board\s+/i, '') // Remove board name prefix
-      .replace(/[^\w\s-]/g, '')
-      .replace(/\s+/g, '-')
-      .replace(/-+/g, '-')
-      .replace(/^-|-$/g, '');
-
-    let layoutSlug = baseSlug;
-
-    // Handle Tension board specific cases
-    if (baseSlug === 'original-layout') {
-      layoutSlug = 'original';
-    }
-
-    // Replace numbers with words for better readability
-    if (baseSlug.startsWith('2-')) {
-      layoutSlug = baseSlug.replace('2-', 'two-');
-    }
-
+    // Use shared helper that normalizes Unicode dashes to ASCII
+    const layoutSlug = generateLayoutSlug(l.name);
     return layoutSlug === slug;
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/web/app/lib/url-utils.ts b/packages/web/app/lib/url-utils.ts
index fb75c6c4..f9c7ab9a 100644
--- a/packages/web/app/lib/url-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/web/app/lib/url-utils.ts
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ export const constructCreateClimbWithSlugs = (
 };
 
 export const generateClimbSlug = (climbName: string): string => {
-  return climbName
+  return normalizeDashes(climbName)
     .toLowerCase()
     .trim()
     .replace(/[^\w\s-]/g, '')
@@ -312,12 +312,25 @@ export const generateClimbSlug = (climbName: string): string => {
     .replace(/^-|-$/g, '');
 };
 
+/**
+ * Normalizes various dash-like Unicode characters to ASCII hyphen.
+ * This handles en dash (–), em dash (—), non-breaking hyphen (‑), minus sign (−), etc.
+ */
+const normalizeDashes = (text: string): string => {
+  // Replace various Unicode dash/hyphen characters with ASCII hyphen
+  // U+2010 Hyphen, U+2011 Non-breaking hyphen, U+2012 Figure dash
+  // U+2013 En dash, U+2014 Em dash, U+2015 Horizontal bar
+  // U+2212 Minus sign, U+FE58 Small em dash, U+FE63 Small hyphen-minus
+  // U+FF0D Fullwidth hyphen-minus
+  return text.replace(/[\u2010-\u2015\u2212\uFE58\uFE63\uFF0D]/g, '-');
+};
+
 /**
  * Generates a slug from a text string by normalizing it.
  * This is a shared helper used by size slug generation.
  */
 export const generateSlugFromText = (text: string): string => {
-  return text
+  return normalizeDashes(text)
     .toLowerCase()
     .trim()
     .replace(/[^\w\s-]/g, '')
@@ -331,7 +344,7 @@ export const generateSlugFromText = (text: string): string => {
  * This is a shared helper used by size slug generation.
  */
 export const generateDescriptionSlug = (description: string): string => {
-  return description
+  return normalizeDashes(description)
     .toLowerCase()
     .replace(/led\s*kit/gi, '') // Remove "LED Kit" suffix
     .trim()
@@ -342,7 +355,7 @@ export const generateDescriptionSlug = (description: string): string => {
 };
 
 export const generateLayoutSlug = (layoutName: string): string => {
-  const baseSlug = layoutName
+  const baseSlug = normalizeDashes(layoutName)
     .toLowerCase()
     .trim()
     .replace(/^(kilter|tension)\s+board\s+/i, '') // Remove board name prefix