Alder Creek Road Climb from 11N53
- long (1.6 km)
- 1.0 mi
- long (1.6 km)
- of climbing (167 m)
- 548 ft
- of climbing (167 m)
- average grade
- 10.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 14.6%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 3,514 ft at the bottom to 4,062 ft at the top. Grades are averaged over each half kilometre, from USGS elevation data, so short ramps can be steeper than they show.
Weather at the top of Alder Creek Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Alder Creek Road?
We don't rate roads as safe or unsafe: crash counts can't say how risky a ride is, and roads people like to ride draw more riders, so they see more crashes. What the records show: no bike crashes were reported along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Alder Creek Road
- How long and steep is the Alder Creek Road from 11N53 climb?
- 1.0 miles (1.6 km) at 10.4% on average, climbing 548 ft (167 m) from 3,514 ft to 4,062 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 14.6%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.76646, -120.3782, where Alder Creek Road leaves 11N53, and tops out on the road at 38.76159, -120.36731.
- Is Alder Creek Road paved?
- Yes, by its OpenStreetMap tags.
- How is the category worked out?
- From the climb's shape only: length in metres × average grade (%) of 16,000 or more for Cat 3, 32,000 for Cat 2, 64,000 for Cat 1 and 80,000 for HC. It describes how hard the climb is, not traffic or crashes.
- Where does this data come from?
- The climb is found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation (every climb, not a list of famous ones). Access is from OpenStreetMap tags; gates and closures change, so obey posted signs. Crash counts are police reports in the California Crash Reporting System (CCRS) on data.ca.gov, counted where their map location is within 100 ft of the climb. The forecast is from the National Weather Service.
Other climbs nearby
- Carpenter Creek RoadCat 1 · dirt · 6.2 mi at 6.8% · 2,224 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Alder Creek Road from Carpenter Creek RoadCat 2 · 4.6 mi at 5.2% · 1,273 ft · starts 2.9 mi away
- Ice House Road from Stephanie Marie Frazier Memorial HighwayCat 1 · 8.3 mi at 5% · 2,192 ft · starts 3.7 mi away
- Light Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 4.6% · 581 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- Silver Fork Road near South Lake TahoeCat 2 · 6.3 mi at 3.9% · 1,319 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- North South Road near PlacervilleCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 7.6% · 997 ft · starts 6.3 mi away
- Long Canyon 4WD TrailCat 1 · dirt · 4.1 mi at 10.8% · 2,346 ft · starts 6.9 mi away
- El Dorado National Forest Road Nr 31Cat 3 · 4.2 mi at 3.1% · 679 ft · starts 7.0 mi away
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Category 3: length in metres × average grade (%) of 16,000 or more for Cat 3, 32,000 for Cat 2, 64,000 for Cat 1 and 80,000 for HC. It describes how hard the climb is, not traffic or crashes. Crashes: bike crashes reported within 100 ft of the climb, 2021–2025, from the California Crash Reporting System (CCRS), counted only where the report has map coordinates. Weather: National Weather Service. Access from OpenStreetMap tags; obey posted signs. How the data works.