Amorose Street Climb
- long (4.2 km)
- 2.6 mi
- long (4.2 km)
- of climbing (183 m)
- 600 ft
- of climbing (183 m)
- average grade
- 4.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 14.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,355 ft at the bottom to 1,955 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 Amorose Street this week
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Is it safe to bike up Amorose Street?
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 Amorose Street
- How long and steep is the Amorose Street climb?
- 2.6 miles (4.2 km) at 4.4% on average, climbing 600 ft (183 m) from 1,355 ft to 1,955 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 14.2%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 33.68041, -117.38712, where Amorose Street leaves Mimosa Drive, and tops out at Leach Canyon Road at 33.67406, -117.41994.
- Is Amorose Street paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 61% of the climb as paved, and the rest as dirt or gravel.
- 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
- McVicker Canyon Park RoadCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 9.6% · 548 ft · starts 0.7 mi away
- Ortega HighwayCat 2 · 4.9 mi at 5.2% · 1,362 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- El Toro Road from Heidi Lisa LaneCat 3 · 5.7 mi at 3% · 899 ft · starts 2.7 mi away
- Adelfa StreetCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 8.8% · 614 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Lindell RoadCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 5.4% · 719 ft · starts 3.4 mi away
- Long Canyon Road near Lake ElsinoreCat 3 · 3.3 mi at 5.8% · 1,010 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Skylark DriveCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 9.3% · 564 ft · starts 6.0 mi away
- Indian Truck TrailCat 1 · dirt · 7.0 mi at 6.8% · 2,530 ft · starts 6.0 mi away
Bike crash hotspots nearby
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.