Angeles Forest Highway Climb from East Soledad Pass Road
- long (6.9 km)
- 4.3 mi
- long (6.9 km)
- of climbing (264 m)
- 866 ft
- of climbing (264 m)
- average grade
- 3.8%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 7.6%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 3,241 ft at the bottom to 4,108 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 Angeles Forest Highway this week
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Is it safe to bike up Angeles Forest Highway?
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 Angeles Forest Highway
- How long and steep is the Angeles Forest Highway from East Soledad Pass Road climb?
- 4.3 miles (6.9 km) at 3.8% on average, climbing 866 ft (264 m) from 3,241 ft to 4,108 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 7.6%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.48876, -118.11596, where Angeles Forest Highway leaves East Soledad Pass Road, and tops out on the road at 34.43482, -118.08971.
- Is Angeles Forest Highway 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
- Edison RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 10.6% · 902 ft · starts 0.4 mi away
- East Carson Mesa RoadCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 4.3% · 568 ft · starts 1.6 mi away
- Bpl RoadCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 6.8% · 531 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- Desert RoadCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 7.1% · 669 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Aliso Canyon RoadCat 2 · 7.3 mi at 3.6% · 1,362 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
- Santiago Truck Trail from Angeles Forest HighwayCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 6.4% · 633 ft · starts 3.4 mi away
- Bear Trap Canyon RoadCat 1 · dirt · 7.4 mi at 6.2% · 2,428 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- Angeles Forest Highway near PalmdaleCat 3 · 3.7 mi at 4.8% · 938 ft · starts 4.4 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.