Bald Mountain Road Climb from Hull Creek Road
- long (7.1 km)
- 4.4 mi
- long (7.1 km)
- of climbing (475 m)
- 1,558 ft
- of climbing (475 m)
- average grade
- 6.7%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.5%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,624 ft at the bottom to 3,182 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 Bald Mountain Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Bald Mountain 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 Bald Mountain Road
- How long and steep is the Bald Mountain Road from Hull Creek Road climb?
- 4.4 miles (7.1 km) at 6.7% on average, climbing 1,558 ft (475 m) from 1,624 ft to 3,182 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.5%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 39.99941, -123.27322, where Bald Mountain Road leaves Hull Creek Road, and tops out on the road at 39.95559, -123.27698.
- Is Bald Mountain 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
- Travis Ranch RoadCat 1 · dirt · 6.2 mi at 7% · 2,287 ft · starts 0.3 mi away
- Zenia Lake Mountain Road from Mina RoadCat 2 · 3.0 mi at 6.9% · 1,086 ft · starts 4.8 mi away
- Mina RoadCat 2 · 3.0 mi at 8% · 1,263 ft · starts 5.8 mi away
- Mina RoadCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 9.1% · 928 ft · starts 5.8 mi away
- Zenia Lake Mountain RoadCat 2 · 4.5 mi at 4.7% · 1,119 ft · starts 6.2 mi away
- East - West RoadCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 7% · 548 ft · starts 9.5 mi away
- Long Ridge Road from Hoaglin RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 5% · 686 ft · starts 11 mi away
- Kekawaka Creek RoadCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 8.2% · 935 ft · starts 11 mi away
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Category 2: 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.