Bald Mountain Road Climb from Maple Creek Road
- long (9.6 km)
- 6.0 mi
- long (9.6 km)
- of climbing (473 m)
- 1,552 ft
- of climbing (473 m)
- average grade
- 4.9%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.1%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,257 ft at the bottom to 2,808 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 Maple Creek Road climb?
- 6.0 miles (9.6 km) at 4.9% on average, climbing 1,552 ft (473 m) from 1,257 ft to 2,808 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.1%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.86028, -123.93452, where Bald Mountain Road leaves Maple Creek Road, and tops out at Snow Camp Road at 40.88052, -123.8709.
- 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
- Maple Creek Road near Blue LakeCat 2 · 2.5 mi at 8.3% · 1,115 ft · starts 1.6 mi away
- Maple Creek Road near Blue LakeCat 3 · 3.3 mi at 3.3% · 568 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
- Ward RoadCat 1 · 5.4 mi at 8.5% · 2,411 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Trinity Highway near Blue LakeCat 2 · 6.2 mi at 5.4% · 1,749 ft · starts 3.7 mi away
- Liscom Hill Road near Blue LakeCat 2 · 4.1 mi at 6.8% · 1,460 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
- Fickle Hill Road near ArcataCat 3 · 4.1 mi at 4% · 853 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Liscom Hill Road from Glendale DriveCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 9.5% · 860 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Garden LaneCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 16% · 761 ft · starts 5.8 mi away
Bike crash hotspots nearby
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.