Bauer Ranch Road Climb
- long (4.1 km)
- 2.5 mi
- long (4.1 km)
- of climbing (352 m)
- 1,155 ft
- of climbing (352 m)
- average grade
- 8.6%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 13%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,382 ft at the bottom to 3,537 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 Bauer Ranch Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Bauer Ranch 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 Bauer Ranch Road
- How long and steep is the Bauer Ranch Road climb?
- 2.5 miles (4.1 km) at 8.6% on average, climbing 1,155 ft (352 m) from 2,382 ft to 3,537 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 13%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 39.80903, -123.04228, where Bauer Ranch Road leaves Mendocino Pass Road, and tops out on the road at 39.81838, -123.02622.
- Is Bauer Ranch 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
- Twin Rocks Ridge RoadHC · dirt · 7.1 mi at 7.8% · 2,910 ft · starts 1.0 mi away
- Exler RoadCat 2 · 1.8 mi at 14.4% · 1,355 ft · starts 1.2 mi away
- Etsel Ridge RoadCat 1 · dirt · 5.4 mi at 7.4% · 2,136 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- Pillsbury-Indian Dick Road from Etsel Ridge RoadHC · dirt · 14 mi at 5.7% · 4,285 ft · starts 2.4 mi away
- Pillsbury-Indian Dick Road from Etsel Ridge RoadHC · 9.7 mi at 6.7% · 3,455 ft · starts 2.4 mi away
- Mendocino Pass RoadHC · dirt · 18 mi at 5.7% · 5,318 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Blands Cove RoadHC · dirt · 9.4 mi at 6.5% · 3,202 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- Mexican Ridge RoadCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 8.2% · 774 ft · starts 3.9 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.