Bear Valley Climb near Arvin
- long (9.1 km)
- 5.6 mi
- long (9.1 km)
- of climbing (925 m)
- 3,035 ft
- of climbing (925 m)
- average grade
- 10.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 22.4%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,608 ft at the bottom to 4,642 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 Bear Valley this week
Loading forecast…
Is it safe to bike up Bear Valley?
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 Bear Valley
- How long and steep is the Bear Valley near Arvin climb?
- 5.6 miles (9.1 km) at 10.2% on average, climbing 3,035 ft (925 m) from 1,608 ft to 4,642 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 22.4%. That makes it a Hors catégorie climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 35.15439, -118.76975, and tops out at Sheeptrail Court at 35.1531, -118.6829.
- Is Bear Valley paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 93% 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
- Woodbine Court near ArvinCat 2 · 1.7 mi at 14.4% · 1,270 ft · starts 1.4 mi away
- Comanche Point RoadHC · dirt · 15 mi at 4.6% · 3,514 ft · starts 2.4 mi away
- Woodbine Court near ArvinCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 9.5% · 630 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
- Bear Valley from Comanche Point RoadCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 6.2% · 928 ft · starts 3.5 mi away
- East Bear Mountain BoulevardCat 2 · 5.3 mi at 5.5% · 1,516 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
- Deertrail Drive near ArvinCat 1 · 5.3 mi at 8.3% · 2,336 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Woodbine Court near ArvinCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 7.5% · 840 ft · starts 5.4 mi away
- Fox Ridge CourtCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 10.2% · 604 ft · starts 5.7 mi away
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Hors catégorie: 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.