Beardsley-Grade Climb
- long (4.7 km)
- 2.9 mi
- long (4.7 km)
- of climbing (472 m)
- 1,549 ft
- of climbing (472 m)
- average grade
- 10%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 14.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 3,907 ft at the bottom to 5,456 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 Beardsley-Grade this week
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Is it safe to bike up Beardsley-Grade?
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 Beardsley-Grade
- How long and steep is the Beardsley-Grade climb?
- 2.9 miles (4.7 km) at 10% on average, climbing 1,549 ft (472 m) from 3,907 ft to 5,456 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 14.2%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.11114, -120.80283, and tops out on the road at 40.10267, -120.76406.
- Is Beardsley-Grade 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
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- Moonlight Valley Road from Engle DriveCat 2 · 9.1 mi at 4.2% · 2,018 ft · starts 4.4 mi away
- Beckwourth-Taylorsville RoadCat 1 · dirt · 11 mi at 4.1% · 2,343 ft · starts 5.7 mi away
- Hungry Creek MotorwayCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 6.5% · 636 ft · starts 7.1 mi away
- Standart Mine RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 12.3% · 1,014 ft · starts 7.2 mi away
- Dixie Canyon-Round Valley-Long RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 11.3% · 1,020 ft · starts 7.5 mi away
- Round Valley Road from Hideaway RoadCat 3 · 3.5 mi at 4.9% · 902 ft · starts 8.2 mi away
- Old Haun Road from Greenville Wolf Creek RoadCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 6.4% · 810 ft · starts 9.7 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.