Bodfish Canyon Road Climb
- long (4.7 km)
- 2.9 mi
- long (4.7 km)
- of climbing (294 m)
- 965 ft
- of climbing (294 m)
- average grade
- 6.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,507 ft at the bottom to 3,471 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 Bodfish Canyon Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Bodfish Canyon 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 Bodfish Canyon Road
- How long and steep is the Bodfish Canyon Road climb?
- 2.9 miles (4.7 km) at 6.2% on average, climbing 965 ft (294 m) from 2,507 ft to 3,471 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 35.59658, -118.49168, where Bodfish Canyon Road leaves Lake Isabella Boulevard, and tops out on the road at 35.57884, -118.45058.
- Is Bodfish Canyon 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
- Caliente Bodfish Road from Lake Isabella BoulevardCat 2 · 2.8 mi at 7.6% · 1,112 ft · starts 0.5 mi away
- South Alpine WayCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 9.6% · 794 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Saddle Springs RoadHC · dirt · 16 mi at 5.3% · 4,367 ft · starts 2.1 mi away
- Keyesville RoadCat 3 · 3.4 mi at 4.5% · 817 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Clear Creek Road from Clear RoadCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 5.8% · 587 ft · starts 3.4 mi away
- Bradshaw 4WD TrailCat 1 · dirt · 3.3 mi at 14.2% · 2,500 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- Caliente Bodfish RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 5.6% · 751 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
- Caliente Bodfish RoadCat 2 · 5.3 mi at 4.5% · 1,270 ft · starts 4.8 mi away
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Category 3: 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.