Canyon Creek Road Climb from Oroville-Quincy Highway
- long (1.4 km)
- 0.9 mi
- long (1.4 km)
- of climbing (193 m)
- 633 ft
- of climbing (193 m)
- average grade
- 13.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 19.7%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 971 ft at the bottom to 1,604 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 Canyon Creek Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Canyon Creek 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 Canyon Creek Road
- How long and steep is the Canyon Creek Road from Oroville-Quincy Highway climb?
- 0.9 miles (1.4 km) at 13.4% on average, climbing 633 ft (193 m) from 971 ft to 1,604 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 19.7%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 39.60169, -121.44308, where Canyon Creek Road leaves Oroville-Quincy Highway, and tops out at Braland Place at 39.60396, -121.43759.
- Is Canyon Creek 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
- Oroville-Quincy HighwayHC · 11 mi at 4.7% · 2,717 ft · starts 0.3 mi away
- Deer Meadow RoadCat 3 · 0.5 mi at 20.7% · 528 ft · starts 0.9 mi away
- Encina Grande Road from Oroville-Quincy HighwayCat 2 · 4.5 mi at 4.8% · 1,135 ft · starts 1.6 mi away
- Big Ridge Road near OrovilleCat 3 · 3.3 mi at 4.7% · 820 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- Simmons RoadCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 6.3% · 758 ft · starts 2.7 mi away
- Bloomer Hill RoadCat 2 · 3.0 mi at 7.6% · 1,224 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Bald Rock RoadCat 2 · 7.9 mi at 3.4% · 1,421 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Galen Ridge RoadCat 2 · 3.4 mi at 7.6% · 1,385 ft · starts 4.3 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.