Carpenter Ridge Road Climb near Paradise
- long (5.5 km)
- 3.4 mi
- long (5.5 km)
- of climbing (299 m)
- 981 ft
- of climbing (299 m)
- average grade
- 5.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 9.4%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,267 ft at the bottom to 3,248 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 Carpenter Ridge Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Carpenter Ridge 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 Carpenter Ridge Road
- How long and steep is the Carpenter Ridge Road near Paradise climb?
- 3.4 miles (5.5 km) at 5.4% on average, climbing 981 ft (299 m) from 2,267 ft to 3,248 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 9.4%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 39.99426, -121.66029, and tops out on the road at 39.9746, -121.63481.
- Is Carpenter Ridge Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 89% 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
- Deer Creek Highway near ParadiseCat 3 · 4.3 mi at 3.1% · 709 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- Carpenter Ridge Road near ParadiseCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 5.6% · 692 ft · starts 3.5 mi away
- Old Loma RoadCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 6.6% · 640 ft · starts 3.5 mi away
- Humboldt Road from Deer Creek HighwayCat 3 · 3.0 mi at 5.7% · 889 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- Mann and Nolta Ridge RoadCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 6.6% · 673 ft · starts 5.5 mi away
- Ponderosa Way near ParadiseCat 1 · dirt · 14 mi at 3.4% · 2,487 ft · starts 5.7 mi away
- Ponderosa Way near ParadiseCat 1 · dirt · 6.5 mi at 6.7% · 2,280 ft · starts 5.8 mi away
- Vilas RoadCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 5.6% · 837 ft · starts 6.0 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.