Cedar Creek Road Climb near Blue Lake
- long (2.0 km)
- 1.3 mi
- long (2.0 km)
- of climbing (375 m)
- 1,230 ft
- of climbing (375 m)
- average grade
- 18.3%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 28.9%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,530 ft at the bottom to 3,760 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 Cedar Creek Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Cedar 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 Cedar Creek Road
- How long and steep is the Cedar Creek Road near Blue Lake climb?
- 1.3 miles (2.0 km) at 18.3% on average, climbing 1,230 ft (375 m) from 2,530 ft to 3,760 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 28.9%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.90268, -123.7433, and ends where the road ends at 40.89128, -123.73772.
- Is Cedar 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
- Berg RoadCat 2 · 1.9 mi at 11.6% · 1,148 ft · starts 0.7 mi away
- Titlow Hill RoadCat 2 · 4.4 mi at 8.2% · 1,886 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- Old Three Creeks RoadCat 2 · 4.4 mi at 6.3% · 1,490 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
- New 3 Creeks RoadCat 1 · dirt · 4.9 mi at 9.5% · 2,448 ft · starts 2.5 mi away
- Saber Tooth Road near Blue LakeCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 9.5% · 669 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Brannan Mountain Road from New 3 Creeks RoadCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 7.9% · 863 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Saber Tooth Road near Blue LakeCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 11.5% · 892 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Trinity Highway near Blue LakeCat 2 · 4.4 mi at 5.5% · 1,296 ft · starts 3.4 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.