Chihuahua Valley Road Climb
- long (14.1 km)
- 8.8 mi
- long (14.1 km)
- of climbing (455 m)
- 1,493 ft
- of climbing (455 m)
- average grade
- 3.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 9.5%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 3,173 ft at the bottom to 4,665 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 Chihuahua Valley Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Chihuahua Valley 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 Chihuahua Valley Road
- How long and steep is the Chihuahua Valley Road climb?
- 8.8 miles (14.1 km) at 3.2% on average, climbing 1,493 ft (455 m) from 3,173 ft to 4,665 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 9.5%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 33.37151, -116.74713, where Chihuahua Valley Road leaves Route 79, and tops out at Lost Valley Road at 33.38525, -116.63279.
- Is Chihuahua Valley Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 78% 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
- Oak Grove RoadHC · dirt · 6.4 mi at 8.4% · 2,844 ft · starts 2.5 mi away
- Palomar Divide RoadHC · dirt · 13 mi at 4.4% · 2,907 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Tule Peak RoadCat 3 · 3.7 mi at 4% · 781 ft · starts 7.0 mi away
- Canfield RoadCat 3 · 3.0 mi at 4.6% · 735 ft · starts 7.7 mi away
- Lost Valley RoadCat 2 · 4.2 mi at 5% · 1,109 ft · starts 7.7 mi away
- High Point Road near TemeculaHC · dirt · 8.8 mi at 6.2% · 2,890 ft · starts 7.7 mi away
- East Jojoba RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 6.1% · 538 ft · starts 8.1 mi away
- State Park RoadCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 6.1% · 682 ft · starts 9.2 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
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.