Clear Creek Road Climb from Clear Road
- long (3.1 km)
- 1.9 mi
- long (3.1 km)
- of climbing (179 m)
- 587 ft
- of climbing (179 m)
- average grade
- 5.8%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 8.9%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,598 ft at the bottom to 3,186 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 Clear Creek Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Clear 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 Clear Creek Road
- How long and steep is the Clear Creek Road from Clear Road climb?
- 1.9 miles (3.1 km) at 5.8% on average, climbing 587 ft (179 m) from 2,598 ft to 3,186 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 8.9%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 35.55467, -118.52413, where Clear Creek Road leaves Clear Road, and tops out at Caliente Bodfish Road at 35.54826, -118.50656.
- Is Clear 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
- Caliente Bodfish RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 5.6% · 751 ft · starts 1.2 mi away
- Saddle Springs RoadHC · dirt · 16 mi at 5.3% · 4,367 ft · starts 1.4 mi away
- Caliente Bodfish RoadCat 2 · 5.3 mi at 4.5% · 1,270 ft · starts 1.9 mi away
- Goff Ranch RoadCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 10.8% · 778 ft · starts 2.4 mi away
- School StreetCat 3 · 2.7 mi at 6% · 846 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Caliente Bodfish Road from Lake Isabella BoulevardCat 2 · 2.8 mi at 7.6% · 1,112 ft · starts 2.9 mi away
- Bodfish Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 6.2% · 965 ft · starts 3.4 mi away
- Bradshaw 4WD TrailCat 1 · dirt · 3.3 mi at 14.2% · 2,500 ft · starts 3.7 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.