Clover Valley Road Climb
- long (10.4 km)
- 6.4 mi
- long (10.4 km)
- of climbing (481 m)
- 1,578 ft
- of climbing (481 m)
- average grade
- 4.6%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 15.4%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,348 ft at the bottom to 2,927 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 Clover Valley Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Clover 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 Clover Valley Road
- How long and steep is the Clover Valley Road climb?
- 6.4 miles (10.4 km) at 4.6% on average, climbing 1,578 ft (481 m) from 1,348 ft to 2,927 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 15.4%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 39.16491, -122.90269, where Clover Valley Road leaves Old Lucerne Road, and tops out at Forest Route 15N10 at 39.16302, -122.82627.
- Is Clover Valley Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 54% 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
- Sam Alley Ridge Road near LakeportHC · dirt · 6.5 mi at 7.7% · 2,625 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- Ladder Ridge RoadCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 13.6% · 1,004 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Sam Alley Ridge Road from Zablo LaneCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 7.4% · 584 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Valley View Road near LakeportCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 5.9% · 528 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Elk Mountain RoadCat 1 · 12 mi at 3.8% · 2,372 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
- Hunter Point RoadCat 2 · 3.7 mi at 7.2% · 1,401 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Valley View Road from Scotts Creek DriveCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 13.4% · 636 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
- Bartlett Springs Road near LakeportCat 1 · 6.2 mi at 7.9% · 2,589 ft · starts 5.7 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.