Country Club Drive Climb from West Carmel Valley Road
- long (1.6 km)
- 1.0 mi
- long (1.6 km)
- of climbing (169 m)
- 554 ft
- of climbing (169 m)
- average grade
- 10.5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 338 ft at the bottom to 892 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 Country Club Drive this week
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Is it safe to bike up Country Club Drive?
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 Country Club Drive
- How long and steep is the Country Club Drive from West Carmel Valley Road climb?
- 1.0 miles (1.6 km) at 10.5% on average, climbing 554 ft (169 m) from 338 ft to 892 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.8%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 36.49153, -121.74432, where Country Club Drive leaves West Carmel Valley Road, and tops out at Country Club Heights at 36.49427, -121.73222.
- Is Country Club Drive 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
- Laureles Grade Road near Del Rey OaksCat 3 · 3.5 mi at 5.7% · 1,037 ft · starts 0.9 mi away
- El Caminito RoadCat 2 · 3.4 mi at 9.2% · 1,650 ft · starts 0.9 mi away
- Oak Meadow LaneCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 9.9% · 791 ft · starts 1.8 mi away
- Camino de TravesiaCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 11.5% · 653 ft · starts 1.9 mi away
- KlondikeCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 8.5% · 591 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- Via Los TularesCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 11.5% · 597 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
- East VasquezCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 7.6% · 758 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Longridge TrailCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 9.9% · 791 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
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.