Crystal Creek Road Climb from JF3148
- long (5.0 km)
- 3.1 mi
- long (5.0 km)
- of climbing (465 m)
- 1,526 ft
- of climbing (465 m)
- average grade
- 9.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 14.5%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 4,039 ft at the bottom to 5,564 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 Crystal Creek Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Crystal 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 Crystal Creek Road
- How long and steep is the Crystal Creek Road from JF3148 climb?
- 3.1 miles (5.0 km) at 9.4% on average, climbing 1,526 ft (465 m) from 4,039 ft to 5,564 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 14.5%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.37805, -116.94461, where Crystal Creek Road leaves JF3148, and tops out at Crystal Creek Road 3N88 at 34.34754, -116.9439.
- Is Crystal 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
- JF3150Cat 2 · 5.4 mi at 6.9% · 1,962 ft · starts 0.2 mi away
- Meridian RoadCat 3 · 3.6 mi at 4.3% · 827 ft · starts 2.7 mi away
- Mesa RoadCat 2 · 3.7 mi at 5.6% · 1,096 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- Crystal Creek Road near Big Bear LakeCat 3 · 3.5 mi at 4.7% · 863 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
- Santa Rosa Road from Shantung RoadCat 3 · 4.1 mi at 4% · 850 ft · starts 4.9 mi away
- Monarch Flat RoadCat 1 · dirt · 4.1 mi at 10.4% · 2,251 ft · starts 5.9 mi away
- Grapevine Canyon Road from Santa Rosa RoadHC · dirt · 5.3 mi at 10% · 2,812 ft · starts 6.1 mi away
- Camp Rock RoadCat 3 · 4.1 mi at 3.7% · 794 ft · starts 6.2 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.