Dantes View Road Climb
- long (20.9 km)
- 13 mi
- long (20.9 km)
- of climbing (1,050 m)
- 3,445 ft
- of climbing (1,050 m)
- average grade
- 5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.1%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,008 ft at the bottom to 5,453 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 Dantes View Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Dantes View 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 Dantes View Road
- How long and steep is the Dantes View Road climb?
- 13 miles (20.9 km) at 5% on average, climbing 3,445 ft (1,050 m) from 2,008 ft to 5,453 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.1%. That makes it a Hors catégorie climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 36.36134, -116.70864, and tops out at Dante's View at 36.22139, -116.72631.
- Is Dantes View 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
- Artists Drive Scenic LoopCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 7.3% · 955 ft · starts 6.6 mi away
- Echo Canyon RoadHC · dirt · 9.0 mi at 6.7% · 3,182 ft · starts 8.3 mi away
- Trail Canyon RoadHC · dirt · 8.9 mi at 7.7% · 3,619 ft · starts 12 mi away
- Hanaupah Canyon RoadHC · dirt · 7.8 mi at 8.2% · 3,356 ft · starts 14 mi away
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Hors catégorie: 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.