Dodge Ridge Road Climb
- long (5.9 km)
- 3.7 mi
- long (5.9 km)
- of climbing (343 m)
- 1,125 ft
- of climbing (343 m)
- average grade
- 5.8%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 6.8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 5,591 ft at the bottom to 6,716 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 Dodge Ridge Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Dodge Ridge 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 Dodge Ridge Road
- How long and steep is the Dodge Ridge Road climb?
- 3.7 miles (5.9 km) at 5.8% on average, climbing 1,125 ft (343 m) from 5,591 ft to 6,716 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 6.8%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.18565, -120.00393, where Dodge Ridge Road leaves Pinecrest School Road, and ends where the road ends at 38.18963, -119.94906.
- Is Dodge Ridge 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
- State Highway 108 from Sonora Pass HighwayCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 4.7% · 692 ft · starts 1.0 mi away
- Crabtree Road near SonoraCat 2 · 6.9 mi at 5.6% · 2,024 ft · starts 1.0 mi away
- Beardsley Reservoir RoadCat 1 · 8.8 mi at 5% · 2,303 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Fraser Flat RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 5.9% · 804 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Hells Half Acre RoadCat 1 · dirt · 7.5 mi at 5.5% · 2,201 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Jenness Park RoadCat 3 · 4.6 mi at 3.7% · 892 ft · starts 6.8 mi away
- State Highway 108Cat 3 · 3.0 mi at 3.3% · 531 ft · starts 7.5 mi away
- Bottini Apple Ranch RoadCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 10.8% · 702 ft · starts 12 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.