East Carmel Valley Road Climb
- long (16.6 km)
- 10 mi
- long (16.6 km)
- of climbing (519 m)
- 1,703 ft
- of climbing (519 m)
- average grade
- 3.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 9.1%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 692 ft at the bottom to 2,395 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 East Carmel Valley Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up East Carmel 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 East Carmel Valley Road
- How long and steep is the East Carmel Valley Road climb?
- 10 miles (16.6 km) at 3.1% on average, climbing 1,703 ft (519 m) from 692 ft to 2,395 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 9.1%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 36.25792, -121.425, and tops out on the road at 36.3366, -121.52804.
- Is East Carmel Valley 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
- Tassajara Road near SoledadHC · 4.9 mi at 11.8% · 3,064 ft · starts 7.2 mi away
- Tassajara Road from Jeffery RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 6.5% · 545 ft · starts 8.3 mi away
- Paloma Ridge Truck TrailHC · dirt · 8.4 mi at 8.8% · 3,891 ft · starts 9.5 mi away
- Paraiso Springs RoadCat 3 · 4.7 mi at 3.5% · 853 ft · starts 9.7 mi away
- Rodeo Flat TrailCat 1 · dirt · 2.6 mi at 15.2% · 2,113 ft · starts 11 mi away
- Indians Road from Milpitas RoadCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 7.4% · 548 ft · starts 11 mi away
- Tassajara Road from Cachagua RoadHC · 7.6 mi at 8.9% · 3,570 ft · starts 13 mi away
- Shirtail Canyon RoadCat 2 · 7.3 mi at 4.5% · 1,729 ft · starts 14 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.