El Camino Viejo Bike Trail Climb
- long (5.4 km)
- 3.3 mi
- long (5.4 km)
- of climbing (234 m)
- 768 ft
- of climbing (234 m)
- average grade
- 4.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 6.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,644 ft at the bottom to 2,411 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 El Camino Viejo Bike Trail this week
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Is it safe to bike up El Camino Viejo Bike Trail?
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 El Camino Viejo Bike Trail
- How long and steep is the El Camino Viejo Bike Trail climb?
- 3.3 miles (5.4 km) at 4.4% on average, climbing 768 ft (234 m) from 1,644 ft to 2,411 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 6.2%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.98286, -119.18654, and tops out on the road at 34.93985, -119.17494.
- Is El Camino Viejo Bike Trail paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 78% of the climb as paved, and the rest as dirt or gravel.
- 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
- Cerro Noroeste RoadCat 1 · 7.6 mi at 5.4% · 2,169 ft · starts 8.5 mi away
- Hudson Ranch Road near MaricopaCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 5.5% · 751 ft · starts 9.0 mi away
- Freeman DriveCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 7.3% · 600 ft · starts 9.1 mi away
- Woodland DriveCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 10.5% · 981 ft · starts 9.1 mi away
- Mil Potrero Highway from San Moritz DriveCat 2 · 3.8 mi at 5.4% · 1,102 ft · starts 9.3 mi away
- Bernina DriveCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 9.9% · 650 ft · starts 9.5 mi away
- Zermatt DriveCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 12.5% · 702 ft · starts 9.5 mi away
- Mil Potrero Highway near MaricopaCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 6.9% · 1,037 ft · starts 9.6 mi away
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.