El Dorado Trail Climb
- long (5.8 km)
- 3.6 mi
- long (5.8 km)
- of climbing (177 m)
- 581 ft
- of climbing (177 m)
- average grade
- 3%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 5.8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,234 ft at the bottom to 2,815 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 Dorado Trail this week
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Is it safe to bike up El Dorado 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 Dorado Trail
- How long and steep is the El Dorado Trail climb?
- 3.6 miles (5.8 km) at 3% on average, climbing 581 ft (177 m) from 2,234 ft to 2,815 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 5.8%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.73582, -120.75513, where El Dorado Trail leaves Camellia Lane, and tops out at Halcon Road at 38.73014, -120.70483.
- Is El Dorado Trail 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
- Route 50 from Fall Trail RoadCat 3 · 4.3 mi at 3.3% · 768 ft · starts 0.6 mi away
- Route 50 from Parkway DriveCat 3 · 4.5 mi at 3.7% · 886 ft · starts 0.8 mi away
- Carson RoadCat 2 · 8.6 mi at 3.3% · 1,522 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Kona DriveCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 7.8% · 692 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- Mosquito Road near PlacervilleHC · dirt · 12 mi at 4.2% · 2,740 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Mosquito Road near PlacervilleCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 9.5% · 981 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Georgetown Road near PlacervilleCat 3 · 3.4 mi at 5.8% · 1,040 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
- Georgetown Road from Chili Bar CourtCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 8.5% · 991 ft · starts 4.1 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.