Elliot Creek Road Climb
- long (28.8 km)
- 18 mi
- long (28.8 km)
- of climbing (1,213 m)
- 3,980 ft
- of climbing (1,213 m)
- average grade
- 4.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,011 ft at the bottom to 5,991 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 Elliot Creek Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Elliot Creek 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. Most of this climb is a dirt road, and falls away from public roads rarely reach police reports. What the records show: no bike crashes were reported along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Elliot Creek Road
- How long and steep is the Elliot Creek Road climb?
- 18 miles (28.8 km) at 4.2% on average, climbing 3,980 ft (1,213 m) from 2,011 ft to 5,991 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.8%. That makes it a Hors catégorie climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 42.0087, -123.15463, where Elliot Creek Road leaves Forest Road 1040, and tops out at Forest Road 1040-700 at 42.01539, -123.26081.
- Is Elliot Creek Road paved?
- Mostly not: OpenStreetMap tags 100% of the climb as dirt or gravel. Dirt roads can be closed in fire season or after rain, so check with the land manager.
- 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
- Cook and Green Pass RoadHC · dirt · 7.3 mi at 7.2% · 2,769 ft · starts 0.9 mi away
- Joe Creek RoadHC · dirt · 5.4 mi at 9.4% · 2,680 ft · starts 1.4 mi away
- Dutch Creek RoadCat 1 · dirt · 7.7 mi at 5.9% · 2,395 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Seiad Creek RoadHC · dirt · 14 mi at 4.6% · 3,415 ft · starts 11 mi away
- Tom Walker Road from Walker Creek RoadHC · dirt · 14 mi at 6.2% · 4,603 ft · starts 12 mi away
- Bug Creek RoadHC · dirt · 6.8 mi at 8.5% · 3,054 ft · starts 13 mi away
- Thompson Creek RoadCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 6.5% · 814 ft · starts 13 mi away
- Dogget Middle Road from Bar RoadHC · dirt · 9.6 mi at 6.4% · 3,241 ft · starts 13 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.