Emigrant Creek Road Climb
- long (5.2 km)
- 3.2 mi
- long (5.2 km)
- of climbing (585 m)
- 1,919 ft
- of climbing (585 m)
- average grade
- 11.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 22.9%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 3,054 ft at the bottom to 4,974 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 Emigrant Creek Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Emigrant 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. What the records show: no bike crashes were reported along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Emigrant Creek Road
- How long and steep is the Emigrant Creek Road climb?
- 3.2 miles (5.2 km) at 11.2% on average, climbing 1,919 ft (585 m) from 3,054 ft to 4,974 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 22.9%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 41.55158, -122.96491, where Emigrant Creek Road leaves Emigrant Creek, and tops out on the road at 41.54008, -122.99835.
- Is Emigrant Creek 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
- Kidder Creek RoadCat 3 · 3.8 mi at 4% · 801 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Big Meadows Road near Fort JonesHC · dirt · 8.0 mi at 8.6% · 3,645 ft · starts 4.4 mi away
- Patterson Creek RoadCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 4.5% · 528 ft · starts 5.6 mi away
- Tyler Gulch Road near Fort JonesCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 5.9% · 636 ft · starts 6.7 mi away
- Sawyers Bar Road from Main StreetHC · 9.9 mi at 5.8% · 3,018 ft · starts 7.6 mi away
- Scott Bar Mountain Lookout RoadCat 1 · dirt · 6.1 mi at 7.1% · 2,264 ft · starts 7.6 mi away
- Canyon Creek Road from Scott River RoadCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 4.5% · 689 ft · starts 8.1 mi away
- Fort Jones RoadCat 2 · 7.6 mi at 3.4% · 1,355 ft · starts 8.7 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.