Encinal Canyon Road Climb near Westlake Village
- long (5.8 km)
- 3.6 mi
- long (5.8 km)
- of climbing (311 m)
- 1,020 ft
- of climbing (311 m)
- average grade
- 5.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 7.4%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 600 ft at the bottom to 1,621 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 Encinal Canyon Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Encinal Canyon 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 Encinal Canyon Road
- How long and steep is the Encinal Canyon Road near Westlake Village climb?
- 3.6 miles (5.8 km) at 5.4% on average, climbing 1,020 ft (311 m) from 600 ft to 1,621 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 7.4%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.04388, -118.87849, and tops out at Barney Knob at 34.07677, -118.87727.
- Is Encinal Canyon 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
- Decker RoadCat 2 · 6.7 mi at 4.9% · 1,742 ft · starts 0.9 mi away
- Little Sycamore Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 4.9% · 751 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Encinal Canyon Road near Westlake VillageCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 6.3% · 610 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Mulholland Highway near Westlake VillageCat 2 · 5.6 mi at 4.6% · 1,345 ft · starts 3.4 mi away
- Zuma Ridge TrailCat 1 · dirt · 5.3 mi at 8.4% · 2,359 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- Kanan Dume RoadCat 2 · 4.2 mi at 6.6% · 1,473 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Yerba Buena RoadCat 1 · 8.0 mi at 5.4% · 2,251 ft · starts 4.9 mi away
- Old Chimney RoadCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 11.1% · 541 ft · starts 5.9 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
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.