Fort Ross Road Climb from Cazadero Highway
- long (8.6 km)
- 5.3 mi
- long (8.6 km)
- of climbing (402 m)
- 1,319 ft
- of climbing (402 m)
- average grade
- 4.7%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 151 ft at the bottom to 1,470 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 Fort Ross Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Fort Ross 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 Fort Ross Road
- How long and steep is the Fort Ross Road from Cazadero Highway climb?
- 5.3 miles (8.6 km) at 4.7% on average, climbing 1,319 ft (402 m) from 151 ft to 1,470 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.2%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.53749, -123.08971, where Fort Ross Road leaves Cazadero Highway, and tops out at Brain Ridge Road at 38.52858, -123.15777.
- Is Fort Ross 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
- Old Cazadero Road from Cazadero HighwayCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 10.1% · 686 ft · starts 0.0 mi away
- Moorheart Ridge RoadCat 2 · 5.7 mi at 6.5% · 1,952 ft · starts 0.3 mi away
- Pearl AvenueCat 2 · 2.4 mi at 12.3% · 1,558 ft · starts 0.8 mi away
- Old Cazadero Road from Scanlon RoadCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 11.1% · 741 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
- Scanlon RoadCat 3 · 0.8 mi at 12.7% · 568 ft · starts 2.1 mi away
- Pole Mountain RoadCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 10.8% · 787 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- Kidd Creek RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 10.8% · 974 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Redwood Heights DriveCat 3 · 0.5 mi at 22.9% · 623 ft · starts 2.8 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.