Gale Trail Climb
- long (1.2 km)
- 0.8 mi
- long (1.2 km)
- of climbing (164 m)
- 538 ft
- of climbing (164 m)
- average grade
- 13.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 15.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,591 ft at the bottom to 2,129 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 Gale Trail this week
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Is it safe to bike up Gale 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. The records here are also incomplete: most reports along it are filed under Upland, where only 55% of reported bike crashes have a map location, so the numbers here are too low. What the records show: no bike crashes were reported along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Gale Trail
- How long and steep is the Gale Trail climb?
- 0.8 miles (1.2 km) at 13.4% on average, climbing 538 ft (164 m) from 1,591 ft to 2,129 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 15.2%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.13658, -117.71811, where Gale Trail leaves East Pomello Trail, and tops out on the road at 34.14231, -117.72301.
- Is Gale 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
- Mount Baldy RoadHC · 13 mi at 7.4% · 5,256 ft · starts 0.6 mi away
- Padua AvenueCat 3 · 3.2 mi at 4.9% · 820 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- North Mills AvenueCat 2 · 4.7 mi at 4.5% · 1,109 ft · starts 2.1 mi away
- North Mountain AvenueCat 3 · 3.7 mi at 3.3% · 653 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Benson AvenueCat 3 · 3.9 mi at 3.2% · 666 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
- North Euclid Avenue from South Euclid Avenue near UplandCat 3 · 4.6 mi at 4.1% · 997 ft · starts 4.8 mi away
- North Euclid Avenue from South Euclid Avenue near UplandCat 3 · 3.9 mi at 3.3% · 679 ft · starts 4.8 mi away
- Sapphire StreetCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 5.3% · 564 ft · starts 5.3 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
Bike crash hotspots 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.