Gasquet-Orleans Road Climb near Crescent City
- long (11.2 km)
- 7.0 mi
- long (11.2 km)
- of climbing (984 m)
- 3,228 ft
- of climbing (984 m)
- average grade
- 8.8%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 13.9%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 581 ft at the bottom to 3,809 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 Gasquet-Orleans Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Gasquet-Orleans 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 Gasquet-Orleans Road
- How long and steep is the Gasquet-Orleans Road near Crescent City climb?
- 7.0 miles (11.2 km) at 8.8% on average, climbing 3,228 ft (984 m) from 581 ft to 3,809 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 13.9%. That makes it a Hors catégorie climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 41.68379, -123.91661, and tops out at Wooley Bear Road at 41.6134, -123.86918.
- Is Gasquet-Orleans 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
- Big Flat RoadHC · dirt · 11 mi at 5.9% · 3,383 ft · starts 1.0 mi away
- Ship Mountain RoadHC · dirt · 11 mi at 7.2% · 4,049 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Blue Ridge RoadCat 1 · dirt · 7.4 mi at 6.6% · 2,598 ft · starts 5.7 mi away
- Gasquet-Orleans Road near Crescent CityCat 2 · 6.4 mi at 4.4% · 1,486 ft · starts 6.7 mi away
- RM300 RoadCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 9.8% · 545 ft · starts 10 mi away
- Bear Basin Road from 17N38Cat 1 · 7.7 mi at 6.1% · 2,484 ft · starts 10 mi away
- Bear Basin Road near Crescent CityCat 2 · 3.5 mi at 7.4% · 1,355 ft · starts 11 mi away
- Redwood Highway near Crescent CityCat 2 · 7.2 mi at 3.5% · 1,319 ft · starts 11 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.