Gold Creek Road Climb
- long (2.7 km)
- 1.7 mi
- long (2.7 km)
- of climbing (163 m)
- 535 ft
- of climbing (163 m)
- average grade
- 6.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,578 ft at the bottom to 2,113 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 Gold Creek Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Gold 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: 1 bike crash was reported on or beside Gold Creek Road along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Gold Creek Road
- How long and steep is the Gold Creek Road climb?
- 1.7 miles (2.7 km) at 6.1% on average, climbing 535 ft (163 m) from 1,578 ft to 2,113 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.2%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.31696, -118.34122, where Gold Creek Road leaves Little Tujunga Canyon Road, and tops out on the road at 34.32063, -118.31923.
- Is Gold 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
- Little Tujunga Canyon Road near San FernandoCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 5.4% · 666 ft · starts 2.9 mi away
- Little Tujunga Canyon Road near San FernandoCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 6.8% · 640 ft · starts 3.0 mi away
- Little Tujunga Canyon Road from Osborne StreetCat 2 · 6.6 mi at 4.6% · 1,611 ft · starts 3.0 mi away
- Kagel Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 7.1% · 984 ft · starts 3.0 mi away
- Hillrose StreetCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 5.2% · 617 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
- Lopez Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 5.6% · 761 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
- Santa Clara Truck Trail from Sand Canyon Road near San FernandoCat 2 · 6.9 mi at 5.2% · 1,909 ft · starts 4.2 mi away
- Santa Clara Truck Trail from Sand Canyon Road near San FernandoCat 2 · 3.7 mi at 5.8% · 1,138 ft · starts 4.2 mi away
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.