Gold Run Road Climb
- long (12.3 km)
- 7.6 mi
- long (12.3 km)
- of climbing (695 m)
- 2,280 ft
- of climbing (695 m)
- average grade
- 5.6%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 4,259 ft at the bottom to 6,539 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 Run Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Gold Run 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 Gold Run Road
- How long and steep is the Gold Run Road climb?
- 7.6 miles (12.3 km) at 5.6% on average, climbing 2,280 ft (695 m) from 4,259 ft to 6,539 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.2%. That makes it a Category 1 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.37734, -120.65396, where Gold Run Road leaves Richmond Road North, and tops out at Diamond Mountain Road at 40.31741, -120.7431.
- Is Gold Run Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 84% of the climb as paved, and the rest as dirt or gravel.
- 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 Scotts Log RoadCat 2 · 2.9 mi at 7% · 1,093 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Hillcrest RoadCat 3 · 3.9 mi at 3.2% · 669 ft · starts 2.9 mi away
- Eagle Lake Road near SusanvilleCat 2 · 7.6 mi at 3.8% · 1,542 ft · starts 4.2 mi away
- Indians Road from Elysian Valley RoadCat 3 · 2.7 mi at 5.4% · 784 ft · starts 6.1 mi away
- Rice Canyon Road from Bible RoadCat 2 · 6.4 mi at 3.2% · 1,093 ft · starts 7.0 mi away
- Diamond Mountain Road near SusanvilleCat 2 · 3.9 mi at 5.1% · 1,050 ft · starts 8.3 mi away
- Diamond Mountain Motorway near SusanvilleCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 7.1% · 689 ft · starts 9.0 mi away
- Moonlight Valley Road near SusanvilleCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 10.7% · 722 ft · starts 9.5 mi away
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Category 1: 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.