Grizzly Peak Boulevard Climb
- long (6.3 km)
- 3.9 mi
- long (6.3 km)
- of climbing (258 m)
- 846 ft
- of climbing (258 m)
- average grade
- 4.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 6.6%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 820 ft at the bottom to 1,667 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 Grizzly Peak Boulevard this week
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Is it safe to bike up Grizzly Peak Boulevard?
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: 6 bike crashes were reported on or beside Grizzly Peak Boulevard along the climb from 2021–2025, 2 of them serious or fatal. Of the 3 where the cyclist's direction along the climb can be read, 2 were coming down and 1 going up.
Common questions about Grizzly Peak Boulevard
- How long and steep is the Grizzly Peak Boulevard climb?
- 3.9 miles (6.3 km) at 4.1% on average, climbing 846 ft (258 m) from 820 ft to 1,667 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 6.6%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 37.90598, -122.26962, where Grizzly Peak Boulevard leaves Plateau Drive, and tops out on the road at 37.88006, -122.22832.
- Is Grizzly Peak Boulevard 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
- Terrace DriveCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 8% · 561 ft · starts 1.6 mi away
- South Park DriveCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 9% · 715 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Marin AvenueCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 8.8% · 994 ft · starts 1.8 mi away
- Moeser LaneCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 9.9% · 709 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- Euclid AvenueCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 4.7% · 561 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- Spruce StreetCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 4.9% · 591 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- Cedar StreetCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 5.3% · 525 ft · starts 2.4 mi away
- Centennial DriveCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 8.9% · 781 ft · starts 2.6 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.