High Gun Drive Climb
- long (2.7 km)
- 1.7 mi
- long (2.7 km)
- of climbing (231 m)
- 758 ft
- of climbing (231 m)
- average grade
- 8.6%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.3%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 3,875 ft at the bottom to 4,633 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 High Gun Drive this week
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Is it safe to bike up High Gun Drive?
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 High Gun Drive
- How long and steep is the High Gun Drive climb?
- 1.7 miles (2.7 km) at 8.6% on average, climbing 758 ft (231 m) from 3,875 ft to 4,633 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.3%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 35.07636, -118.62458, where High Gun Drive leaves Bold Venture Drive, and tops out at High Gun Court at 35.06889, -118.61552.
- Is High Gun Drive 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
- Banducci RoadCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 5% · 804 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
- Mountain Climber Way from Chalet DriveCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 10.6% · 997 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
- Mountain Climber Way near TehachapiCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 8.4% · 712 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
- Matterhorn DriveCat 2 · 3.7 mi at 6.9% · 1,335 ft · starts 4.2 mi away
- Skyline Drive near TehachapiCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 4.5% · 594 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Bear Valley Road near TehachapiCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 4.7% · 728 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Skyline Drive from Cumberland RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 7% · 607 ft · starts 5.0 mi away
- Saddleback DriveCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 11.3% · 919 ft · starts 5.2 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.