Hogback Road Climb from Hogback Drive
- long (7.1 km)
- 4.4 mi
- long (7.1 km)
- of climbing (293 m)
- 961 ft
- of climbing (293 m)
- average grade
- 4.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 7.4%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 3,304 ft at the bottom to 4,265 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 Hogback Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Hogback 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 Hogback Road
- How long and steep is the Hogback Road from Hogback Drive climb?
- 4.4 miles (7.1 km) at 4.1% on average, climbing 961 ft (293 m) from 3,304 ft to 4,265 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 7.4%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 36.63573, -119.00357, where Hogback Road leaves Hogback Drive, and tops out at Millwood Drive at 36.69106, -119.00745.
- Is Hogback 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
- Eshom Valley Drive near WoodlakeCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 5.9% · 646 ft · starts 0.7 mi away
- Whittaker Forest RoadCat 1 · 8.5 mi at 5.7% · 2,543 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- Wildhog Canyon near WoodlakeCat 2 · 2.6 mi at 7.8% · 1,086 ft · starts 2.7 mi away
- Wildhog Canyon near WoodlakeCat 2 · 5.3 mi at 6.2% · 1,726 ft · starts 2.7 mi away
- Eshom Valley Drive near WoodlakeCat 2 · 5.8 mi at 4.8% · 1,450 ft · starts 3.5 mi away
- Logger Point RoadCat 2 · 3.8 mi at 5.9% · 1,194 ft · starts 4.9 mi away
- Sundew RoadCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 9.8% · 541 ft · starts 6.5 mi away
- Generals Highway near Orange CoveCat 3 · 5.3 mi at 3.7% · 1,020 ft · starts 6.6 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.