Indian Valley Road Climb from Camp Carter Road
- long (3.5 km)
- 2.2 mi
- long (3.5 km)
- of climbing (171 m)
- 561 ft
- of climbing (171 m)
- average grade
- 4.9%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 6.6%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 3,924 ft at the bottom to 4,485 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 Indian Valley Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Indian Valley 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 Indian Valley Road
- How long and steep is the Indian Valley Road from Camp Carter Road climb?
- 2.2 miles (3.5 km) at 4.9% on average, climbing 561 ft (171 m) from 3,924 ft to 4,485 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 40.53008, -123.34326, where Indian Valley Road leaves Camp Carter Road, and tops out on the road at 40.5461, -123.36444.
- Is Indian Valley Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 78% 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
- Indian Valley Road from Indian Valley Dispersed TrailCat 3 · 3.5 mi at 3.1% · 571 ft · starts 0.9 mi away
- Limedyke Lookout RoadHC · dirt · 8.1 mi at 6.4% · 2,720 ft · starts 5.6 mi away
- Mc Clellan RoadCat 2 · 5.9 mi at 6.2% · 1,929 ft · starts 5.8 mi away
- Fir Root Springs RoadCat 2 · 3.1 mi at 7.7% · 1,273 ft · starts 5.8 mi away
- Little Creek RoadCat 1 · dirt · 5.6 mi at 8.2% · 2,434 ft · starts 6.2 mi away
- Miller Place RoadCat 2 · 4.9 mi at 6.7% · 1,736 ft · starts 6.8 mi away
- Pattison Peak Jeep RoadHC · dirt · 5.6 mi at 11.7% · 3,445 ft · starts 6.9 mi away
- Indian Valley RoadCat 1 · 6.5 mi at 6.4% · 2,215 ft · starts 7.0 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.