Indian Valley Road Climb
- long (10.5 km)
- 6.5 mi
- long (10.5 km)
- of climbing (675 m)
- 2,215 ft
- of climbing (675 m)
- average grade
- 6.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 13.6%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,287 ft at the bottom to 4,501 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 climb?
- 6.5 miles (10.5 km) at 6.4% on average, climbing 2,215 ft (675 m) from 2,287 ft to 4,501 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 13.6%. That makes it a Category 1 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.54439, -123.21179, and tops out at Slick Road at 40.5126, -123.28227.
- Is Indian Valley 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
- Brady RoadCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 4.4% · 686 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Little Creek RoadCat 1 · dirt · 5.6 mi at 8.2% · 2,434 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
- Indian Valley Road from Indian Valley Dispersed TrailCat 3 · 3.5 mi at 3.1% · 571 ft · starts 6.7 mi away
- Miners Creek Road from Big Creek RoadHC · dirt · 10 mi at 5.1% · 2,749 ft · starts 6.8 mi away
- Indian Valley Road from Camp Carter RoadCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 4.9% · 561 ft · starts 7.0 mi away
- Bear Creek Ridge Jeep RoadCat 1 · dirt · 3.3 mi at 14% · 2,428 ft · starts 7.5 mi away
- Packers Creek Road from Big Creek RoadCat 2 · 5.1 mi at 5.1% · 1,391 ft · starts 8.3 mi away
- Wildwood RoadCat 3 · 4.3 mi at 3.1% · 709 ft · starts 8.4 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.