Italian Bar Road Climb from Mountain Placer Road
- long (2.6 km)
- 1.6 mi
- long (2.6 km)
- of climbing (199 m)
- 653 ft
- of climbing (199 m)
- average grade
- 7.5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 8.8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,963 ft at the bottom to 3,615 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 Italian Bar Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Italian Bar 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 Italian Bar Road
- How long and steep is the Italian Bar Road from Mountain Placer Road climb?
- 1.6 miles (2.6 km) at 7.5% on average, climbing 653 ft (199 m) from 2,963 ft to 3,615 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 8.8%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.11811, -120.24127, where Italian Bar Road leaves Mountain Placer Road, and tops out on the road at 38.10452, -120.24079.
- Is Italian Bar 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
- Keltz Mine RoadCat 2 · 2.2 mi at 12.2% · 1,414 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- Mount Elizabeth DriveCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 8% · 965 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
- Middle Camp Sugar Pine RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 7.1% · 623 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Elizabeth Peak RoadCat 2 · 2.6 mi at 7.6% · 1,056 ft · starts 4.7 mi away
- Kewin Mill RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 7.7% · 679 ft · starts 5.8 mi away
- Middle Camp RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 4.8% · 650 ft · starts 6.1 mi away
- Bottini Apple Ranch RoadCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 10.8% · 702 ft · starts 6.2 mi away
- Five Mile Creek RoadCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 6% · 554 ft · starts 6.3 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.