Kaiser Pass Road Climb from Edison Lake Road
- long (5.1 km)
- 3.2 mi
- long (5.1 km)
- of climbing (279 m)
- 915 ft
- of climbing (279 m)
- average grade
- 5.5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.6%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 6,585 ft at the bottom to 7,500 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 Kaiser Pass Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Kaiser Pass 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 Kaiser Pass Road
- How long and steep is the Kaiser Pass Road from Edison Lake Road climb?
- 3.2 miles (5.1 km) at 5.5% on average, climbing 915 ft (279 m) from 6,585 ft to 7,500 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.6%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 37.32648, -119.01342, where Kaiser Pass Road leaves Edison Lake Road, and tops out on the road at 37.31574, -119.05035.
- Is Kaiser Pass 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
- Edison Lake RoadCat 2 · 6.9 mi at 3.4% · 1,220 ft · starts 0.0 mi away
- Kaiser Pass Road near Mammoth LakesCat 2 · 6.3 mi at 5.9% · 1,942 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
- Kaiser Pass Road from Huntington Lake RoadCat 1 · 7.3 mi at 5.7% · 2,182 ft · starts 9.5 mi away
- Stump Springs RoadHC · 18 mi at 4% · 3,832 ft · starts 15 mi away
- Huntington Lake RoadCat 1 · 6.6 mi at 6.5% · 2,277 ft · starts 15 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.