Kortum Canyon Road Climb
- long (3.5 km)
- 2.2 mi
- long (3.5 km)
- of climbing (252 m)
- 827 ft
- of climbing (252 m)
- average grade
- 7.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 14.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 374 ft at the bottom to 1,201 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 Kortum Canyon Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Kortum Canyon 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 Kortum Canyon Road
- How long and steep is the Kortum Canyon Road climb?
- 2.2 miles (3.5 km) at 7.2% on average, climbing 827 ft (252 m) from 374 ft to 1,201 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 14.2%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.57526, -122.58052, where Kortum Canyon Road leaves Foothill Boulevard, and tops out on the road at 38.55471, -122.6024.
- Is Kortum Canyon Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 90% 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
- Lake County HighwayCat 2 · 7.5 mi at 4.8% · 1,896 ft · starts 0.9 mi away
- Petrified Forest RoadCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 7.2% · 764 ft · starts 1.0 mi away
- Diamond Mountain Road from Saint Helena HighwayCat 2 · 3.3 mi at 8.2% · 1,444 ft · starts 1.1 mi away
- Old Lawley Toll RoadCat 2 · 3.1 mi at 6.5% · 1,073 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
- Fechter RoadCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 11.5% · 636 ft · starts 2.7 mi away
- Mattei RoadCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 9.8% · 564 ft · starts 4.2 mi away
- Langtry RoadCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 5.4% · 597 ft · starts 4.9 mi away
- Yellow Jacket Ranch Road near CalistogaCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 7.9% · 531 ft · starts 4.9 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.