Latigo Canyon Road Climb
- long (14.9 km)
- 9.3 mi
- long (14.9 km)
- of climbing (617 m)
- 2,024 ft
- of climbing (617 m)
- average grade
- 4.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 7.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 105 ft at the bottom to 2,129 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 Latigo Canyon Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Latigo 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: 1 bike crash was reported on or beside Latigo Canyon Road along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Latigo Canyon Road
- How long and steep is the Latigo Canyon Road climb?
- 9.3 miles (14.9 km) at 4.1% on average, climbing 2,024 ft (617 m) from 105 ft to 2,129 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 7.2%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.03014, -118.75472, where Latigo Canyon Road leaves Pacific Coast Highway, and tops out at Castro Peak Motorway at 34.08711, -118.80882.
- Is Latigo Canyon 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
- Corral Canyon Road from Pacific Coast HighwayCat 1 · 6.7 mi at 7.1% · 2,543 ft · starts 0.7 mi away
- Old Chimney RoadCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 11.1% · 541 ft · starts 1.8 mi away
- Baller RoadCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 5.5% · 879 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
- Kanan Dume RoadCat 2 · 4.2 mi at 6.6% · 1,473 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Zuma Ridge TrailCat 1 · dirt · 5.3 mi at 8.4% · 2,359 ft · starts 3.7 mi away
- Piuma RoadCat 2 · 5.2 mi at 6.3% · 1,736 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Mulholland Highway from Waring DriveCat 2 · 5.9 mi at 4% · 1,250 ft · starts 6.0 mi away
- Kanan RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 6.8% · 935 ft · starts 6.3 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
Bike crash hotspots nearby
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Category 2: 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.