Little Tujunga Canyon Road Climb from Osborne Street
- long (10.6 km)
- 6.6 mi
- long (10.6 km)
- of climbing (491 m)
- 1,611 ft
- of climbing (491 m)
- average grade
- 4.6%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 8.3%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,129 ft at the bottom to 2,740 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 Little Tujunga Canyon Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Little Tujunga 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 Little Tujunga Canyon Road
- How long and steep is the Little Tujunga Canyon Road from Osborne Street climb?
- 6.6 miles (10.6 km) at 4.6% on average, climbing 1,611 ft (491 m) from 1,129 ft to 2,740 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 8.3%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.28156, -118.37181, where Little Tujunga Canyon Road leaves Osborne Street, and tops out at Dillon Divide at 34.34464, -118.34904.
- Is Little Tujunga 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
- Kagel Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 7.1% · 984 ft · starts 0.3 mi away
- Lopez Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 5.6% · 761 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Gold Creek RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 6.1% · 535 ft · starts 3.0 mi away
- Hillrose StreetCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 5.2% · 617 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
- La Tuna Canyon RoadCat 3 · 4.6 mi at 3.8% · 932 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Apperson StreetCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 5.4% · 620 ft · starts 3.7 mi away
- May Canyon RoadCat 2 · 4.8 mi at 7.8% · 1,998 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- Little Tujunga Canyon Road near San FernandoCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 5.4% · 666 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
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.