Loma Vista Road Climb
- long (2.0 km)
- 1.2 mi
- long (2.0 km)
- of climbing (178 m)
- 584 ft
- of climbing (178 m)
- average grade
- 9.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.1%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 3,369 ft at the bottom to 3,953 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 Loma Vista Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Loma Vista 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 Loma Vista Road
- How long and steep is the Loma Vista Road climb?
- 1.2 miles (2.0 km) at 9.1% on average, climbing 584 ft (178 m) from 3,369 ft to 3,953 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.1%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.42839, -117.09023, where Loma Vista Road leaves Ocotillo Way, and tops out on the road at 34.41185, -117.09197.
- Is Loma Vista Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 63% 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
- Milpas RoadCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 9.1% · 981 ft · starts 0.8 mi away
- Grapevine Canyon Road from Santa Rosa RoadHC · dirt · 5.3 mi at 10% · 2,812 ft · starts 2.9 mi away
- Coxey Truck TrailHC · dirt · 17 mi at 3.5% · 3,241 ft · starts 3.0 mi away
- High RoadCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 5.6% · 702 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
- Santa Rosa Road from Shantung RoadCat 3 · 4.1 mi at 4% · 850 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- Roundup WayCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 3.4% · 558 ft · starts 6.2 mi away
- Mesa RoadCat 2 · 3.7 mi at 5.6% · 1,096 ft · starts 7.7 mi away
- Crystal Creek Road near Big Bear LakeCat 3 · 3.5 mi at 4.7% · 863 ft · starts 8.2 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.