Memory Lane Climb from Deer Meadows Road
- long (3.4 km)
- 2.1 mi
- long (3.4 km)
- of climbing (495 m)
- 1,624 ft
- of climbing (495 m)
- average grade
- 14.6%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 19.5%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,910 ft at the bottom to 4,534 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 Memory Lane this week
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Is it safe to bike up Memory Lane?
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 Memory Lane
- How long and steep is the Memory Lane from Deer Meadows Road climb?
- 2.1 miles (3.4 km) at 14.6% on average, climbing 1,624 ft (495 m) from 2,910 ft to 4,534 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 19.5%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 41.65676, -122.60933, where Memory Lane leaves Deer Meadows Road, and ends where the road ends at 41.63672, -122.61463.
- Is Memory Lane 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
- Schulmeyer RoadCat 1 · 6.5 mi at 6.3% · 2,146 ft · starts 1.4 mi away
- Guys Gulch RoadCat 3 · 3.7 mi at 4% · 778 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- Long Gulch RoadCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 6.4% · 1,047 ft · starts 7.1 mi away
- Hawkinsville Humbug Road near YrekaCat 2 · 2.8 mi at 7.5% · 1,122 ft · starts 7.2 mi away
- Scarface Road near Fort JonesCat 2 · 6.4 mi at 4.4% · 1,486 ft · starts 7.3 mi away
- Rocky Gulch RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 11% · 974 ft · starts 7.5 mi away
- Cottonwood Creek RoadCat 2 · 5.1 mi at 4.5% · 1,220 ft · starts 7.5 mi away
- Cram Gulch RoadCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 4.8% · 712 ft · starts 7.5 mi away
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.