Miners Creek Road Climb from Big Creek Road
- long (16.4 km)
- 10 mi
- long (16.4 km)
- of climbing (838 m)
- 2,749 ft
- of climbing (838 m)
- average grade
- 5.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 17.5%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,979 ft at the bottom to 5,728 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 Miners Creek Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Miners Creek 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. Most of this climb is a dirt road, and falls away from public roads rarely reach police reports. What the records show: no bike crashes were reported along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Miners Creek Road
- How long and steep is the Miners Creek Road from Big Creek Road climb?
- 10 miles (16.4 km) at 5.1% on average, climbing 2,749 ft (838 m) from 2,979 ft to 5,728 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 17.5%. That makes it a Hors catégorie climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.63454, -123.1618, where Miners Creek Road leaves Big Creek Road, and tops out at Bear Creek Ridge Jeep Road at 40.65552, -123.22822.
- Is Miners Creek Road paved?
- Mostly not: OpenStreetMap tags 100% of the climb as dirt or gravel. Dirt roads can be closed in fire season or after rain, so check with the land manager.
- 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
- Packers Creek Road from Big Creek RoadCat 2 · 5.1 mi at 5.1% · 1,391 ft · starts 1.6 mi away
- Brady RoadCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 4.4% · 686 ft · starts 5.7 mi away
- Bear Creek Ridge Jeep RoadCat 1 · dirt · 3.3 mi at 14% · 2,428 ft · starts 5.7 mi away
- Little Creek RoadCat 1 · dirt · 5.6 mi at 8.2% · 2,434 ft · starts 5.9 mi away
- Rattlesnake Gap RoadCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 8.6% · 663 ft · starts 6.3 mi away
- Indian Valley RoadCat 1 · 6.5 mi at 6.4% · 2,215 ft · starts 6.8 mi away
- Maxwell Creek RoadCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 6.5% · 971 ft · starts 7.2 mi away
- Manzanita Ridge RoadHC · dirt · 5.5 mi at 11% · 3,182 ft · starts 7.6 mi away
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Hors catégorie: 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.