Mountain Climber Way Climb from Chalet Drive
- long (2.9 km)
- 1.8 mi
- long (2.9 km)
- of climbing (304 m)
- 997 ft
- of climbing (304 m)
- average grade
- 10.6%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 14.9%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 4,685 ft at the bottom to 5,682 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 Mountain Climber Way this week
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Is it safe to bike up Mountain Climber Way?
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 Mountain Climber Way
- How long and steep is the Mountain Climber Way from Chalet Drive climb?
- 1.8 miles (2.9 km) at 10.6% on average, climbing 997 ft (304 m) from 4,685 ft to 5,682 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 14.9%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 35.07966, -118.55575, where Mountain Climber Way leaves Chalet Drive, and tops out on the road at 35.06875, -118.55709.
- Is Mountain Climber Way 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
- Matterhorn DriveCat 2 · 3.7 mi at 6.9% · 1,335 ft · starts 0.5 mi away
- Mountain Climber Way near TehachapiCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 8.4% · 712 ft · starts 1.2 mi away
- Andermatt DriveCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 11.3% · 548 ft · starts 1.9 mi away
- Saint Moritz DriveCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 13% · 676 ft · starts 2.1 mi away
- Saint Moritz PlaceCat 3 · 0.7 mi at 13.5% · 531 ft · starts 2.1 mi away
- Banducci RoadCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 5% · 804 ft · starts 2.6 mi away
- Jury Ranch DriveCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 10.3% · 778 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Bear Valley Road near TehachapiCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 4.7% · 728 ft · starts 3.5 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.