Mulholland Highway Climb from Waring Drive
- long (9.5 km)
- 5.9 mi
- long (9.5 km)
- of climbing (381 m)
- 1,250 ft
- of climbing (381 m)
- average grade
- 4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 9.3%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 768 ft at the bottom to 2,018 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 Mulholland Highway this week
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Is it safe to bike up Mulholland Highway?
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: 2 bike crashes were reported on or beside Mulholland Highway along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Mulholland Highway
- How long and steep is the Mulholland Highway from Waring Drive climb?
- 5.9 miles (9.5 km) at 4% on average, climbing 1,250 ft (381 m) from 768 ft to 2,018 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 9.3%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.11439, -118.77915, where Mulholland Highway leaves Waring Drive, and tops out on the road at 34.09985, -118.84304.
- Is Mulholland Highway 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
- Kanan RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 6.8% · 935 ft · starts 0.4 mi away
- Baller RoadCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 5.5% · 879 ft · starts 4.2 mi away
- Westlake BoulevardCat 3 · 3.3 mi at 5.3% · 932 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Old Chimney RoadCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 11.1% · 541 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Encinal Canyon Road near Westlake VillageCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 6.3% · 610 ft · starts 4.7 mi away
- Piuma RoadCat 2 · 5.2 mi at 6.3% · 1,736 ft · starts 5.1 mi away
- Corral Canyon Road from Pacific Coast HighwayCat 1 · 6.7 mi at 7.1% · 2,543 ft · starts 6.0 mi away
- Latigo Canyon RoadCat 2 · 9.3 mi at 4.1% · 2,024 ft · starts 6.0 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
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.