Old Loma Road Climb
- long (3.0 km)
- 1.9 mi
- long (3.0 km)
- of climbing (195 m)
- 640 ft
- of climbing (195 m)
- average grade
- 6.6%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 9.4%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 3,999 ft at the bottom to 4,639 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 Old Loma Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Old Loma 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 Old Loma Road
- How long and steep is the Old Loma Road climb?
- 1.9 miles (3.0 km) at 6.6% on average, climbing 640 ft (195 m) from 3,999 ft to 4,639 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 9.4%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.03112, -121.61417, where Old Loma Road leaves Cedar Creek Loop Road, and tops out at Carpenter Ridge Road at 40.04587, -121.58548.
- Is Old Loma Road 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
- Humboldt Road from Deer Creek HighwayCat 3 · 3.0 mi at 5.7% · 889 ft · starts 0.6 mi away
- Carpenter Ridge Road near ParadiseCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 5.6% · 692 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- Carpenter Ridge Road near ParadiseCat 3 · 3.4 mi at 5.4% · 981 ft · starts 3.5 mi away
- Deer Creek Highway near ParadiseCat 3 · 4.3 mi at 3.1% · 709 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
- Skyway from Butte Creek Flat RoadCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 4.3% · 577 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- Ponderosa Way near ParadiseCat 1 · dirt · 6.5 mi at 6.7% · 2,280 ft · starts 5.5 mi away
- Ponderosa Way near ParadiseCat 1 · dirt · 14 mi at 3.4% · 2,487 ft · starts 5.5 mi away
- West Branch Camp RoadCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 8.6% · 577 ft · starts 5.7 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.