Old Yosemite Coulterville Road Climb
- long (3.3 km)
- 2.1 mi
- long (3.3 km)
- of climbing (181 m)
- 594 ft
- of climbing (181 m)
- average grade
- 5.5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 8.8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 4,662 ft at the bottom to 5,256 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 Yosemite Coulterville Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Old Yosemite Coulterville 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 Yosemite Coulterville Road
- How long and steep is the Old Yosemite Coulterville Road climb?
- 2.1 miles (3.3 km) at 5.5% on average, climbing 594 ft (181 m) from 4,662 ft to 5,256 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 8.8%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 37.71734, -119.78251, and tops out at Old Coulterville Road at 37.71088, -119.79373.
- Is Old Yosemite Coulterville 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
- Old Yosemite-Coulterville RoadCat 2 · 4.8 mi at 5.3% · 1,362 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Tioga Road from Big Oak Flat RoadCat 3 · 3.9 mi at 4.3% · 873 ft · starts 2.6 mi away
- Tamarack Flat Campground Rd.Cat 3 · 2.9 mi at 4.8% · 722 ft · starts 3.5 mi away
- Old Yosemite Coulterville RoadCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 7.3% · 577 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Tioga RoadCat 2 · 9.8 mi at 3% · 1,542 ft · starts 5.1 mi away
- Big Oak Flat Road from El Portal RoadCat 1 · 10 mi at 4.5% · 2,474 ft · starts 5.5 mi away
- Glacier Point Road from Wawona RoadCat 2 · 5.7 mi at 4.4% · 1,319 ft · starts 6.2 mi away
- Hites Cove OHV TrailCat 1 · dirt · 3.9 mi at 11.1% · 2,300 ft · starts 6.5 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.