Orick Hill Lane Climb
- long (1.4 km)
- 0.9 mi
- long (1.4 km)
- of climbing (161 m)
- 528 ft
- of climbing (161 m)
- average grade
- 11.6%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 15.4%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 33 ft at the bottom to 561 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 Orick Hill Lane this week
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Is it safe to bike up Orick Hill Lane?
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 Orick Hill Lane
- How long and steep is the Orick Hill Lane climb?
- 0.9 miles (1.4 km) at 11.6% on average, climbing 528 ft (161 m) from 33 ft to 561 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 15.4%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 41.29574, -124.05475, where Orick Hill Lane leaves Redwood Highway, and ends where the road ends at 41.29948, -124.05871.
- Is Orick Hill Lane paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 65% of the climb as paved, and the rest as dirt or gravel.
- 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
- Bald Hills Road near TrinidadCat 1 · 9.6 mi at 4.8% · 2,431 ft · starts 0.7 mi away
- Redwood Highway near TrinidadCat 2 · 5.7 mi at 4.9% · 1,480 ft · starts 2.9 mi away
- Redwood Highway near TrinidadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 7% · 955 ft · starts 5.3 mi away
- Johnson Road near TrinidadCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 5.7% · 846 ft · starts 6.5 mi away
- Hancorne Ranch Road near TrinidadCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 8.1% · 558 ft · starts 8.0 mi away
- B-LineCat 3 · 2.7 mi at 4.2% · 604 ft · starts 8.1 mi away
- Hancorne Ranch Road near TrinidadCat 2 · 3.6 mi at 8.8% · 1,690 ft · starts 9.2 mi away
- Hancorne Ranch Road near TrinidadCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 6.9% · 840 ft · starts 9.8 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.