Packers Bay Road Climb
- long (3.1 km)
- 1.9 mi
- long (3.1 km)
- of climbing (192 m)
- 630 ft
- of climbing (192 m)
- average grade
- 6.3%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.1%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,066 ft at the bottom to 1,696 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 Packers Bay Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Packers Bay 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 Packers Bay Road
- How long and steep is the Packers Bay Road climb?
- 1.9 miles (3.1 km) at 6.3% on average, climbing 630 ft (192 m) from 1,066 ft to 1,696 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.1%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.77248, -122.33992, where Packers Bay Road leaves Packers Bay Public Boat Ramp, and tops out at Northwoods Road at 40.78898, -122.32459.
- Is Packers Bay 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
- O'Brien Mountain RoadCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 10.6% · 650 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- O'Brien Inlet RoadCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 6.3% · 650 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity Nra from Fawndale RoadCat 2 · 3.7 mi at 6.5% · 1,260 ft · starts 3.4 mi away
- Lakeview Drive near Shasta LakeCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 7.7% · 640 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Digger Bay Road near Shasta LakeCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 7.1% · 535 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- Ycotti Creek RoadCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 8.3% · 676 ft · starts 4.4 mi away
- Gilman RoadCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 4.7% · 768 ft · starts 5.3 mi away
- Salt Creek Road from Complict Point RoadCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 8.2% · 545 ft · starts 5.3 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.