Pine Creek Road Climb from Old Highway 80
- long (12.7 km)
- 7.9 mi
- long (12.7 km)
- of climbing (536 m)
- 1,759 ft
- of climbing (536 m)
- average grade
- 4.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 13.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 3,622 ft at the bottom to 5,381 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 Pine Creek Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Pine Creek 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 Pine Creek Road
- How long and steep is the Pine Creek Road from Old Highway 80 climb?
- 7.9 miles (12.7 km) at 4.2% on average, climbing 1,759 ft (536 m) from 3,622 ft to 5,381 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 13.2%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 32.83783, -116.53663, where Pine Creek Road leaves Old Highway 80, and tops out on the road at 32.90461, -116.47364.
- Is Pine Creek 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
- Route 79 near San DiegoCat 3 · 5.1 mi at 3.4% · 922 ft · starts 5.1 mi away
- Boulder Creek Road near San DiegoCat 3 · 3.4 mi at 5.1% · 922 ft · starts 7.6 mi away
- Los Pinos RoadCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 6.8% · 817 ft · starts 7.9 mi away
- Upper Green Valley RoadCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 4.2% · 545 ft · starts 8.3 mi away
- Lookout RoadCat 2 · 2.7 mi at 11.1% · 1,604 ft · starts 8.7 mi away
- Sheephead Mountain RoadCat 1 · dirt · 12 mi at 3.8% · 2,365 ft · starts 8.8 mi away
- Corral Canyon Road near San DiegoCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 4.8% · 607 ft · starts 9.1 mi away
- Kitchen Creek RoadHC · 11 mi at 4.4% · 2,644 ft · starts 9.1 mi away
Places to ride to 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.