Pleasant Valley Road Climb from Sanctuary Road
- long (10.3 km)
- 6.4 mi
- long (10.3 km)
- of climbing (402 m)
- 1,319 ft
- of climbing (402 m)
- average grade
- 3.9%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 9.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 558 ft at the bottom to 1,877 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 Pleasant Valley Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Pleasant Valley 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 Pleasant Valley Road
- How long and steep is the Pleasant Valley Road from Sanctuary Road climb?
- 6.4 miles (10.3 km) at 3.9% on average, climbing 1,319 ft (402 m) from 558 ft to 1,877 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 9.2%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 39.28985, -121.19693, where Pleasant Valley Road leaves Sanctuary Road, and tops out at Fair Haven Drive at 39.33974, -121.13265.
- Is Pleasant Valley 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
- Pleasant Valley Road near Nevada CityCat 3 · 3.7 mi at 4.6% · 896 ft · starts 0.3 mi away
- Troost TrailCat 3 · 2.7 mi at 5.7% · 810 ft · starts 1.3 mi away
- Bitney Springs RoadCat 2 · 6.9 mi at 3.2% · 1,158 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- North Ponderosa WayCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 5% · 568 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- Tyler Foote Crossing RoadCat 2 · 9.3 mi at 3.1% · 1,506 ft · starts 5.3 mi away
- State Highway 49 near Nevada CityCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 6.4% · 607 ft · starts 5.7 mi away
- Hoyt Crossing RoadCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 10.4% · 564 ft · starts 5.8 mi away
- Rough and Ready HighwayCat 2 · 5.2 mi at 4.2% · 1,175 ft · starts 5.9 mi away
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.