Powerline Road Climb from Wheatfield Trail
- long (4.7 km)
- 2.9 mi
- long (4.7 km)
- of climbing (218 m)
- 715 ft
- of climbing (218 m)
- average grade
- 4.7%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.9%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 3,793 ft at the bottom to 4,508 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 Powerline Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Powerline 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 Powerline Road
- How long and steep is the Powerline Road from Wheatfield Trail climb?
- 2.9 miles (4.7 km) at 4.7% on average, climbing 715 ft (218 m) from 3,793 ft to 4,508 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.9%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.77408, -118.83182, where Powerline Road leaves Wheatfield Trail, and tops out on the road at 34.77966, -118.86396.
- Is Powerline 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
- Powerline RoadCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 6.2% · 594 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Edison Teson Mountain RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 9.7% · 886 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
- Gold Hill Road near FillmoreCat 2 · 4.4 mi at 4.7% · 1,099 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Gold Hill Road from Hungry Valley RoadCat 3 · 3.9 mi at 4.1% · 833 ft · starts 3.7 mi away
- Frazier Mountain Park RoadCat 2 · 6.8 mi at 3.8% · 1,358 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- Old Ridge Route from Lancaster RoadCat 3 · 3.8 mi at 4.3% · 853 ft · starts 5.6 mi away
- Buck Creek Road from Hardluck Campground RoadCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 5.1% · 528 ft · starts 6.0 mi away
- Canyon DriveCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 13.2% · 594 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.