Quail Canyon Road Climb from Blossom Springs Road
- long (4.3 km)
- 2.6 mi
- long (4.3 km)
- of climbing (224 m)
- 735 ft
- of climbing (224 m)
- average grade
- 5.3%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 7.9%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 768 ft at the bottom to 1,503 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 Quail Canyon Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Quail Canyon 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: 1 bike crash was reported on or beside Quail Canyon Road along the climb from 2021–2025, 1 of them serious or fatal (1 fatal).
Common questions about Quail Canyon Road
- How long and steep is the Quail Canyon Road from Blossom Springs Road climb?
- 2.6 miles (4.3 km) at 5.3% on average, climbing 735 ft (224 m) from 768 ft to 1,503 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 7.9%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 32.86312, -116.87355, where Quail Canyon Road leaves Blossom Springs Road, and tops out on the road at 32.87496, -116.8344.
- Is Quail Canyon 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
- Olde Highway 80Cat 3 · 3.2 mi at 3.3% · 551 ft · starts 1.1 mi away
- Wildcat Canyon Road from Willow RoadCat 2 · 4.0 mi at 5.3% · 1,122 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
- Montana SerenaCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 11.2% · 545 ft · starts 2.7 mi away
- Alpine BoulevardCat 2 · 8.6 mi at 3.2% · 1,470 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
- Mountain View Road from Frances DriveCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 4.9% · 630 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Lake Vicente DriveCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 7.3% · 548 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
- Peutz Valley RoadCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 3.6% · 545 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
- Arnold WayCat 3 · 2.7 mi at 4.3% · 610 ft · starts 4.2 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.