Roaring Creek Road Climb
- long (3.8 km)
- 2.4 mi
- long (3.8 km)
- of climbing (261 m)
- 856 ft
- of climbing (261 m)
- average grade
- 6.8%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.9%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 850 ft at the bottom to 1,706 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 Roaring Creek Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Roaring 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 Roaring Creek Road
- How long and steep is the Roaring Creek Road climb?
- 2.4 miles (3.8 km) at 6.8% on average, climbing 856 ft (261 m) from 850 ft to 1,706 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.9%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.41141, -122.67135, where Roaring Creek Road leaves Bland Road, and tops out on the road at 40.41629, -122.70546.
- Is Roaring 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
- Trinity Alps Vista Road from Bland Road near ReddingCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 5.8% · 669 ft · starts 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Alps Vista Road from Bland Road near ReddingCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 6% · 666 ft · starts 1.1 mi away
- Platina RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 6.2% · 574 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
- Bully Choop Road from Duncan Creek RoadHC · 8.6 mi at 7.5% · 3,376 ft · starts 5.1 mi away
- Rainbow Lake RoadCat 2 · 4.6 mi at 6% · 1,437 ft · starts 5.1 mi away
- Graves Ranch Road from Platina RoadCat 2 · 7.4 mi at 4.5% · 1,752 ft · starts 5.1 mi away
- Buell RoadCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 5.9% · 640 ft · starts 5.2 mi away
- Baker Ridge RoadCat 3 · 3.2 mi at 3.8% · 650 ft · starts 5.2 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.