Route 50 Climb from Pomo Street
- long (5.8 km)
- 3.6 mi
- long (5.8 km)
- of climbing (320 m)
- 1,050 ft
- of climbing (320 m)
- average grade
- 5.5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 6.6%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 6,332 ft at the bottom to 7,382 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 Route 50 this week
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Is it safe to bike up Route 50?
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 Route 50 along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Route 50
- How long and steep is the Route 50 from Pomo Street climb?
- 3.6 miles (5.8 km) at 5.5% on average, climbing 1,050 ft (320 m) from 6,332 ft to 7,382 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 6.6%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.84927, -120.02598, where Route 50 leaves Pomo Street, and tops out at Echo Summit at 38.81296, -120.03043.
- Is Route 50 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
- South Upper Truckee RoadCat 3 · 3.3 mi at 3% · 535 ft · starts 1.4 mi away
- Fountain Place RoadCat 2 · 4.5 mi at 5.3% · 1,260 ft · starts 1.9 mi away
- Luther Pass Road from Portal DriveCat 2 · 4.3 mi at 5.8% · 1,312 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
- Angora Ridge RoadCat 3 · 3.3 mi at 4.3% · 732 ft · starts 3.5 mi away
- Strawberry 4WD TrailCat 1 · dirt · 5.5 mi at 7.6% · 2,234 ft · starts 7.2 mi away
- Old Luther Pass RoadCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 5.8% · 663 ft · starts 7.5 mi away
- Luther Pass Road near South Lake TahoeCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 5.1% · 676 ft · starts 7.5 mi away
- Keller RoadCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 7.8% · 607 ft · starts 7.9 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
Bike crash hotspots 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.