Salyer Loop Road Climb
- long (2.9 km)
- 1.8 mi
- long (2.9 km)
- of climbing (182 m)
- 597 ft
- of climbing (182 m)
- average grade
- 6.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 8.1%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 561 ft at the bottom to 1,158 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 Salyer Loop Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Salyer Loop 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 Salyer Loop Road
- How long and steep is the Salyer Loop Road climb?
- 1.8 miles (2.9 km) at 6.4% on average, climbing 597 ft (182 m) from 561 ft to 1,158 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 8.1%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.8922, -123.58527, where Salyer Loop Road leaves Fountain Ranch Road, and tops out at Salyer Court at 40.90598, -123.57918.
- Is Salyer Loop 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
- Friday Ridge Road from Trinity HighwayHC · 7.9 mi at 6.7% · 2,779 ft · starts 1.0 mi away
- Campbell Ridge RoadCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 9.9% · 951 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- Gray Creek Road from South Fork RoadCat 1 · dirt · 4.9 mi at 8.8% · 2,280 ft · starts 1.9 mi away
- Salyer-Mad River RoadHC · 11 mi at 4.9% · 2,887 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- South Fork Road near Blue LakeCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 4.7% · 528 ft · starts 3.5 mi away
- Huckleberry Creek RoadHC · dirt · 4.9 mi at 11.1% · 2,887 ft · starts 3.7 mi away
- South Fork Road near Blue LakeCat 3 · 3.4 mi at 3.1% · 558 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
- Denny Road near Blue LakeCat 1 · 7.0 mi at 7% · 2,579 ft · starts 3.9 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.