Sand Canyon Road Climb from Lost Canyon Road
- long (9.2 km)
- 5.7 mi
- long (9.2 km)
- of climbing (357 m)
- 1,171 ft
- of climbing (357 m)
- average grade
- 3.9%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 7.8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,542 ft at the bottom to 2,713 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 Sand Canyon Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Sand 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: no bike crashes were reported along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Sand Canyon Road
- How long and steep is the Sand Canyon Road from Lost Canyon Road climb?
- 5.7 miles (9.2 km) at 3.9% on average, climbing 1,171 ft (357 m) from 1,542 ft to 2,713 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 7.8%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.41963, -118.42366, where Sand Canyon Road leaves Lost Canyon Road, and ends at a gate at 34.36116, -118.39281.
- Is Sand 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
- Santa Clara Truck Trail from Sand Canyon Road near San FernandoCat 2 · 6.9 mi at 5.2% · 1,909 ft · starts 4.4 mi away
- Santa Clara Truck Trail from Sand Canyon Road near San FernandoCat 2 · 3.7 mi at 5.8% · 1,138 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Golden Valley RoadCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 5.7% · 604 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Wagon Wheel RoadCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 5.6% · 591 ft · starts 5.2 mi away
- Little Tujunga Canyon Road near San FernandoCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 6.8% · 640 ft · starts 5.6 mi away
- Little Tujunga Canyon Road near San FernandoCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 5.4% · 666 ft · starts 5.7 mi away
- Santa Clara Divide RoadCat 1 · dirt · 7.5 mi at 6.2% · 2,444 ft · starts 5.8 mi away
- May Canyon RoadCat 2 · 4.8 mi at 7.8% · 1,998 ft · starts 6.4 mi away
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.