Shelter Cove Road Climb from Upper Pacific Drive
- long (8.5 km)
- 5.3 mi
- long (8.5 km)
- of climbing (660 m)
- 2,165 ft
- of climbing (660 m)
- average grade
- 7.8%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 13.1%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 138 ft at the bottom to 2,303 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 Shelter Cove Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Shelter Cove 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 Shelter Cove Road
- How long and steep is the Shelter Cove Road from Upper Pacific Drive climb?
- 5.3 miles (8.5 km) at 7.8% on average, climbing 2,165 ft (660 m) from 138 ft to 2,303 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 13.1%. That makes it a Category 1 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.02856, -124.07256, where Shelter Cove Road leaves Upper Pacific Drive, and tops out on the road at 40.04641, -124.02106.
- Is Shelter Cove 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
- Toth RoadCat 2 · 2.6 mi at 7.9% · 1,102 ft · starts 1.0 mi away
- Telegraph Creek RoadCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 8.4% · 571 ft · starts 1.1 mi away
- Willow Glen RoadCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 10.8% · 623 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- Paradise Ridge RoadCat 3 · 0.8 mi at 12.6% · 551 ft · starts 4.7 mi away
- Shelter Cove Road from Huckleberry LaneCat 2 · 3.3 mi at 8% · 1,368 ft · starts 5.7 mi away
- Yellow RoadCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 10.1% · 709 ft · starts 5.8 mi away
- Goodman Ranch RoadCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 6.7% · 535 ft · starts 7.0 mi away
- French Ranch RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 7.6% · 627 ft · starts 7.4 mi away
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Category 1: 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.