Sky Ranch Road Climb from Sky Ranch Lane
- long (20.2 km)
- 13 mi
- long (20.2 km)
- of climbing (1,048 m)
- 3,438 ft
- of climbing (1,048 m)
- average grade
- 5.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.6%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,982 ft at the bottom to 6,421 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 Sky Ranch Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Sky Ranch 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 Sky Ranch Road
- How long and steep is the Sky Ranch Road from Sky Ranch Lane climb?
- 13 miles (20.2 km) at 5.2% on average, climbing 3,438 ft (1,048 m) from 2,982 ft to 6,421 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.6%. That makes it a Hors catégorie climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 37.37648, -119.62327, where Sky Ranch Road leaves Sky Ranch Lane, and tops out at 6S20 at 37.45095, -119.55248.
- Is Sky Ranch Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 89% of the climb as paved, and the rest as dirt or gravel.
- 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
- Allen RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 7.3% · 636 ft · starts 1.0 mi away
- Jean Road EastCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 5.9% · 568 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Indian Springs RoadCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 8.5% · 850 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Road 425BCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 5.7% · 781 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Southern Yosemite Highway from Royal Oaks DriveCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 6.1% · 797 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- Southern Yosemite Highway from Royal Oaks DriveHC · 16 mi at 3.4% · 2,904 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- Miami Mountain RoadCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 4.9% · 581 ft · starts 4.7 mi away
- Beasore RoadHC · 12 mi at 6.1% · 3,878 ft · starts 5.3 mi away
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Hors catégorie: 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.