Skyline Ridge Road Climb
- long (2.4 km)
- 1.5 mi
- long (2.4 km)
- of climbing (167 m)
- 548 ft
- of climbing (167 m)
- average grade
- 7%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 9.7%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,133 ft at the bottom to 2,680 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 Skyline Ridge Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Skyline Ridge 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 Skyline Ridge Road
- How long and steep is the Skyline Ridge Road climb?
- 1.5 miles (2.4 km) at 7% on average, climbing 548 ft (167 m) from 2,133 ft to 2,680 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 9.7%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 37.23709, -119.7068, where Skyline Ridge Road leaves Southern Yosemite Highway, and tops out on the road at 37.24111, -119.69187.
- Is Skyline Ridge 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
- Melvin RoadCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 5.1% · 758 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- Veater Ranch Road from Veater Ranch Road-Road 8079Cat 2 · 4.3 mi at 6.8% · 1,529 ft · starts 2.4 mi away
- Trabuco RoadCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 8.1% · 823 ft · starts 2.6 mi away
- Lilley Mountain Drive near MaderaCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 6.4% · 768 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Veater Ranch RoadCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 5.6% · 535 ft · starts 5.1 mi away
- John Muir DriveCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 9.1% · 610 ft · starts 5.3 mi away
- Potter Ridge Fire RoadCat 2 · 6.4 mi at 5.2% · 1,762 ft · starts 6.6 mi away
- Southern Yosemite Highway from Royal Oaks DriveHC · 16 mi at 3.4% · 2,904 ft · starts 6.9 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.