Soda Canyon Road Climb
- long (8.5 km)
- 5.3 mi
- long (8.5 km)
- of climbing (431 m)
- 1,414 ft
- of climbing (431 m)
- average grade
- 5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 14%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 69 ft at the bottom to 1,483 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 Soda Canyon Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Soda 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. The records here are also incomplete: most reports along it are filed under Napa, where only 57% of reported bike crashes have a map location, so the numbers here are too low. What the records show: no bike crashes were reported along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Soda Canyon Road
- How long and steep is the Soda Canyon Road climb?
- 5.3 miles (8.5 km) at 5% on average, climbing 1,414 ft (431 m) from 69 ft to 1,483 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 14%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.35689, -122.28748, where Soda Canyon Road leaves Silverado Trail, and tops out on the road at 38.42557, -122.30041.
- Is Soda 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
- Atlas Peak RoadCat 2 · 9.9 mi at 3.9% · 2,060 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Monticello Road from Silverado TrailCat 2 · 4.9 mi at 4.8% · 1,234 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
- Redwood Road from Lynn DriveCat 2 · 7.0 mi at 3.2% · 1,171 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Partrick RoadCat 2 · 4.2 mi at 5.2% · 1,155 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Monticello Road from Wooden Valley RoadCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 5.1% · 538 ft · starts 4.8 mi away
- Mount Veeder Road near YountvilleCat 3 · 4.1 mi at 4.7% · 1,007 ft · starts 4.9 mi away
- Wild Horse Valley RoadCat 2 · 2.8 mi at 8.7% · 1,283 ft · starts 5.1 mi away
- Green Valley Road from Wild Horse Valley RoadCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 7.1% · 755 ft · starts 5.5 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.