Southern Yosemite Highway Climb from Royal Oaks Drive
- long (4.0 km)
- 2.5 mi
- long (4.0 km)
- of climbing (243 m)
- 797 ft
- of climbing (243 m)
- average grade
- 6.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 7.7%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,234 ft at the bottom to 3,031 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 Southern Yosemite Highway this week
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Is it safe to bike up Southern Yosemite Highway?
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 Southern Yosemite Highway
- How long and steep is the Southern Yosemite Highway from Royal Oaks Drive climb?
- 2.5 miles (4.0 km) at 6.1% on average, climbing 797 ft (243 m) from 2,234 ft to 3,031 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 7.7%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 37.32901, -119.65764, where Southern Yosemite Highway leaves Royal Oaks Drive, and tops out at Road 425B at 37.29964, -119.64877.
- Is Southern Yosemite Highway 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
- Southern Yosemite Highway from Royal Oaks DriveHC · 16 mi at 3.4% · 2,904 ft · starts 0.0 mi away
- Road 425BCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 5.7% · 781 ft · starts 0.5 mi away
- Indian Springs RoadCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 8.5% · 850 ft · starts 1.0 mi away
- Jean Road EastCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 5.9% · 568 ft · starts 2.5 mi away
- Potter Ridge Fire RoadCat 2 · 6.4 mi at 5.2% · 1,762 ft · starts 3.0 mi away
- Sky Ranch Road from Sky Ranch LaneHC · 13 mi at 5.2% · 3,438 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- Allen RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 7.3% · 636 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- Boot Jack RoadCat 3 · 3.7 mi at 5.2% · 997 ft · starts 4.6 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.