Sunset Avenue Climb
- long (6.6 km)
- 4.1 mi
- long (6.6 km)
- of climbing (271 m)
- 889 ft
- of climbing (271 m)
- average grade
- 4.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,365 ft at the bottom to 3,255 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 Sunset Avenue this week
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Is it safe to bike up Sunset Avenue?
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: 2 bike crashes were reported on or beside Sunset Avenue along the climb from 2021–2025, 1 of them serious or fatal.
Common questions about Sunset Avenue
- How long and steep is the Sunset Avenue climb?
- 4.1 miles (6.6 km) at 4.1% on average, climbing 889 ft (271 m) from 2,365 ft to 3,255 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 8%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 33.90289, -116.91156, where Sunset Avenue leaves Death Valley Road, and tops out at Mesa Street at 33.96125, -116.90744.
- Is Sunset Avenue 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
- Banning-Idyllwild Panoramic Highway near BanningHC · 14 mi at 4.3% · 3,301 ft · starts 2.1 mi away
- Bluff StreetHC · 12 mi at 5.1% · 3,337 ft · starts 2.1 mi away
- Mias Canyon RoadCat 3 · 3.7 mi at 4.6% · 906 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- Banning Canyon RoadCat 1 · 7.0 mi at 5.8% · 2,162 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- Poppet Flats RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 8.2% · 715 ft · starts 4.9 mi away
- East Fork Mias-CanyonCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 8.1% · 719 ft · starts 5.0 mi away
- Oak Glen Road from Beaumont AvenueCat 1 · 7.4 mi at 5.7% · 2,228 ft · starts 5.3 mi away
- Beaumont RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 6.8% · 610 ft · starts 5.5 mi away
Bike crash hotspots nearby
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.