Tassajara Road Climb from Cachagua Road
- long (12.2 km)
- 7.6 mi
- long (12.2 km)
- of climbing (1,088 m)
- 3,570 ft
- of climbing (1,088 m)
- average grade
- 8.9%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 14.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,312 ft at the bottom to 4,882 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 Tassajara Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Tassajara 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 Tassajara Road
- How long and steep is the Tassajara Road from Cachagua Road climb?
- 7.6 miles (12.2 km) at 8.9% on average, climbing 3,570 ft (1,088 m) from 1,312 ft to 4,882 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 14.2%. That makes it a Hors catégorie climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 36.39036, -121.59521, where Tassajara Road leaves Cachagua Road, and tops out at Chews Ridge at 36.31272, -121.57243.
- Is Tassajara Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 56% 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
- Parrot Ranch RoadCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 8.9% · 715 ft · starts 1.3 mi away
- Cachagua Road near GonzalesCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 6.2% · 827 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
- Cachagua Road from East Carmel Valley RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 7.1% · 968 ft · starts 6.2 mi away
- Tassajara Road from Jeffery RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 6.5% · 545 ft · starts 6.8 mi away
- Via Los TularesCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 11.5% · 597 ft · starts 8.5 mi away
- KlondikeCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 8.5% · 591 ft · starts 8.6 mi away
- Camino de TravesiaCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 11.5% · 653 ft · starts 9.1 mi away
- Sanchez RoadCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 7.3% · 551 ft · starts 9.2 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.