Tepusquet Road Climb
- long (7.6 km)
- 4.7 mi
- long (7.6 km)
- of climbing (349 m)
- 1,145 ft
- of climbing (349 m)
- average grade
- 4.6%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 7.4%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 833 ft at the bottom to 1,978 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 Tepusquet Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Tepusquet 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: 1 bike crash was reported on or beside Tepusquet Road along the climb from 2021–2025, 1 of them serious or fatal.
Common questions about Tepusquet Road
- How long and steep is the Tepusquet Road climb?
- 4.7 miles (7.6 km) at 4.6% on average, climbing 1,145 ft (349 m) from 833 ft to 1,978 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 7.4%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 35.01693, -120.20641, and tops out at Blazing Saddle Drive at 34.98353, -120.20615.
- Is Tepusquet 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
- Colson Canyon Road near Santa MariaCat 2 · 4.6 mi at 5% · 1,227 ft · starts 6.4 mi away
- Power Line CanyonCat 2 · 3.0 mi at 7.9% · 1,263 ft · starts 6.7 mi away
- Colson Canyon Road from La Brea Canyon RoadCat 2 · 3.2 mi at 6.5% · 1,089 ft · starts 7.8 mi away
- Stephens Canyon Road from Jollo Creek RoadCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 7.6% · 817 ft · starts 7.9 mi away
- Powerline Road from Santa Maria Mesa RoadCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 7.8% · 545 ft · starts 8.0 mi away
- Stephens Canyon Road near Santa MariaCat 2 · 4.6 mi at 5.4% · 1,312 ft · starts 8.9 mi away
- Sierra Madre RoadCat 1 · dirt · 9.5 mi at 4.4% · 2,218 ft · starts 9.3 mi away
- Haystack Ridge RoadCat 2 · 4.9 mi at 5% · 1,273 ft · starts 9.6 mi away
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.