Upper Lopez Canyon Road Climb near Arroyo Grande
- long (3.0 km)
- 1.9 mi
- long (3.0 km)
- of climbing (186 m)
- 610 ft
- of climbing (186 m)
- average grade
- 6.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 13.1%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 561 ft at the bottom to 1,171 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 Upper Lopez Canyon Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Upper Lopez 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. What the records show: no bike crashes were reported along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Upper Lopez Canyon Road
- How long and steep is the Upper Lopez Canyon Road near Arroyo Grande climb?
- 1.9 miles (3.0 km) at 6.2% on average, climbing 610 ft (186 m) from 561 ft to 1,171 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 13.1%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 35.21591, -120.44699, and tops out on the road at 35.19821, -120.44654.
- Is Upper Lopez 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
- Upper Lopez Canyon Road from Wittenberg CreekCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 5.9% · 541 ft · starts 0.5 mi away
- Upper Lopez Canyon Road near Arroyo GrandeCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 11.6% · 528 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
- Upper Lopez Canyon Road from Hi Mountain RoadCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 9.1% · 577 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
- Saint Remy PlaceCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 9.5% · 574 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Hi Mountain RoadCat 3 · 0.6 mi at 18.1% · 541 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
- Huasna RoadCat 2 · 8.9 mi at 3.5% · 1,644 ft · starts 7.5 mi away
- Morretti Canyon RoadCat 2 · 3.9 mi at 5.9% · 1,211 ft · starts 8.0 mi away
- Righetti RoadCat 2 · 3.9 mi at 5.3% · 1,099 ft · starts 8.7 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.