Wentworth Springs Road Climb near South Lake Tahoe
- long (4.2 km)
- 2.6 mi
- long (4.2 km)
- of climbing (210 m)
- 689 ft
- of climbing (210 m)
- average grade
- 5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 5,410 ft at the bottom to 6,099 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 Wentworth Springs Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Wentworth Springs 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 Wentworth Springs Road
- How long and steep is the Wentworth Springs Road near South Lake Tahoe climb?
- 2.6 miles (4.2 km) at 5% on average, climbing 689 ft (210 m) from 5,410 ft to 6,099 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.2%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.93845, -120.40018, and tops out on the road at 38.94345, -120.44349.
- Is Wentworth Springs 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
- Ice House Road from US Forest Service Road 3Cat 3 · 3.1 mi at 4.3% · 709 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Ice House Road near South Lake TahoeCat 3 · 4.8 mi at 3.3% · 840 ft · starts 4.7 mi away
- Eleven Pines RoadCat 2 · 5.5 mi at 5.3% · 1,549 ft · starts 4.7 mi away
- El Dorado National Forest Road Nr 31Cat 3 · 4.2 mi at 3.1% · 679 ft · starts 6.5 mi away
- Hell Hole Road near TruckeeCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 6.9% · 797 ft · starts 8.5 mi away
- Hell Hole RoadCat 3 · 3.8 mi at 4% · 810 ft · starts 8.6 mi away
- French Meadows RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 6.1% · 843 ft · starts 9.1 mi away
- Ramsey Crossing RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 9% · 755 ft · starts 9.2 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.