Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity Nra Climb from Fawndale Road
- long (5.9 km)
- 3.7 mi
- long (5.9 km)
- of climbing (384 m)
- 1,260 ft
- of climbing (384 m)
- average grade
- 6.5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 12.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 928 ft at the bottom to 2,188 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 Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity Nra this week
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Is it safe to bike up Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity Nra?
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 Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity Nra
- How long and steep is the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity Nra from Fawndale Road climb?
- 3.7 miles (5.9 km) at 6.5% on average, climbing 1,260 ft (384 m) from 928 ft to 2,188 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 12.2%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.7247, -122.32333, where Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity Nra leaves Fawndale Road, and ends where the road ends at 40.74971, -122.30193.
- Is Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity Nra 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
- Packers Bay RoadCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 6.3% · 630 ft · starts 3.4 mi away
- Digger Bay Road near Shasta LakeCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 7.1% · 535 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Digger Bay Road from Pickard StreetCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 6.9% · 682 ft · starts 3.7 mi away
- Shasta Dam BoulevardCat 3 · 4.1 mi at 3.1% · 676 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- Backbone RoadCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 7.1% · 574 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- O'Brien Mountain RoadCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 10.6% · 650 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Lakeview Drive near Shasta LakeCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 7.7% · 640 ft · starts 6.3 mi away
- O'Brien Inlet RoadCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 6.3% · 650 ft · starts 6.6 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.