Windbigler Ranch Road Climb
- long (6.3 km)
- 3.9 mi
- long (6.3 km)
- of climbing (760 m)
- 2,493 ft
- of climbing (760 m)
- average grade
- 12.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 19.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,152 ft at the bottom to 3,645 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 Windbigler Ranch Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Windbigler Ranch 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 Windbigler Ranch Road
- How long and steep is the Windbigler Ranch Road climb?
- 3.9 miles (6.3 km) at 12.1% on average, climbing 2,493 ft (760 m) from 1,152 ft to 3,645 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 19.2%. That makes it a Category 1 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.37862, -123.74251, where Windbigler Ranch Road leaves Alderpoint Road, and tops out at Chalk Mountain Road at 40.39971, -123.69924.
- Is Windbigler Ranch 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
- Alderpoint Road near Rio DellCat 3 · 3.6 mi at 3.5% · 682 ft · starts 0.3 mi away
- Alderpoint Road from Sturm RoadCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 5.8% · 636 ft · starts 4.2 mi away
- Sturm Road from Alderpoint RoadCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 6.9% · 646 ft · starts 4.2 mi away
- Sturm Road near Rio DellCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 10.6% · 627 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Chalk Mountain Road from Alderpoint RoadCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 11.8% · 663 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Mc CannCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 7.2% · 535 ft · starts 5.0 mi away
- Cemetery RoadCat 2 · 4.3 mi at 5% · 1,135 ft · starts 5.1 mi away
- Chalk Mountain Road near Rio DellCat 3 · 4.2 mi at 4.5% · 984 ft · starts 5.2 mi away
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Category 1: 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.