Yellow Dog Trail Climb
- long (5.2 km)
- 3.3 mi
- long (5.2 km)
- of climbing (207 m)
- 679 ft
- of climbing (207 m)
- average grade
- 3.9%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.4%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,690 ft at the bottom to 3,369 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 Yellow Dog Trail this week
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Is it safe to bike up Yellow Dog Trail?
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 Yellow Dog Trail
- How long and steep is the Yellow Dog Trail climb?
- 3.3 miles (5.2 km) at 3.9% on average, climbing 679 ft (207 m) from 2,690 ft to 3,369 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.4%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 41.99121, -122.41854, and tops out on the road at 42.02245, -122.40323.
- Is Yellow Dog Trail 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
- Lakeview Road from Copco RoadCat 3 · 3.6 mi at 3.4% · 656 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- Ager Beswick Road near MontagueCat 3 · 3.2 mi at 3.4% · 574 ft · starts 5.2 mi away
- Ager Beswick Road from Joseph PlaceCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 3.3% · 535 ft · starts 6.9 mi away
- Robin StreetCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 9.2% · 715 ft · starts 8.9 mi away
- Ditch Creek RoadHC · dirt · 8.9 mi at 6.2% · 2,890 ft · starts 9.9 mi away
- Ash Creek Road from Bradley-Henley RoadCat 1 · dirt · 5.4 mi at 8.7% · 2,457 ft · starts 10.0 mi away
- York RoadHC · dirt · 18 mi at 3.9% · 3,740 ft · starts 10 mi away
- Crossland LaneCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 7.3% · 620 ft · starts 14 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.