You Bet Road Climb near Colfax
- long (5.8 km)
- 3.6 mi
- long (5.8 km)
- of climbing (203 m)
- 666 ft
- of climbing (203 m)
- average grade
- 3.5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 6.5%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,238 ft at the bottom to 2,904 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 You Bet Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up You Bet 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 You Bet Road
- How long and steep is the You Bet Road near Colfax climb?
- 3.6 miles (5.8 km) at 3.5% on average, climbing 666 ft (203 m) from 2,238 ft to 2,904 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 6.5%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 39.15747, -120.94201, and tops out at Red Dog Road at 39.19562, -120.91523.
- Is You Bet 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
- Rollins Lake RoadCat 3 · 3.0 mi at 5.4% · 856 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Norton Grade RoadCat 3 · 3.0 mi at 5.1% · 810 ft · starts 1.9 mi away
- You Bet Road from Hansen Gravel Road near Grass ValleyCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 6.8% · 666 ft · starts 2.1 mi away
- You Bet Road from Hansen Gravel Road near Grass ValleyCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 6.4% · 564 ft · starts 2.1 mi away
- Chicago Park Powerhouse Road near ColfaxCat 3 · 3.2 mi at 4.1% · 705 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Chicago Park Powerhouse Road near ColfaxCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 7.7% · 538 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Ben Taylor RoadCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 6.2% · 650 ft · starts 4.0 mi away
- Lowell Hill RoadHC · dirt · 15 mi at 3.6% · 2,881 ft · starts 4.0 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.