Highway 4, Ebbetts Pass
- mapped
- 89.9 mi
- mapped
- motorcycle crashes, 2021–2025
- 19
- motorcycle crashes, 2021–2025
- serious or fatal
- 9
- serious or fatal
- fatal
- 1
- fatal
Is Highway 4, Ebbetts Pass open today?
No Caltrans closures listed.
3 more closures listed later this week
- Lane closure (RShoulder of 2 lanes)Avery · Drainage Work · East / WestMon 7:01 AM – Mon 3:59 PM; Tue 7:01 AM – Tue 3:59 PM; Wed 7:01 AM – Wed 3:59 PM; Thu 7:01 AM – Thu 3:59 PM; Fri 7:01 AM – Fri 2:59 PM · Caltrans
- One-way traffic controlTipton House Road → Dorrington · Tree Work · East / WestTue 8:01 AM – Tue 5:01 PM · Caltrans
- One-way traffic controlCamp Connell (Right)- Summit Level Road → Camp Connell · Tree Work · East / WestTue 8:01 AM – Tue 5:01 PM · Caltrans
Checked Sat, Nov 14, 1:44 PM Pacific. These lists don't include every closure: Forest Service gates and fire closures can be missing. All riding roads this week.
Is Highway 4, Ebbetts Pass safe to ride on a motorcycle?
We don't rate roads as safe or unsafe: crash counts can't say how risky a road is, and popular riding roads have more crashes partly because more people ride them. What the records show: 19 motorcycle crashes were reported along its 89.9 mapped miles from 2021–2025, 9 of them serious or fatal (1 fatal). 53% involved no other vehicle. What to watch for: Single-lane sections with no centre line, steep grades, cattle and cyclists near the summit, and closed in winter.
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Motorcycle crashes and deaths on Highway 4, Ebbetts Pass
19 motorcycle crashes were reported within 60 m of the road from 2021–2025: 9 killed or seriously injured someone, and 1 was fatal. 53% involved no other vehicle. Busier roads have more crashes partly because more people ride them, so these counts don't say how risky the road is.
Bends, straights and junctions
Outside city limits, 19 motorcycle crashes were reported on Highway 4, Ebbetts Pass from 2021–2026, 4 of them within 40 m of a junction. Of the other 15, 11 (73%) were in bends tighter than a 100 m radius, which make up 27% of the road. So crashes gather in the bends, more than their share of the road. 7 of the 11 crashes with no other vehicle were in bends.
A crash alone in a bend usually means running wide or losing grip: set your speed before the bend, look through it, and expect gravel, sand or diesel mid-corner.
Crashes with another vehicle in bends are often an oncoming car across the centre line: keep away from the centre line in blind bends.
How we tell bends from straights, and every riding road compared
Places along the way
Camping near Highway 4, Ebbetts Pass
Campgrounds and RV parks within about 5 miles of the road (straight line), nearest first. Seasons, fire restrictions and closures change, so check with whoever runs it before you go.
- (Lake Alpine) BackpackersForest Service · 8 sites · 7,361 ft · on the roadOn the mapReserve
- Mosquito Lake CampgroundForest Service · 8,073 ft · on the roadOn the mapRecreation.gov
- Big Meadow CampgroundForest Service · 133 sites · 6,549 ft · on the roadOn the mapReserve
- Silver Creek CampgroundForest Service · 22 sites · 6,798 ft · on the roadOn the mapReserve
- (Lake Alpine) Lodgepole CampgroundForest Service · 19 sites · 7,353 ft · on the roadOn the mapReserve
- Lake Alpine CampgroundForest Service · 24 sites · 7,372 ft · 0.1 mi from the roadOn the mapReserve
Campgrounds from Recreation.gov (federal campgrounds, 2026-10-18) and OpenStreetMap (2026-09-28); water, toilets and showers only where they're listed. Elevation from USGS.
Common questions about Highway 4, Ebbetts Pass
- What is Highway 4, Ebbetts Pass like to ride?
- Narrow high-country road past Lake Alpine and over 8,730 ft Ebbetts Pass.
- How long is Highway 4, Ebbetts Pass?
- About 89.9 miles as mapped in OpenStreetMap, for the stretch we cover.
- Is Highway 4, Ebbetts Pass open today?
- As of Sat, Nov 14, 1:44 PM Pacific, no Caltrans closures are listed on it today. These lists don't include every closure (Forest Service gates and fire closures can be missing), so check Caltrans QuickMap before you go.
Other riding roads nearby
Crashes: motorcycle crashes reported within 60 m of the road, 2021–2025, from the California Crash Reporting System (CCRS). Road: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Weather: National Weather Service. Distances to other roads are between their middles, in a straight line. How the data works.