Bike Climbing Database

Bike Climbing Database (updated Jan 2007)

Always be in progress. Please send updates and you're long days out to: info@birthdaychallenge.com

Southern California

Climb	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Ave Grade/ Max	Quality Rating	Cat	Comments
Mt Palomar	N. San Diego Cty	11.00	4,200	7.3%/12%	****	hor	can make 5m longer. steady. only steep section is above rest at summit.
Mt. Wilson	San Gabriel Mtns	17.00	4,650	5.2%/	***	hor	can have a lot of traffic.
Fargo St	Los Angeles	300m(est)		30%	***		steepest street in LA. street to the left is a good warm-up
Black Cyn	Chatworth	1.5		20%?/30%	****		great climb. 3 very hard sections with breaks.
Arbutus	Santa Monica Mtns	.30	160	10.2%	**		(3 bitches --ave 10.4%--...
Banyan	Santa Monica Mtns	.20	170	16.3%	**		some short breaks or...
Cordelia	Santa Monica Mtns	.45	190	8.0%	**		could be really hard)
Mandeville	Santa Monica Mtns	5.1	1,000	3.7%/11%	**	3	steep bit last 100m
Westridge	Santa Monica Mtns	2.2	780	6.7%/14%	**	3	saves best for last
Palisades Dr	Santa Monica Mtns	4.1	1,440	6.7%/11%	*	3	bad traffic! last bit toughest
La Tuna	Santa Monica Mtns	7.5 (saddle)	2,410	7%/20%?	*****	1	one-way so illegal but fantastic. middle is HARD
Las Flores	Santa Monica Mtns	3.95 (R P) 8.8 (saddle)	2,250	8.3%/16+%	****	1	traffic can be annoying. hard sec starts 1m from pch
Old Topanga	Santa Monica Mtns	1.4	420	5.7%/8.8%	***		better going south. long cool descent.
Old Topanga	Santa Monica Mtns	3.9	744	3.9%/6.5%	**		can have a lot of traffic.
Fernwood	Santa Monica Mtns	5.2	1,580	6.5%/12%	***	1	steeper than stunt lower half. can have traffic but nice
Stunt	Santa Monica Mtns	3.95	1,240	6.0%	****	2	steady, pretty, saddle peak summit is amazing!
Schurren	Santa Monica Mtns		510		****		finish of piuma/las flores, around 4-5%
Piuma	Santa Monica Mtns	5.2	1,650	7%/10%	*****	1	beautiful climb slightly steeper near top.
Corral Cyn	Santa Monica Mtns	5%	?	10+%			haven't done it. supposed to be the steepest climb around. is also a dead end.
Latigo	Santa Monica Mtns	9.15	2,220	5.3%/11%	*****	1	just classic. varies but never too steep.
Latigo	Santa Monica Mtns	1.1		6.8%/11%			from kanan to summit
Encinal	Santa Monica Mtns	5.20	1,450	5.4%/8%	****	2	from PCH. easiest long climb around. nice n' steady
Encinal	Santa Monica Mtns	1.1	345	6%/13%	**		from detention camp
Encinal	Santa Monica Mtns	1.9	585	6.2%/8%	***		from malibu country club
Kanan	Santa Monica Mtns	5.3	1,630	app 6%/8%	**	2	too much traffic but screaming descent
Decker Cyn	Santa Monica Mtns	5.2	1,650	6.7%/17%	***	1	from PCH. wicked steep for first mile
Decker Cyn	Santa Monica Mtns	2.6		6.9%/22%	***	1	from valley, westlake
Mulholland	Santa Monica Mtns	7.1		4.0%/10%	****		from PCH long, steady, and easy-ish
Mulholland	Santa Monica Mtns	2.3		7.1%/11%	***		from rock store to kanan. nice.
Mulholland	Santa Monica Mtns	1.8		4.5%/8.6%	**		climb north from las virgines
Mulholland	Santa Monica Mtns	1.9		3.9%/7%	**		7 minute hill
Little Sycamore	Santa Monica Mtns	2.8		54.9%/10%	***		from mulholland to yerba summit.
Yerba Buena	Santa Monica Mtns	8.3	2,410	5.5%/12%	****	1	bad pavement, otherwise perfect. gorgeous.
Deer Creek	Santa Monica Mtns	2.3	1,355	12.7%/15%	*****	1	not over at the top. quiet. scenic. hard.
Cotharin	Santa Monica Mtns	1.1		7.9%/13%	***		back side of deer creek from yerba buena
	Santa Monica Mtns						not over at the top. quiet. scenic. hard.
Potrero Rd	Santa Monica Mtns	4.6		6%/13.6%	***		from Camarillo Hospital
Gibraltar Rd	Santa Barbara	8	3,000+	7%	*****	hor	one of the best climbs in US. figure 4K since you'll start from the ocean
Old San Marcos to La Cumbre	Santa Barbara	10+	3,000+	6%/15%	*****	hor	painted cave rd very steep. camino cielo is easy but summit is a long way off.
Figuroa Mtn - South	Santa Ynez	long (loop is 40m)	4,000ish	/10%	*****	hor	steepest bit on the low sections, then steady. amazing!
Figouroa Mtn - North	Santa Ynez	long (loop is 40m)	4,000ish	/15%	*****	hor	after long gentle approach, super steep pitches w/rests
Refugio Rd	Santa Barbara
Woolsey Cyn	Chatsworth	2.2	910	5/11%	****		complex. steep all the way (sign says private)
Santa Susanna Pass	Chatsworth	2.3	560	4.5/6.5%	**		climb up from topanga cyn
Santa Susanna Pass	Chatsworth	2.1	530	4.6/7%	**		from simi
Box Cyn	Simi Valley	.6	310	9.7%	*		short and steep w/traffic. from valley circle
Box Cyn	Chatsworth	2.3	810	6.6%	**		winding and narrow w/traffic.
Little Tujunga Cyn	Lake View Terrace	6.5	1500	5/10%	****		1st summit
Little Tujunga Cyn	Lake View Terrace	2.0	650	6%	****		2nd summit
Lopez Cyn	Lake View Terrace	2.1	710	5/12%	***		1st 1/2 mile very steep
Kagel Cyn	Lake View Terrace	2.8	810	5/14%	***		top of lopez past glen haven cemetary
Clearview Rd	Benedict Canyon	.5	985	15.3%	****	1	off benedict canyon is a dead end. take. unrelenting.

More So Cal climbs listed here at SoCal Velo

Mt. Baldy road

Glendora Mtn Road

Northern California

Climb	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Ave Grade/ Max	Quality Rating	Cat	Comments
Moeser St	Berkeley	1m	650	13%/20%	*		icky climb w/ some traffic
Marin St	Berkeley	.75m	800	20%/30%	*		super steep section w/ many short breaks. a lot of traffic so be careful. no weaving! be solid at the grade.
South Park	Berkeley	1.3m	650	10/15%	**		varying climb, keeps you working, nice turns and trees
Lomos Cantadas	Berkeley	1m	700	13/22%	****		rockin climb. hits hard, gives you a sec to catch your breath, then twists the screws to the top
Alvarado	Berkeley	1.5m	800	10/18%	****		rad climb, you have to switch street names a few times, but the line is intuitive rolls a couple times thus the lower average gradient. very euro hill town feeling
Claremont	Berkeley	2.1	850	8/15%	***		suckers you in. gets harder without looking harder. harder, then harder, then your lungs blow out your mouth
Thorndale	Berkeley	.75m	700	17/32%	****		blasts you early, 200 m break, then just slams you with consistent 20% grinding to the final bloody switchback
Sobrante	Berkeley	.75m	700	15/33%	***		really hard for the first half: gruesome 20% wall, then pretty much flat. all climbing in the first half
Panoramic	Berkeley	1.1m	700	12/25%	***		gradually pulls you in & slams you with steep finale
Centennial	Berkeley	1.2m	750	12/17%	**		first .25 pretty mellow, then kicks for real. too much traffic
Mt Diablo
Mt Tam
Mt Hamilton

The Sierra Nevada, CA

The Everest Challenge

Death Ride

Climb	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Ave Grade/ Max	Quality Rating	Category	Comments
Horseshoe Meadow
Whitney Portal
Onion Valley
Westguard Pass
South Lake
Pine Creek
Rock Creek
Mammoth Mtn
Deadman's Summit
Tioga Pass
Sonora Pass
Monitor Pass
Ebbets Pass
Kingsbury Grade
Mt Rose

Hawaii

Climb	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Ave Grade/ Max	Quality Rating	Category	Comments
Mauna Kea	Big Island	50 miles	13,000+		*****	hors	rumored to be world's longest and hardest
Haleakala	Maui	35 miles	10,000+	5 to 6%/11%	*****	hors	sea level to top of volcano. loooong.

Utah

Climbs in the Wasatch Front

Climb	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Ave Grade/ Max	Quality Rating	Category	Comments

Eastern USA

Climb	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Ave Grade/ Max	Quality Rating	Category	Comments
Mt. Washington	New Hampshire

France

Climb	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Ave Grade/ Max	Quality Rating	Category	Comments
L'Alpe d'Huez	near grenoble	14k	4,000	7.9%/11%	*****	hor	perfect climb on perfect pavement w/ a perfect view. worth all the fuss.
Ventoux
The Bastille	grenoble	3k		20%/34%	*****		short power test to great summit. last k is rugged.

Spain

Climb	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Ave Grade/ Max	Quality Rating	Category	Comments

Italy

Climb	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Ave Grade/ Max	Quality Rating	Category	Comments
Marmolada

Misc

Climb	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Ave Grade/ Max	Quality Rating	Category	Comments

Genting Highlands	Malaysia

Links to challenges and big climbing days

The Everest Challenge

Death Ride

El Muertito

The Best Ride in the Santa Monicas (El Muertito Grande)

7 Samurai and 10 in 10

Vuelta a Santa Monica