Cycling Summits and Passes in California




All of these points are in the northern part of the state.

PASSES AND SUMMITS - HIGHEST FIRST
Name elevation (ft) surface nearby towns location
  9000 - 9999      
Tahoe Rim Trail: section Armstrong Pass - Daggett Pass 9740 trail South Lake Tahoe Sierra Nevada
Tahoe Rim Trail: section Big Meadow Th - Armstrong Pass 9500 trail South Lake Tahoe Sierra Nevada
  8000 - 8999  
Forestdale Divide 8800 unpaved (Blue Lakes) Sierra Nevada
Ebbets Pass 8730 paved
 Markleeville, Dorrington Sierra Nevada
Carson Pass 8574 paved
 Fredericksburg Sierra Nevada
Lassen National Park Rd 8511 paved
 (Lassen National Park) Lassen Peak
Monitor Pass 8314 paved
 Markleeville Sierra Nevada
Grey Butte 8119 trail Mt Shasta Mt Shasta
Pacific Grade Summit 8050 paved
 Markleeville, Dorrington Sierra Nevada
  7000 - 7999  
Luther Pass 7790 paved South Lake Tahoe, Fredericksburg Sierra Nevada
Packsaddle Pass 7210 paved Kyburz Sierra Nevada
Brockway Summit 7179 paved Truckee, King's Beach Sierra Nevada
Donner Pass 7135 paved Truckee Sierra Nevada
  6000 - 6999  
FR19 Deer Mtn Rd s(u) 6790 paved Mt Shasta Mt Shasta
FR19 s(u)-2 6560 unpaved Mt Shasta Mt Shasta
FR17 Lassen National Forest s(u) 6190 unpaved Viola, Mineral Mt Shasta
  5000 - 5999  
  4000 - 4999  
Snowman's Hill Rd s(u) 4470 paved
 Dunsmuir Mt Shasta
  3000 - 3999      
  1000 -1999
  0000 - 0999  




PASSES AND SUMMITS - ALPHABETICAL ORDER
B -PVD- Brockway Summit -7179ft-  busy road with shoulder between Lake Tahoe and Truckee

-PVD- Carson Pass -8574ft- the Sierra Nevada Range looks like a big plateau from this wide major highway
D -PVD- Donner Pass -7135ft- little traffic, great scenery, many bikes, not that much climbing
E -PVD- Ebbetts Pass -8730ft-  a relatively small percentage of paved roads in the US seem tailor made for a bike ride, this is one of them
F -UNP- Forestdale Divide -8800ft- this point above Carson Pass is a better vantage point on the scenery

-UNP- FR17 Lassen National Forest s(u) -6190ft- this is a road through the northeastern forests like many others. But with it you can ride a loop ride over the paved Lassen National Park Road s(u)

-PVD- FR19 Deer Mountain Rd s(u) -6790ft- The section over the summit is paved. But using additional unpaved roads, this is the highest point on a ride around Mount Shasta

-UNP- FR19 s(u)-2 -6560ft- an intermediate summit on a partially unpaved ride around Mount Shasta

-UNP- FR31 s(u)-1 -5620ft- another summit point on the ride around Mount Shasta
G -TRAIL- Grey Butte s(u) -8119ft- a high point on the slope of Mount Shasta
L -PVD- Lassen National Park Road s(u) -8511ft- a great way to get away from traffic hassles in some of California's best scenery

-PVD- Lassen National Park Road s(u) -8511ft- a great way to get away from traffic hassles in some of California's best scenery

-PVD- Luther Pass -7790ft- a minor pass in the Lake Tahoe area
M -PVD- Monitor Pass -8314ft-  not across the Sierra Nevada Range, but a perfect far viewpoint on them

-PVD- Pacific Grade Summit -8050ft- the unusually, steep and curvy eastern side of this pass adjoins Ebbetts Pass

-PVD- Packsaddle Pass -7210ft- the major attraction is the relative isolation and narrowness of the road
S -PVD- Snowman's Hill s(u) -4470ft- a point on the slope of Mount Shasta, start point for many unpaved higher rides
T
 -TRAIL-
 Tahoe Rim Trail: section Armstrong Pass - Daggett Pass -9740ft- this part of the TRT summits below the highest peak on the east side of Lake Tahoe

-TRAIL- Tahoe Rim Trail: section Big Meadow Th - Armstrong Pass -9500ft- follows near the ridge line south east of Lake Tahoe

 


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