Napa County - Top Bike Climbs

#1
Mt. St. Helena
USA, CA
#2
Spring Mountain Road
USA, CA
#4
Diamond Mountain Road
USA, CA
#5
Old Lawley Toll Road
USA, CA
#6
Howell Mountain Road
USA, CA
#7
Atlas Peak
USA, CA
#8
Dry Creek-Trinity Road
USA, CA
#10
Oakville Grade
USA, CA
#11
Old Howell Mountain Road
USA, CA
#12
Deer Park & Howell Mt .Rd
USA, CA

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Total Climbs: 18
Top 100 World: 0
Avg. FIETS (Top 5): 4.4

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Mount Tamalpais
United States (CA)
8 ROUTES
0 POIs
ROUTE STATS (TOTAL)
100
mi
DISTANCE
21,416
ft
ELEV. GAIN
Napa County
United States (CA)
11 ROUTES
6 POIs
ROUTE STATS (TOTAL)
160.6
mi
DISTANCE
19,137
ft
ELEV. GAIN
San Francisco Bay Area
United States (CA)
25 ROUTES
30 POIs
ROUTE STATS (TOTAL)
487.9
mi
DISTANCE
65,482
ft
ELEV. GAIN
Sonoma County
United States (CA)
19 ROUTES
39 POIs
ROUTE STATS (TOTAL)
269.3
mi
DISTANCE
41,801
ft
ELEV. GAIN

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FULL SUMMARY

Napa is a wonderful area for bike riding and climbing.  Located in the heart of California Wine Country, there are wonderful vineyard rides in the Napa Valley, but also some challenging and scenic climbs up and away, from both the western and eastern sides of the Valley.

Mt. St. Helena

THE ONLY 360 DEGREE VIEWS IN NAPA VALLEY

Cycling Mt. St. Helena - view of Mt. St. Helena across vineyards 

View of Napa Valley from Mt. St. Helena.

Mt. St. Helena is the most difficult bike climb in the Northern Bay Area and offers 360 degree views from the top.  Note however, that, while we have navigated the rugged second half of the climb on a road bike with 28mm tires, this climb is best attempted on a gravel bike with knobby tires, or even a mountain bike.

Spring Mountain

SECOND HARDEST CLIMB IN NAPA VALLEY

Bicycle climb Napa County - Spring Mountain Road - pond, vineyard, mountains 

Surrounded by hillside vineyards on this climb.

Spring Mountain Road is our favorite route to and from Napa and Sonoma Counties.  This climb passes through beautiful mountainside vineyards while challenging us with extremely steep grades, particularly over that last 1.7 miles which average 12.2%.

Oakville Grade

STEEPEST 1 MILE IN NAPA COUNTY

Ride from Oakville through pleasant vineyards to the start of one of the steepest mile segments in California (#1 Napa County, #6 California,  #19 US).

We have researched and documented for this page the 30 hardest and most difficult bike climbs ever included in the Tour de France. 

The all-time hardest bike climbs of the Tour de France can be viewed on this page via the map (zoom in to view climbs in particular areas), by Climb Cards (photo and stats) or by a detailed list of the climbs that can be arranged in metric or imperial units by difficulty, distance (longest climbs in the area), altitude gained, highest elevation (highest summit), average grade (sort the grades by varying distances), lowest start point, etc. Click on "Climb Page" to jump to the detail page for that particular bike climb. We feel this page provides a good summary of the top, hardest and best bicycling climbs of the Tour de France.

The 10 hardest bike climbs ever to appear in the Tour de France are %TOP10 

Also visit our 2023 Tour de France Home Page for all the stages, climbs, details of the 2023 Tour de France as well as all the historical data for the Grand Tour.