Crater Road
16136.2 m · net rise 898.7 m · total ascent 907.7 m · overall 5.6% · evidence quality B (good) · Kula · Hawaii · share
Shape: sustained — 28% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 136 m.
Matches: Cycle to the Sun (Haleakalā hillclimb race) — course segment — Crater Road 378 to the Haleakalā summit (10,023 ft finish).
Gradient ladder what do windows mean?
| Window | Maximum | Located at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 m (diagnostic) | ≈33% | 5260–5262 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 111.8% at 920–922 m across a structure — excluded |
| 3 m (diagnostic) | ≈29% | 5242–5245 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 84.8% at 920–923 m across a structure — excluded |
| 5 m | ≈25% | 5241–5246 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 80.0% at 918–923 m across a structure — excluded |
| 10 m | ≈19% | 5235–5245 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 41.6% at 918–928 m across a structure — excluded |
| 20 m | ≈16.2% | 5242–5262 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 23.0% at 918–938 m across a structure — excluded |
| 25 m | ≈15.8% | 5237–5262 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 19.3% at 918–943 m across a structure — excluded |
| 50 m | 12.7% | 15901–15951 m | |
| 100 m | 11.4% | 15874–15974 m |
Map
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This climb's data: OCL JSON — the full gradient ladder, quality flags and provenance in the OpenClimb Ladder format.
Surface: paved throughout, according to each state's road inventory.
Access: Ranked 2026-09-08 (D27, inventory authority): the state road inventory carries 100% of the route as public road (private share 0%), which answers the OSM audit question (unnamed service way). Toll road: motor vehicles pay; bicycles — charge unknown (OpenStreetMap toll tags, 2026-09-15).
Measured, not vetted. This page records what the laser record shows about the road's shape — nothing more. Nobody has necessarily ridden or inspected this road for the survey, and a page here is not a recommendation and no guarantee that the road is open, surfaced, rideable or safe. Gates, private sections, missing rights of way and hazards do not show up in elevation data. Check access and conditions on the ground and make your own judgment.
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Route colour = gradient over a 25 m window: <10% 10–20% 20–25% ≥25%
© OpenStreetMap contributors · topo tiles © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) · vector tiles OpenFreeMap · aerial imagery USGS (public domain)
Profile
The map, profile and gradient chart share one position — move your pointer over them and the marker follows. Colors are the gradient bands; the shaded span is the steepest 25 m. Any 25 m figure is good to about a point either way (why).
Measurement card
| Elevation | USGS 3DEP (The National Map) — USGS 3DEP 1 m DEM, HI_NOAAMauiOahu_2020_B20 (collected 2020) |
|---|---|
| Resolution / CRS | 1.0 m grid, EPSG:26904; sampled every 1.0 m, bilinear interpolation |
| Tiles | x78y230 |
| Road centreline | OpenStreetMap (local PBF extract) |
| Quality status | evidence quality B; caveated windows: structure excluded |
| Analysis | OCL 0.1.0, analysis 0.1.0, run hi-run5-260908, calculated 2026-09-08 |
Provenance
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"interpolation": "bilinear",
"smoothing": "none",
"gradient_windows_m": [
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20.0,
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50.0,
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],
"diagnostic_windows_m": [
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],
"elevation_crs": "EPSG:26904",
"elevation_resolution_m": 1.0,
"elevation_tiles": [
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],
"calculated_at": "2026-09-08T04:17:51+00:00",
"road_source": "OpenStreetMap (local PBF extract)",
"road_attribution": "\u00a9 OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
"osm_pbf_path": "data/cache/pbf/hawaii-2026-09-08-batch-band1.osm.pbf",
"osm_snapshot": "",
"run_id": "hi-run5-260908",
"elevation_provider": "USGS 3DEP (The National Map)",
"elevation_licence": "Public domain \u2014 USGS 3DEP 1 m DEM, courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey",
"elevation_dataset": "USGS 3DEP 1 m DEM, HI_NOAAMauiOahu_2020_B20 (collected 2020)",
"elevation_tile_ids": [
"x78y230"
],
"climb_origin": "discovered",
"canopy_check": "unavailable \u2014 no surface model (DSM or point cloud) registered for this coverage",
"license": "ODbL-1.0",
"license_url": "https://howsteep.org/licensing"
}