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Ebbetts Pass
Arnold to Markleeville
- Distance
- 61 mi
- Riding Time
- 1h 34m
- Climb
- 6,693 ft
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Surface
- Paved
- Character
- Twisty
- Saves
- 0
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Road Guide
- Best Season
- Best from June through October, once the pass is open and the snow has cleared.
- Closures
- Closed over the pass every winter, usually from November until May or June depending on snow. Opening dates vary.
- Fuel
- Fill up in Arnold. Fuel is very limited between Arnold and Markleeville.
- Watch For
- Narrow single lane sections without a center line, blind hairpins, steep grades, oncoming vehicles over the middle of the road, rocks, and cattle in places.
Weather Along the Route
Forecast at the hour you reach each point, from the riding time. Leave Departure empty to leave now. Forecast from Open-Meteo.
State Route 4 crosses the Sierra Nevada over Ebbetts Pass on one of the least traveled trans Sierra highways. Past Lake Alpine the road narrows to a single lane in places with no center line, with steep grades and tight switchbacks through granite country on both sides of the pass before it drops to Markleeville.
Stops
- StartArnold
- FinishMarkleeville
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