Mountain pass · California

Ebbetts Pass by motorcycle

Ebbetts Pass tops out at 8,734 ft (2,662 m) in California. It is the 5th highest of the 56 passes in California on the Motoseyir map. Below: the road surface, when it is usually closed, the passes around it and a loop you can ride over it.

Ebbetts Pass
Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

Elevation
8,734 ft (2,662 m)
Location
California, United States
Road surface
Paved
Winter
Usually closed to motor vehicles from December to May, going by the seasonal closure recorded for the road. Dates move with the snow every year, so check the road authority’s current notice before you go.
Coordinates
38.5443, -119.8119
Sources
Wikipedia · OpenStreetMap

Elevation is the figure on the pass’s OpenStreetMap entry or its source page; the point is the summit on the road itself.

Ride a loop over Ebbetts Pass

The web route planner opens with Ebbetts Pass as the start point. Choose a direction, how long you want to ride and how twisty the roads should be, and it draws up to three round trips that come back to the pass. Send the one you like to your phone with a QR code and ride it in Motoseyir.

Plan a loop over Ebbetts Pass

Passes near Ebbetts Pass

Ebbetts Pass in the Motoseyir app

Ebbetts Pass is on Motoseyir’s pass map with its altitude and exact location, along with 1,600+ passes in 36 countries. Add it to your tour and go.

If your route crosses a pass that may be closed this month, the app tells you before you set off, and Generate a tour skips closed passes. Passes you ride over are ticked off from your ride log automatically.

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Pass data: Motoseyir’s pass list, compiled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and the source page linked above.