Sierra Nevada driving roads
7 roads, 150 miles and 455 counted bends, ordered by degrees of turning per mile.
- Highway 168 · Shaver Lake to Huntington LakeThe western Sierra climb from the San Joaquin Valley foothills through Shaver Lake to Huntington Lake, continuing as Kaiser Pass Road toward Florence Lake.
- Sonora Pass · Hwy 108The steep eastern climb over the Sierra crest, narrow and continuously curving with grades reported as high as 26% near the summit.
- Nine Mile Canyon RoadA fast, wide-open descent dropping around 3,000 feet in its last 10 miles from the Kennedy Meadows area down to Highway 395, with long unguarded drops off the canyon edge.
- Horseshoe Meadow RoadA steep climb out of Lone Pine up the eastern Sierra escarpment through six switchbacks and exposed shelf sections to over 10,000 feet — the second-highest paved road in California.
- Rock Creek RoadCalifornia’s highest paved public road, climbing from Tom’s Place on Highway 395 to the Mosquito Flat trailhead at over 10,200 feet.
- Tioga Pass · Hwy 120The east side of the highest highway pass in the Sierra Nevada, switchbacking down from the Yosemite boundary toward Lee Vining and Mono Lake.
- Bishop Creek Canyon Road · Hwy 168The eastern Highway 168, climbing from Bishop up Bishop Creek Canyon past Aspendell to Lake Sabrina at over 9,100 feet, with South Lake Road forking off the same canyon.