Mulholland Highway · The Snake
The tightest stretch of Mulholland Highway, between Cornell Road and Las Virgenes Road — a run of switchbacks a couple of miles east of the Rock Store.
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Check current access before visiting this short Mulholland section. Check current access ↗ · Reviewed 2026-09-09
Road shape
- Length
- 3.2 mi
- Bends
- 15
- Switchbacks
- 3
- Bends per mile
- 4.7
- Turning per mile
- 510°
- Curviest rank
- 52of 128
Measured from the OpenStreetMap centreline at a 20 m sampling step — road shape only, not a safety or speed judgement. How bends are counted.
Elevation
- Total climb
- 750ft
- Climb per mile
- 234ft
- Highest point
- 1,015ft
- Steepest grade
- 6.2%
Sampled every 100 m from USGS 10 m elevation data, a public-domain federal dataset. Total climb counts vertical change in both directions, so it does not depend on which way you drive. How elevation is measured.
Speed limits
Varies
Unverified
No posted limit has been verified for this selected section. Follow current signs.
No posted limit has been verified for this selected section. Follow current signs.
Posted signs always govern. How speed evidence is handled.
Sources
Difficulty 3/3 (Demanding) is our editorial rating of width, bends and sightlines; “Technical” describes character, not a target speed. Full method. Identified from:
- Helen’s Cycles · Our favorite rides and routes ↗
- Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors / Public Works · Traffic regulations, adopted April 30, 2019 ↗
- Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors · Meeting transcript, March 3, 2026 ↗
- OpenStreetMap road data ↗ (3 ways in this trace)
Reviewed 2026-09-09. The trace shows selected road sections, not a navigation route.