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Piuma Road

A ridge road above Malibu Canyon, climbing east toward Rambla Pacifico with the canyon falling away on one side.

TechnicalDifficulty 3/3 · DemandingMalibu / Santa Monica Mountains

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Road shape

Length
6.5 mi
Bends
53
Switchbacks
6
Bends per mile
8.2
Turning per mile
822°
Curviest rank
19of 85

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

Low 460 ft6.5 miHigh 2,194 ft
Total climb
2,099ft
Climb per mile
323ft
Highest point
2,193ft
Steepest grade
8.3%

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:

Reviewed 2026-09-09. The trace shows selected road sections, not a navigation route.

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