USFS National Forest System Trails · Washington · Updated June 2026
Gifford Pinchot National Forest Mountain Bike Trails
Gifford Pinchot National Forest earns a Bike Access Grade of F: 0% of its rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes (no Class-1 e-bike designation on record). Restricted — traditional bikes are open on very few of the forest’s rideable miles.
Gifford Pinchot National Forest carries 1,480 mi of mapped National Forest System trail, of which 0 mi across 0 segments is designated for mountain bikes. Class 1 e-bikes are designated on 0 segments (0 mi).
What the USFS data shows for Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Gifford Pinchot National Forest maps 1,480 mi of National Forest System trail across 551 segments, but USFS travel-management data records no bike-designated mileage for this forest — every segment shown here is hike/stock or otherwise non-bike in the official layer.
The network is built mostly on native dirt: 472 of 549 surfaced segments (86%) are native material.
By USFS difficulty rating the trails skew advanced, the most common designation at 471 of 549 rated segments (86%).
The most common USFS trail class is Class 3 (390 segments), on the 1-primitive to 5-developed scale.
15 segments carry an ADA-accessibility flag in the dataset.
Trail surface
- Native Material472
- Snow63
- Ac- Asphalt8
- Imported Compacted Material4
- Other2
USFS trail class (1 = primitive · 5 = developed)
- Class 3390
- Class 287
- Class 451
- Class 517
- Class 14
0% of this forest's mapped trail is bike-designated. Note: USFS records trail grade (steepness), not technical MTB difficulty — we surface grade where present but do not infer a black/blue/green rating from it.
E-bikes in Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Class 1 on 0 segments · Class 2 on 0 · Class 3 on 0. See full e-bike rules for Gifford Pinchot National Forest →
Where it is
Approximate center of Gifford Pinchot National Forest. USFS trail geometry isn't mapped here — use the ranger district for trailheads.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the bike access grade for Gifford Pinchot National Forest?
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest earns a Bike Access Grade of F: 0% of its rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes (no Class-1 e-bike designation on record). Restricted — traditional bikes are open on very few of the forest’s rideable miles.
- How many miles of mountain bike trail are in Gifford Pinchot National Forest?
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest has about 0 mi of bike-designated trail across 0 segments, out of 1,480 mi of total National Forest System trail.
- What is the riding season in Gifford Pinchot National Forest?
- Season windows vary by trail and elevation in Gifford Pinchot National Forest; check current conditions with the ranger district.
- Are e-bikes allowed in Gifford Pinchot National Forest?
- Only where designated. Class 1 e-bikes are recorded on 0 segments. See the e-bike rules page for the class-by-class breakdown.
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