USFS National Forest System Trails · Chugach National Forest · Alaska · Updated June 2026
Crescent Creek Trail (USFS trail 308) is a 5.8 mi trail in Chugach National Forest, Alaska. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Jun–Oct, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Crescent Creek Trail?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Jun–Oct |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | — |
Zooming out: across Chugach National Forest, 91% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Crescent Creek Trail (USFS trail 308) runs 5.8 mi through Chugach National Forest in Alaska. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Chugach National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Advanced band (grade band 12-20%), meaning a steep climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Bike use is designated as allowed, typically Jun–Oct. No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on this trail in the USFS data, so treat it as a non-motorized route unless a posted order says otherwise. The route is mapped as USFS Trail Class 3 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed. Treat this as a planning reference rather than a live conditions report, and verify any time-sensitive closure or order with the ranger district that manages Chugach National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Crescent Creek Trail?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Crescent Creek Trail in Chugach National Forest, typically Jun–Oct, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Crescent Creek Trail?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Crescent Creek Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is Crescent Creek Trail?
- Crescent Creek Trail measures about 5.8 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Crescent Creek Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Crescent Creek Trail as native material.
- How difficult is Crescent Creek Trail?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Advanced (grade band 12-20%), derived from USFS slope data. This reflects steepness, not technical mountain-bike difficulty.
How we read this data
Grade-based difficulty above is the USFS grade (route steepness), not a technical mountain-bike rating — a gentle-grade trail can still be rocky or technical, and vice versa. Bike and e-bike status come verbatim from the USFS managed-use fields for this trail; we never infer access we can't cite. See our methodology for how the dataset is built and what each field means.
Where it is
Approximate location of Chugach National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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