USFS National Forest System Trails · Eldorado National Forest · California · Updated June 2026
Gerle Creek Trail (USFS trail 14E21) is a 0.7 mi trail in Eldorado National Forest, California. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Gerle Creek Trail?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | — |
This trail carries an accessibility designation in the USFS record.
Zooming out: across Eldorado National Forest, 94% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Gerle Creek Trail (USFS trail 14E21) runs 0.7 mi through Eldorado National Forest in California. This profile summarizes what the official US Forest Service trail record says about riding it: how long the trail is, what it's built on, how steep the route grades out, and which forms of bike use the agency has designated. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as imported compacted material. Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band 0-5%) — a gentle steepness profile derived from USFS slope data, not a technical mountain-bike rating. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. 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 5 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed, and the record carries an accessibility designation for this trail. For day-of certainty on closures or seasonal orders, check directly with the ranger district, since this reflects the USFS data as of the latest refresh.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Gerle Creek Trail?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Gerle Creek Trail in Eldorado National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Gerle Creek Trail?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Gerle Creek Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is Gerle Creek Trail?
- Gerle Creek Trail measures about 0.7 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Gerle Creek Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Gerle Creek Trail as imported compacted material.
- How difficult is Gerle Creek Trail?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band 0-5%), 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 Eldorado National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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