USFS National Forest System Trails · Inyo National Forest · California · Updated June 2026
Red Lake Trail Head (USFS trail 33E301) is a 4.6 mi trail in Inyo National Forest, California. Mountain-bike use here is accepted but discouraged in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Red Lake Trail Head?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Accepted but discouraged | — |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
Zooming out: across Inyo National Forest, 7% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of F.
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About this trail
In Inyo National Forest, California, Red Lake Trail Head (USFS trail 33E301) covers 4.6 mi of National Forest System trail. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Inyo National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. USFS records list its surface as native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Easy band (grade band 5-8%), meaning a gentle climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. For traditional mountain bikes, use is discouraged according to USFS data. The record additionally permits Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bike use; recall that Class 1 is pedal-assist, while Class 2 adds a throttle and Class 3 a higher cutoff speed. The route is mapped as USFS Trail Class 2 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 Inyo National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Red Lake Trail Head?
- Mountain-bike use on Red Lake Trail Head is discouraged in USFS records, though Class 1 e-bike use is designated. Confirm current rules with the managing ranger district.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Red Lake Trail Head?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Red Lake Trail Head in the USFS data.
- How long is Red Lake Trail Head?
- Red Lake Trail Head measures about 4.6 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Red Lake Trail Head?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Red Lake Trail Head as native material.
- How difficult is Red Lake Trail Head?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band 5-8%), 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 Inyo National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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