USFS National Forest System Trails · Stanislaus National Forest · California · Updated June 2026
Cow Camp (USFS trail 17E60) is a 1.2 mi trail in Stanislaus National Forest, California. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Cow Camp?
| 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) | — |
Zooming out: across Stanislaus National Forest, 84% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
In Stanislaus National Forest, California, Cow Camp (USFS trail 17E60) covers 1.2 mi of National Forest System trail. 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. The tread is mapped 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 year-round. The agency lists no Class 1, 2 or 3 e-bike designation here; absent a local order to the contrary, that means e-bikes are not an allowed use on this trail. 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. Because conditions, closures, and local orders change between data refreshes, confirm the current status with the managing ranger district before you ride.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Cow Camp?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Cow Camp in Stanislaus National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Cow Camp?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Cow Camp in the USFS data.
- How long is Cow Camp?
- Cow Camp measures about 1.2 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Cow Camp?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Cow Camp as native material.
- How difficult is Cow Camp?
- 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 Stanislaus National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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