USFS National Forest System Trails · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · Idaho · Updated June 2026
Bear Wallow Alt (USFS trail 3442A) is a 0.6 mi trail in Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Idaho. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Bear Wallow Alt?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| 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 Caribou-Targhee National Forest, 98% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
In Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Idaho, Bear Wallow Alt (USFS trail 3442A) covers 0.6 mi of National Forest System trail. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Caribou-Targhee 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. Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band +8-10%) — a moderate steepness profile derived from USFS slope data, not a technical mountain-bike rating. Mountain bikes are allowed, open year-round in the data. On the electric side, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are also designated — Class 1 being pedal-assist only, Classes 2 and 3 adding a throttle and higher assisted speed. 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. 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 Bear Wallow Alt?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Bear Wallow Alt in Caribou-Targhee National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Bear Wallow Alt?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Bear Wallow Alt in the USFS data.
- How long is Bear Wallow Alt?
- Bear Wallow Alt measures about 0.6 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Bear Wallow Alt?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Bear Wallow Alt as native material.
- How difficult is Bear Wallow Alt?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band +8-10%), 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 Caribou-Targhee National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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