USFS National Forest System Trails · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · Idaho · Updated June 2026
Meadow Canyon (USFS trail 1020) is a 2.2 mi trail in Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Idaho. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Meadow Canyon?
| 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 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, Meadow Canyon (USFS trail 1020) covers 2.2 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. Based on slope, this is a Advanced trail (grade band +12-20%); that reflects steep gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. Mountain bikes are allowed, open year-round in the data. 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 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. 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 Meadow Canyon?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Meadow Canyon in Caribou-Targhee National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Meadow Canyon?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Meadow Canyon in the USFS data.
- How long is Meadow Canyon?
- Meadow Canyon measures about 2.2 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Meadow Canyon?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Meadow Canyon as native material.
- How difficult is Meadow Canyon?
- 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 Caribou-Targhee National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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