USFS National Forest System Trails · Payette National Forest · Idaho · Updated June 2026
Brownlee Ck/Grade Ck Conn (USFS trail 287) is a 3 mi trail in Payette National Forest, Idaho. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Brownlee Ck/Grade Ck Conn?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | Jul–Sep |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | Jul–Sep |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | Jul–Sep |
Zooming out: across Payette National Forest, 20% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of D.
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About this trail
In Payette National Forest, Idaho, Brownlee Ck/Grade Ck Conn (USFS trail 287) covers 3 mi of National Forest System trail. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Payette National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. The tread is mapped as native material. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. On the electric side, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are also designated (Jul–Sep) — 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 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 Payette National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Brownlee Ck/Grade Ck Conn?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Brownlee Ck/Grade Ck Conn in Payette National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Brownlee Ck/Grade Ck Conn?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Brownlee Ck/Grade Ck Conn in the USFS data.
- How long is Brownlee Ck/Grade Ck Conn?
- Brownlee Ck/Grade Ck Conn measures about 3 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Brownlee Ck/Grade Ck Conn?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Brownlee Ck/Grade Ck Conn as native material.
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 Payette National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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