USFS National Forest System Trails · Payette National Forest · Idaho · Updated June 2026
Golden Cup Mine (USFS trail 522) is a 4.2 mi trail in Payette National Forest, Idaho. Mountain-bike use here is accepted but discouraged in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Golden Cup Mine?
| 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 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
Golden Cup Mine (USFS trail 522) runs 4.2 mi through Payette National Forest in Idaho. 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 trail surface is not specified in the USFS record. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. Note that mountain-bike use here is discouraged in USFS records — confirm with the ranger district before riding. 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 4 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 Golden Cup Mine?
- Mountain-bike use on Golden Cup Mine 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 Golden Cup Mine?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Golden Cup Mine in the USFS data.
- How long is Golden Cup Mine?
- Golden Cup Mine measures about 4.2 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
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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