USFS National Forest System Trails · Sawtooth National Forest · Idaho · Updated June 2026
Livingston Creek (USFS trail 7673) is a 4.8 mi trail in Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Livingston Creek?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Restricted | — |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Restricted | — |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Restricted | — |
Zooming out: across Sawtooth National Forest, 59% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of B.
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About this trail
Livingston Creek (USFS trail 7673) is a 4.8 mi trail in Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho. 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. USFS records list its surface 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. 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 1 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 Livingston Creek?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Livingston Creek in Sawtooth National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Livingston Creek?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Livingston Creek in the USFS data.
- How long is Livingston Creek?
- Livingston Creek measures about 4.8 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Livingston Creek?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Livingston Creek as native material.
- How difficult is Livingston Creek?
- 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 Sawtooth National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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