USFS National Forest System Trails · Sawtooth National Forest · Idaho · Updated June 2026
Placer Creek Trail (USFS trail 7141) is a 4 mi trail in Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Placer Creek Trail?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | May–Aug |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | May–Aug |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | May–Aug |
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
In Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho, Placer Creek Trail (USFS trail 7141) covers 4 mi of National Forest System trail. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Sawtooth National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. USFS records list its surface as native material. Its grade-based difficulty is Advanced (grade band 12-20%) — a steep 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 (May–Aug) — 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 Sawtooth National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Placer Creek Trail?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Placer Creek Trail in Sawtooth National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Placer Creek Trail?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Placer Creek Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is Placer Creek Trail?
- Placer Creek Trail measures about 4 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Placer Creek Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Placer Creek Trail as native material.
- How difficult is Placer Creek Trail?
- 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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