USFS National Forest System Trails · Manti-La Sal National Forest · Utah · Updated June 2026
Sawmill Canyon Trail (USFS trail 5175) is a 3.4 mi trail in Manti-La Sal National Forest, Utah. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Jun–Oct, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Sawmill Canyon Trail?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Jun–Oct |
| 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 Manti-La Sal National Forest, 40% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of C.
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About this trail
Sawmill Canyon Trail (USFS trail 5175) runs 3.4 mi through Manti-La Sal National Forest in Utah. 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. 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. Bike use is designated as allowed, typically Jun–Oct. No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on this trail in the USFS data, so treat it as a non-motorized route unless a posted order says otherwise. 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 Manti-La Sal National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Sawmill Canyon Trail?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Sawmill Canyon Trail in Manti-La Sal National Forest, typically Jun–Oct, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Sawmill Canyon Trail?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Sawmill Canyon Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is Sawmill Canyon Trail?
- Sawmill Canyon Trail measures about 3.4 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Sawmill Canyon Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Sawmill Canyon Trail as native material.
- How difficult is Sawmill Canyon 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 Manti-La Sal National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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