USFS National Forest System Trails · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · Utah · Updated June 2026
Loafer Mountain (USFS trail 8098) is a 5.4 mi trail in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Utah. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Jun–Oct, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Loafer Mountain?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Jun–Oct |
| 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 Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, 83% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Loafer Mountain (USFS trail 8098) is a 5.4 mi trail in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, 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 Expert trail (grade band +20-30%); that reflects very steep gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. Bike use is designated as allowed, typically Jun–Oct. The record additionally permits Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bike use; recall that Class 1 is pedal-assist, while Class 2 adds a throttle and Class 3 a higher cutoff speed. The route is mapped as USFS Trail Class 3 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed. Because conditions, closures, and local orders change between data refreshes, confirm the current status with the managing ranger district before you ride.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Loafer Mountain?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Loafer Mountain in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, typically Jun–Oct, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Loafer Mountain?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Loafer Mountain in the USFS data.
- How long is Loafer Mountain?
- Loafer Mountain measures about 5.4 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Loafer Mountain?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Loafer Mountain as native material.
- How difficult is Loafer Mountain?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Expert (grade band +20-30%), 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 Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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