USFS National Forest System Trails · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · Utah · Updated June 2026
Packard Canyon (USFS trail 8091) is a 4.3 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 Packard Canyon?
| 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
Packard Canyon (USFS trail 8091) runs 4.3 mi through Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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. The tread is mapped as native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Intermediate band (grade band +10-12%), meaning a moderate climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a Jun–Oct season in the data. 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 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 Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Packard Canyon?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Packard Canyon in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, typically Jun–Oct, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Packard Canyon?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Packard Canyon in the USFS data.
- How long is Packard Canyon?
- Packard Canyon measures about 4.3 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Packard Canyon?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Packard Canyon as native material.
- How difficult is Packard Canyon?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band +10-12%), 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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