USFS National Forest System Trails · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · Utah · Updated June 2026
Payson Lake (USFS trail 8122) is a 1 mi trail in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Utah. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Jun–Oct, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Payson Lake?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Jun–Oct |
| 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 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
In Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Utah, Payson Lake (USFS trail 8122) covers 1 mi of National Forest System trail. Everything below comes straight from the US Forest Service National Forest System Trails dataset — length, surface, slope-derived difficulty, and the specific bike and e-bike designations on record — so you can check legality before you load up. USFS records list its surface as asphalt. USFS slope data puts it in the Easy band (grade band +5-8%), meaning a gentle climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a Jun–Oct season in the data. 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 4 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 Payson Lake?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Payson Lake in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, typically Jun–Oct, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Payson Lake?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Payson Lake in the USFS data.
- How long is Payson Lake?
- Payson Lake measures about 1 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Payson Lake?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Payson Lake as asphalt.
- How difficult is Payson Lake?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band +5-8%), 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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