USFS National Forest System Trails · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · Washington · Updated October 2026
Crystal Ridge (USFS trail 1164) is a 3.3 mi trail in Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
- Trail length
- 3.3 mi
- Grade-based difficulty
- Advancedgrade band +12-20%
- Surface
- Native Material
- USFS trail class
- Class 31 primitive · 5 developed
Can I bike Crystal Ridge?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| 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 Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, 74% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Crystal Ridge (USFS trail 1164) is a 3.3 mi trail in Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington. 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. Mountain bikes are allowed, open year-round 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 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. 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 Crystal Ridge?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Crystal Ridge in Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Crystal Ridge?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Crystal Ridge in the USFS data.
- How long is Crystal Ridge?
- Crystal Ridge measures about 3.3 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Crystal Ridge?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Crystal Ridge as native material.
- How difficult is Crystal Ridge?
- 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 Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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