USFS National Forest System Trails · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · Washington · Updated June 2026
Deep Creek Trail (USFS trail 1196) is a 3.2 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.
Can I bike Deep Creek Trail?
| 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, 29% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of C.
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About this trail
Deep Creek Trail (USFS trail 1196) is a 3.2 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. The tread is mapped as native material. Its grade-based difficulty is Advanced (grade band 12-20%) — a steep steepness profile derived from USFS slope data, not a technical mountain-bike 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 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 Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Deep Creek Trail?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Deep Creek Trail in Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Deep Creek Trail?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Deep Creek Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is Deep Creek Trail?
- Deep Creek Trail measures about 3.2 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Deep Creek Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Deep Creek Trail as native material.
- How difficult is Deep Creek 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 Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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