USFS National Forest System Trails · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · Washington · Updated June 2026
Ranger Creek Trail (USFS trail 1197) is a 5.1 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 Ranger 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
In Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, Ranger Creek Trail (USFS trail 1197) covers 5.1 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. 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, open year-round in the data. No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on this trail in the USFS data, so treat it as a non-motorized route unless a posted order says otherwise. 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 Ranger Creek Trail?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Ranger Creek Trail in Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Ranger Creek Trail?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Ranger Creek Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is Ranger Creek Trail?
- Ranger Creek Trail measures about 5.1 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Ranger Creek Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Ranger Creek Trail as native material.
- How difficult is Ranger Creek Trail?
- 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 Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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