USFS National Forest System Trails · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · Washington · Updated June 2026
White River Trail (USFS trail 1199) is a 4.5 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 White River 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
White River Trail (USFS trail 1199) runs 4.5 mi through Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in 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. USFS records list its surface as native material. 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, 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. Because conditions, closures, and local orders change between data refreshes, confirm the current status with the managing ranger district before you ride.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on White River Trail?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on White River Trail in Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on White River Trail?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on White River Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is White River Trail?
- White River Trail measures about 4.5 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of White River Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of White River Trail as native material.
- How difficult is White River Trail?
- 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 Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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