USFS National Forest System Trails · Olympic National Forest · Washington · Updated June 2026
Gold Creek (USFS trail 830) is a 6.5 mi trail in Olympic National Forest, Washington. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Gold Creek?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
Zooming out: across Olympic National Forest, 95% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
In Olympic National Forest, Washington, Gold Creek (USFS trail 830) covers 6.5 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. Based on slope, this is a Easy trail (grade band 5-8%); that reflects gentle gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. Mountain bikes are allowed, open year-round in the data. On the electric side, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are also designated — Class 1 being pedal-assist only, Classes 2 and 3 adding a throttle and higher assisted speed. 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 Gold Creek?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Gold Creek in Olympic National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Gold Creek?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Gold Creek in the USFS data.
- How long is Gold Creek?
- Gold Creek measures about 6.5 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Gold Creek?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Gold Creek as native material.
- How difficult is Gold Creek?
- 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 Olympic National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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