E-Bike Information

Trails are Common Ground, a coalition of people, businesses, and advocacy groups working together to create a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for anyone who steps, rides or rolls onto any trail, anywhere, alongside IMBA (International Mountain Biking Association), has created some fantastic e-bike resources, click the buttons below to check them out.

E-Bike Info for the Wood River Valley

E-bikes are allowed on motorized roads and trails on Forest Service land. Forest Service land encompasses most of the land surrounding Ketchum and Sun Valley. 

E-bikes are allowed on all of the trails (as they are motorized) accessed from: 

  • Greenhorn Gulch

  • Deer Creek

  • Warm Springs Road (once you are outside of Ketchum city limits, past Board Ranch where the road turns to dirt).

  • Quigley Canyon Road, including the following:

    • Quigley Loop Trail (open to class 1 e-bikes only) and Quigley Trails Park (open to class 1 e-bikes only)

    • Fisher Canyon Trail #314 and Porcupine Creek Trail #172

E-bikes are allowed on some of the trails accessed from:

  • Oregon Gulch trailhead:

    • E-bikes allowed: Oregon Gulch trail #183. 

    • E-bikes NOT allowed: Saddle trail #326

  • Baker Creek Road:

    • E-bikes allowed: Osberg Ridgeline trail #147, Norton Creek-Prairie Creek Trail #134 from Norton Creek Road to intersection with Baker Creek - Norton Creek Trail #138, Fox Peak Connector #939. 

    • E-bikes NOT allowed: Alden Gulch #144, Baker Lake trail #818, Apollo Creek #139, Easley Hot Springs (Curly’s) #148, Adam’s Rib #142

  • Prairie Creek Road:

    • E-bikes allowed: Mill Lake Trail #136, Norton Creek-Prairie Creek Trail #134 only to Prairie Lakes from the road, not beyond. 

    • E-bikes NOT allowed: Miner Creek - Prairie Trail #132, Norton - Miner Canyon Trail #135

  • East Fork of the Big Wood Road:

    • E-bikes allowed: Bear Gulch Trail #121, Parker Gulch Trail #121, Cove Creek Road, The Narrows 

    • E-bikes NOT allowed: Johnstone Creek Trail #206, North Fork Hyndman Trail #165, Hyndman Creek Trail #166, Federal Gulch Trail #169, Timber Draw Trail #313

  • Quigley Road: 

    • E-bikes allowed


Also important to note that these trails are closed seasonally to motorized use, which includes e-bikes:

  • Eve's/Old Adam's #146 is closed to motorized use from 11/30 to 5/1 each year. 

  • Oregon Gulch #183 is closed to motorized use from 8/29 to 5/1 each year

  • Osberg Ridgeline Trail #147 is closed to motorized use from 8/29 to 5/1 each year

  • Fox Peak Connector #939 is closed to motorized use from 8/29 to 5/1 each year

  • Rooks Creek Trail #145 is closed to motorized use from 8/29 to 5/1 each year

  • Castle Rock Trail #140 is closed to motorized use from 8/29 to 5/1 each year

  • Placer Creek Trail #141 is closed to motorized use from 8/29 to 5/1 each year


E-bikes are NOT allowed on of the following non-motorized trails or any trail accessed from:

  • Fox Creek trailhead

  • Lake Creek trailhead

  • Corral Creek road (this includes Pioneer Cabin trail and Corral Creek trail)

  • Lake Creek Road (this includes Taylor Canyon and High Ridge trail)

  • Bald Mountain trails

  • Sun Valley Resort trails (including White Clouds loop and Proctor Mountain trail)

  • Adam’s Gulch EXCEPT: Trail #146 - Old Adams Gulch Road Trail and Eve’s Gulch Trail, which is the trail that follows the bottom of the drainage (it is the only motorized trail access from Adam's Gulch trailhead). 

  • Harriman Trail

  • Galena Lodge trails

  • Titus Lake trail

  • Galena Summit Toll Road Trail

  • Trails accessed via North Fork Road #146 behind the SNRA headquarters


As for Bureau of Land Management land, which is most land surrounding Hailey and Bellevue, e-bikes are allowed more broadly on many trails. E-bikes are now allowed on trails on the Croy system and any motorized road on BLM land. 

For more specifics, and current conditions, check out the Blaine County Recreation District’s Trailink: https://summertrailink.bcrd.org/. From here, you can find out what modes of travel are allowed by clicking on a trail or hovering your cursor over it. There is a specific e-bike icon on the trail details for clarity. 


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