Biking

Whether you are looking for an easy afternoon ride or challenging chain-breaking opportunity, central Oregon is the place to go mountain biking. Our mountain biking trails will give you a range of experiences to take you from “awe” to “AHHH.”

Just remember, many of these trails are used by hikers and horseback riders so please make sure to think of your safety and the safety of others as you travel.

E-Biking

Forest Service Policy allows e-bikes only on motorized roads and trails

Given the growing popularity of electric bikes (E-bikes) in Central Oregon, the Forest Service wants to remind the public about how E-bikes can be used to recreate on national forest lands and where E-bikes are not appropriate.

Under the Forest Service’s national Travel Management Rule (2005) (2008) and (2015) E-bikes are classified as self-propelled motor vehicles. Under this classification, E-bikes are allowed where the Travel Management Rule designation is:

Roads Open to All Vehicles
Trails Open to All Vehicles
Trails Open to Vehicles 50” or Less in Width, and
Trails Open to Motorcycles Only.

Therefore, like other motorized transportation, E-bikes can be used on over 8,000 miles of road and 350 miles of trail on the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and Crooked River National Grassland. Maps for those motorized roads and trails can be found on the Deschutes National Forest website or the Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River National Grassland website.

E-bikes are not allowed on trails designated for non-motorized use. Non-motorized trails include trails like hiker, horse, or mountain bike trails. E-bikes, like other motorized transportation, also are not allowed to travel cross-country off trail. There are no exceptions.

E-bikes are not considered an assistive device meeting the legal definition of a wheelchair or mobility device giving them an exception to the Forest Service’s Travel Management Rule. The Department of Justice, under their Rule on Other Power Driven Mobility Devices in September, 2010 affirmed that the use of any Other Power Driven Mobility Device is limited to where the use of that device (i.e. an E-bike) is designated for use by all.