Electric Bikes In Yosemite: What's The Verdict?

In 2019, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued a directive that orders National Parks, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management to develop rules that would allow e-bikes wherever mountain bikes are permitted. This means that e-bikes would be allowed in Yosemite National Park, although only on certain trails.

E-bikes are allowed on some trails in Yosemite

At Yosemite, e-bikes would be allowed on four out of 120 trails. The biggest potential for conflict is on the walkway in Yosemite Valley, which gets heavy use from visitors on walks with cameras or using the low-speed rental bicycles.

E-bikes are banned from hiking trails and service roads

In 2019, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued a directive that ordered National Parks, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management to develop rules that would allow e-bikes wherever mountain bikes are permitted. However, this would have no effect on state parks, national forests, wilderness, the Pacific Crest Trail or local park districts, where e-bikes are banned from hiking trails and most service roads.

E-bikes are allowed on walkways in Yosemite Valley

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued a directive that orders National Parks, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management to develop rules that would allow e-bikes wherever mountain bikes are permitted. However, this would have no effect on state parks, national forests, wilderness, the Pacific Crest Trail or local park districts, where e-bikes are banned from hiking trails and most service roads.

E-bikes are allowed on some trails in Yosemite Valley, Tuolumne Meadows and Glacier Point Road

In 2019, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued a directive that ordered National Parks, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management to develop rules that would allow e-bikes wherever mountain bikes are permitted. This means that e-bikes are allowed in Yosemite National Park, but only on certain trails.

Of 120 trails at Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon and Point Reyes, e-bikes would be allowed at only four—all at Point Reyes. However, another source suggests that e-bikes are allowed on some trails in Yosemite Valley, Tuolumne Meadows and Glacier Point Road. It is not clear whether these trails are included in the four mentioned above.

E-bikes are banned from hiking trails and most service roads in state parks, national forests, wilderness, the Pacific Crest Trail and local park districts.

E-bikes are allowed in Point Reyes National Seashore

Of 120 trails at Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon and Point Reyes, e-bikes would be allowed at only four — all at Point Reyes. This means that e-bikes are allowed on four trails in Point Reyes National Seashore, but not on the other 116 trails at Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon.

The directive has no effect on state parks, national forests, wilderness, the Pacific Crest Trail or local park districts, where e-bikes are banned from hiking trails and most service roads. This means that e-bikes are still not allowed in many areas of Point Reyes National Seashore, including hiking trails and most service roads.

The directive has the potential to cause conflict, as e-bikes are not allowed in many areas of Point Reyes National Seashore, and there is the potential for conflict between e-bike riders and other park users.

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