USFS National Forest System Trails · Chugach National Forest · Alaska · Updated June 2026
Barber Cabin Trail (USFS trail 309) is a 0.9 mi trail in Chugach National Forest, Alaska. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Jul–Oct, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Barber Cabin Trail?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Jul–Oct |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | — |
Zooming out: across Chugach National Forest, 91% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Barber Cabin Trail (USFS trail 309) runs 0.9 mi through Chugach National Forest in Alaska. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Chugach National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as imported compacted material. Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band 0-5%) — a gentle steepness profile derived from USFS slope data, not a technical mountain-bike rating. Bike use is designated as allowed, typically Jul–Oct. No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on this trail in the USFS data, so treat it as a non-motorized route unless a posted order says otherwise. The route is mapped as USFS Trail Class 4 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed. Treat this as a planning reference rather than a live conditions report, and verify any time-sensitive closure or order with the ranger district that manages Chugach National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Barber Cabin Trail?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Barber Cabin Trail in Chugach National Forest, typically Jul–Oct, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Barber Cabin Trail?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Barber Cabin Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is Barber Cabin Trail?
- Barber Cabin Trail measures about 0.9 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Barber Cabin Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Barber Cabin Trail as imported compacted material.
- How difficult is Barber Cabin Trail?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band 0-5%), 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 Chugach National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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