USFS National Forest System Trails · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · Arizona · Updated October 2026
Chipmunk Springs (USFS trail 631A) is a 7.4 mi trail in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Arizona. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
- Trail length
- 7.4 mi
- Grade-based difficulty
- Easygrade band +5-8%
- Surface
- Native Material
- USFS trail class
- Class 31 primitive · 5 developed
Can I bike Chipmunk Springs?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Restricted | — |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Restricted | — |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Restricted | — |
Zooming out: across Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, 77% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Chipmunk Springs (USFS trail 631A) is a 7.4 mi trail in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Arizona. This profile summarizes what the official US Forest Service trail record says about riding it: how long the trail is, what it's built on, how steep the route grades out, and which forms of bike use the agency has designated. USFS records list its surface 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. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. The agency lists no Class 1, 2 or 3 e-bike designation here; absent a local order to the contrary, that means e-bikes are not an allowed use on this trail. 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. Because conditions, closures, and local orders change between data refreshes, confirm the current status with the managing ranger district before you ride.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Chipmunk Springs?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Chipmunk Springs in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Chipmunk Springs?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Chipmunk Springs in the USFS data.
- How long is Chipmunk Springs?
- Chipmunk Springs measures about 7.4 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Chipmunk Springs?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Chipmunk Springs as native material.
- How difficult is Chipmunk Springs?
- 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 Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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