USFS National Forest System Trails · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · Arizona · Updated October 2026
Lookout Meadow Loop (USFS trail 80E) is a 1.4 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
- 1.4 mi
- Grade-based difficulty
- Advancedgrade band +12-20%
- Surface
- Native Material
- USFS trail class
- Class 41 primitive · 5 developed
Can I bike Lookout Meadow Loop?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Not designated | — |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Not designated | — |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Not designated | — |
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
In Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Arizona, Lookout Meadow Loop (USFS trail 80E) covers 1.4 mi of National Forest System trail. Everything below comes straight from the US Forest Service National Forest System Trails dataset — length, surface, slope-derived difficulty, and the specific bike and e-bike designations on record — so you can check legality before you load up. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as native material. Based on slope, this is a Advanced trail (grade band +12-20%); that reflects steep gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. Mountain bikes are allowed, open year-round in the data. 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 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 Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Lookout Meadow Loop?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Lookout Meadow Loop in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Lookout Meadow Loop?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Lookout Meadow Loop in the USFS data.
- How long is Lookout Meadow Loop?
- Lookout Meadow Loop measures about 1.4 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Lookout Meadow Loop?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Lookout Meadow Loop as native material.
- How difficult is Lookout Meadow Loop?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Advanced (grade band +12-20%), 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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