USFS National Forest System Trails · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · Arizona · Updated October 2026
Panorama Shortcut Trail (USFS trail 635A) is a 0.8 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
- 0.8 mi
- Grade-based difficulty
- Easygrade band +5-8%
- Surface
- Native Material
- USFS trail class
- Class 31 primitive · 5 developed
Can I bike Panorama Shortcut Trail?
| 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
In Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Arizona, Panorama Shortcut Trail (USFS trail 635A) covers 0.8 mi of National Forest System trail. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. The tread is mapped as native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Easy band (grade band +5-8%), meaning a gentle climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. 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 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. 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 Panorama Shortcut Trail?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Panorama Shortcut Trail in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Panorama Shortcut Trail?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Panorama Shortcut Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is Panorama Shortcut Trail?
- Panorama Shortcut Trail measures about 0.8 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Panorama Shortcut Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Panorama Shortcut Trail as native material.
- How difficult is Panorama Shortcut Trail?
- 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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