USFS National Forest System Trails · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · Arizona · Updated October 2026
Ross Draw (USFS trail 529) is a 1.7 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
- 1.7 mi
- Grade-based difficulty
- Advancedgrade band +12-20%
- Surface
- Native Material
- USFS trail class
- Class 21 primitive · 5 developed
Can I bike Ross Draw?
| 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
Ross Draw (USFS trail 529) is a 1.7 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. Its grade-based difficulty is Advanced (grade band +12-20%) — a steep steepness profile derived from USFS slope data, not a technical mountain-bike 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 2 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed. For day-of certainty on closures or seasonal orders, check directly with the ranger district, since this reflects the USFS data as of the latest refresh.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Ross Draw?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Ross Draw in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Ross Draw?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Ross Draw in the USFS data.
- How long is Ross Draw?
- Ross Draw measures about 1.7 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Ross Draw?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Ross Draw as native material.
- How difficult is Ross Draw?
- 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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