USFS National Forest System Trails · Coronado National Forest · Arizona · Updated June 2026
Little Casa Connector (USFS trail 169) is a 4.6 mi trail in Coronado National Forest, Arizona. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Little Casa Connector?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| 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 Coronado National Forest, 84% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
In Coronado National Forest, Arizona, Little Casa Connector (USFS trail 169) covers 4.6 mi of National Forest System trail. 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. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as native material. Based on slope, this is a Intermediate trail (grade band +8-10%); that reflects moderate gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. 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 Coronado National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Little Casa Connector?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Little Casa Connector in Coronado National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Little Casa Connector?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Little Casa Connector in the USFS data.
- How long is Little Casa Connector?
- Little Casa Connector measures about 4.6 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Little Casa Connector?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Little Casa Connector as native material.
- How difficult is Little Casa Connector?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band +8-10%), 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 Coronado National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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