USFS National Forest System Trails · Prescott National Forest · Arizona · Updated June 2026
Ryal Canyon (USFS trail 0521) is a 2.4 mi trail in Prescott National Forest, Arizona. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Ryal Canyon?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
Zooming out: across Prescott National Forest, 85% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
In Prescott National Forest, Arizona, Ryal Canyon (USFS trail 0521) covers 2.4 mi of National Forest System trail. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Prescott National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. USFS records list its surface as native material. Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band 10-12%) — a moderate steepness profile derived from USFS slope data, not a technical mountain-bike rating. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. On the electric side, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are also designated — Class 1 being pedal-assist only, Classes 2 and 3 adding a throttle and higher assisted speed. 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. 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 Prescott National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Ryal Canyon?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Ryal Canyon in Prescott National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Ryal Canyon?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Ryal Canyon in the USFS data.
- How long is Ryal Canyon?
- Ryal Canyon measures about 2.4 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Ryal Canyon?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Ryal Canyon as native material.
- How difficult is Ryal Canyon?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band 10-12%), 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 Prescott National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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