USFS National Forest System Trails · Prescott National Forest · Arizona · Updated June 2026
Shivers Trap (USFS trail 0010) is a 5.7 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 Shivers Trap?
| 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
Shivers Trap (USFS trail 0010) runs 5.7 mi through Prescott National Forest in Arizona. 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. The tread is mapped as native material. Based on slope, this is a Intermediate trail (grade band 10-12%); that reflects moderate gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty 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 Shivers Trap?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Shivers Trap in Prescott National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Shivers Trap?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Shivers Trap in the USFS data.
- How long is Shivers Trap?
- Shivers Trap measures about 5.7 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Shivers Trap?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Shivers Trap as native material.
- How difficult is Shivers Trap?
- 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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