USFS National Forest System Trails · Cleveland National Forest · California · Updated June 2026
Bear Valley (USFS trail 803) is a 0.7 mi trail in Cleveland National Forest, California. Mountain-bike use here is not designated in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Bear Valley?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | — | |
| 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 Cleveland National Forest, 75% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Bear Valley (USFS trail 803) is a 0.7 mi trail in Cleveland National Forest, California. 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. 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. Note that mountain-bike use here is not designated in USFS records — confirm with the ranger district before riding. The record additionally permits Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bike use; recall that Class 1 is pedal-assist, while Class 2 adds a throttle and Class 3 a higher cutoff speed. 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 Cleveland National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Bear Valley?
- Mountain-bike use on Bear Valley is not designated in USFS records, though Class 1 e-bike use is designated. Confirm current rules with the managing ranger district.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Bear Valley?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Bear Valley in the USFS data.
- How long is Bear Valley?
- Bear Valley measures about 0.7 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Bear Valley?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Bear Valley as native material.
- How difficult is Bear Valley?
- 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 Cleveland National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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