USFS National Forest System Trails · Cleveland National Forest · California · Updated June 2026
Silverado Motor Way (USFS trail 7W05) is a 3.1 mi trail in Cleveland National Forest, California. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Silverado Motor Way?
| 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 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
Silverado Motor Way (USFS trail 7W05) runs 3.1 mi through Cleveland National Forest in California. Everything below comes straight from the US Forest Service National Forest System Trails dataset — length, surface, slope-derived difficulty, and the specific bike and e-bike designations on record — so you can check legality before you load up. The tread is mapped 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. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. 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 4 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 Silverado Motor Way?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Silverado Motor Way in Cleveland National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Silverado Motor Way?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Silverado Motor Way in the USFS data.
- How long is Silverado Motor Way?
- Silverado Motor Way measures about 3.1 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Silverado Motor Way?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Silverado Motor Way as native material.
- How difficult is Silverado Motor Way?
- 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 Cleveland National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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