USFS National Forest System Trails · Modoc National Forest · California · Updated June 2026
Little Mount Hoffman Trail (USFS trail 3E08-09) is a 3.1 mi trail in Modoc National Forest, California. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Little Mount Hoffman Trail?
| 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 Modoc National Forest, 79% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
In Modoc National Forest, California, Little Mount Hoffman Trail (USFS trail 3E08-09) covers 3.1 mi of National Forest System trail. 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. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Easy band (grade band 0-5%), meaning a gentle climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. 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 Modoc National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Little Mount Hoffman Trail?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Little Mount Hoffman Trail in Modoc National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Little Mount Hoffman Trail?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Little Mount Hoffman Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is Little Mount Hoffman Trail?
- Little Mount Hoffman Trail measures about 3.1 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Little Mount Hoffman Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Little Mount Hoffman Trail as native material.
- How difficult is Little Mount Hoffman Trail?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band 0-5%), 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 Modoc National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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