USFS National Forest System Trails · Six Rivers National Forest · California · Updated June 2026
Blake Mountain (USFS trail 5E56) is a 1.9 mi trail in Six Rivers National Forest, California. Mountain-bike use here is accepted but discouraged in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Blake Mountain?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Accepted but discouraged | — |
| 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 Six Rivers National Forest, 28% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of C.
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About this trail
Blake Mountain (USFS trail 5E56) is a 1.9 mi trail in Six Rivers National Forest, California. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Six Rivers 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 +8-10%); that reflects moderate gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. Note that mountain-bike use here is discouraged 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 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. 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 Blake Mountain?
- Mountain-bike use on Blake Mountain is discouraged in USFS records, though Class 1 e-bike use is designated. Confirm current rules with the managing ranger district.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Blake Mountain?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Blake Mountain in the USFS data.
- How long is Blake Mountain?
- Blake Mountain measures about 1.9 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Blake Mountain?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Blake Mountain as native material.
- How difficult is Blake Mountain?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band +8-10%), 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 Six Rivers National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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