USFS National Forest System Trails · Tahoe National Forest · California · Updated June 2026
Chicken Hawk Connector (USFS trail 11E78) is a 0.6 mi trail in Tahoe National Forest, California. Mountain-bike use here is accepted but discouraged in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Chicken Hawk Connector?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Accepted but discouraged | — |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | Apr–Dec |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | Apr–Dec |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | Apr–Dec |
Zooming out: across Tahoe National Forest, 30% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of C.
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About this trail
Chicken Hawk Connector (USFS trail 11E78) is a 0.6 mi trail in Tahoe National Forest, California. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Tahoe National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. The trail surface is not specified in the USFS record. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. 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, Apr–Dec; recall that Class 1 is pedal-assist, while Class 2 adds a throttle and Class 3 a higher cutoff speed. Its USFS Trail Class (the agency's 1-to-5 development rating) isn't recorded for this segment. 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 Chicken Hawk Connector?
- Mountain-bike use on Chicken Hawk Connector 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 Chicken Hawk Connector?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Chicken Hawk Connector in the USFS data.
- How long is Chicken Hawk Connector?
- Chicken Hawk Connector measures about 0.6 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
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 Tahoe National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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