USFS National Forest System Trails · Tahoe National Forest · California · Updated June 2026
Western State Tahoe Rim Tie (USFS trail 16E08) is a 1.7 mi trail in Tahoe National Forest, California. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Western State Tahoe Rim Tie?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Restricted | — |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Restricted | — |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Restricted | — |
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
In Tahoe National Forest, California, Western State Tahoe Rim Tie (USFS trail 16E08) covers 1.7 mi of National Forest System trail. 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 tread is mapped as native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Easy band (grade band 5-8%), 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 Tahoe National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Western State Tahoe Rim Tie?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Western State Tahoe Rim Tie in Tahoe National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Western State Tahoe Rim Tie?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Western State Tahoe Rim Tie in the USFS data.
- How long is Western State Tahoe Rim Tie?
- Western State Tahoe Rim Tie measures about 1.7 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Western State Tahoe Rim Tie?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Western State Tahoe Rim Tie as native material.
- How difficult is Western State Tahoe Rim Tie?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band 5-8%), 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 Tahoe National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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