USFS National Forest System Trails · Huron-Manistee National Forest · Michigan · Updated June 2026
Big M - Sky Pilot (USFS trail M22-15) is a 1.9 mi trail in Huron-Manistee National Forest, Michigan. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Big M - Sky Pilot?
| 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 Huron-Manistee National Forest, 10% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of F.
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About this trail
Big M - Sky Pilot (USFS trail M22-15) runs 1.9 mi through Huron-Manistee National Forest in Michigan. This profile summarizes what the official US Forest Service trail record says about riding it: how long the trail is, what it's built on, how steep the route grades out, and which forms of bike use the agency has designated. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as native material. Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band 5-8%) — a gentle 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 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. Because conditions, closures, and local orders change between data refreshes, confirm the current status with the managing ranger district before you ride.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Big M - Sky Pilot?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Big M - Sky Pilot in Huron-Manistee National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Big M - Sky Pilot?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Big M - Sky Pilot in the USFS data.
- How long is Big M - Sky Pilot?
- Big M - Sky Pilot measures about 1.9 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Big M - Sky Pilot?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Big M - Sky Pilot as native material.
- How difficult is Big M - Sky Pilot?
- 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 Huron-Manistee National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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