USFS National Forest System Trails · Superior National Forest · Minnesota · Updated June 2026
Canadian Shield Bike Pincushio (USFS trail 21365F) is a 1.3 mi trail in Superior National Forest, Minnesota. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, May–Oct, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Canadian Shield Bike Pincushio?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | May–Oct |
| 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 Superior National Forest, 22% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of D.
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About this trail
Canadian Shield Bike Pincushio (USFS trail 21365F) is a 1.3 mi trail in Superior National Forest, Minnesota. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Superior National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as native material. Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band +8-10%) — a moderate steepness profile derived from USFS slope data, not a technical mountain-bike rating. Bike use is designated as allowed, typically May–Oct. 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 Superior National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Canadian Shield Bike Pincushio?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Canadian Shield Bike Pincushio in Superior National Forest, typically May–Oct, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Canadian Shield Bike Pincushio?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Canadian Shield Bike Pincushio in the USFS data.
- How long is Canadian Shield Bike Pincushio?
- Canadian Shield Bike Pincushio measures about 1.3 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Canadian Shield Bike Pincushio?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Canadian Shield Bike Pincushio as native material.
- How difficult is Canadian Shield Bike Pincushio?
- 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 Superior National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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