USFS National Forest System Trails · Superior National Forest · Minnesota · Updated June 2026
Talus Bike Pincushion (USFS trail 21365A) is a 0.9 mi trail in Superior National Forest, Minnesota. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Apr–Oct, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Talus Bike Pincushion?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Apr–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
Talus Bike Pincushion (USFS trail 21365A) is a 0.9 mi trail in Superior National Forest, Minnesota. Everything below comes straight from the US Forest Service National Forest System Trails dataset — length, surface, slope-derived difficulty, and the specific bike and e-bike designations on record — so you can check legality before you load up. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as native material. Based on slope, this is a Advanced trail (grade band +12-20%); that reflects steep gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a Apr–Oct season in the data. 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. 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 Talus Bike Pincushion?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Talus Bike Pincushion in Superior National Forest, typically Apr–Oct, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Talus Bike Pincushion?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Talus Bike Pincushion in the USFS data.
- How long is Talus Bike Pincushion?
- Talus Bike Pincushion measures about 0.9 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Talus Bike Pincushion?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Talus Bike Pincushion as native material.
- How difficult is Talus Bike Pincushion?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Advanced (grade band +12-20%), 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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