USFS National Forest System Trails · Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · Nevada · Updated June 2026
Little Chicken (USFS trail 16327) is a 1.5 mi trail in Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada. Mountain-bike use here is accepted but discouraged in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Little Chicken?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Accepted but discouraged | — |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | Jan–Feb, May–Dec |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | Jan–Feb, May–Dec |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | Jan–Feb, May–Dec |
Zooming out: across Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, 20% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of D.
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About this trail
Little Chicken (USFS trail 16327) runs 1.5 mi through Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. USFS records list its surface 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. 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, Jan–Feb, May–Dec; recall that Class 1 is pedal-assist, while Class 2 adds a throttle and Class 3 a higher cutoff speed. 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 Little Chicken?
- Mountain-bike use on Little Chicken 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 Little Chicken?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Little Chicken in the USFS data.
- How long is Little Chicken?
- Little Chicken measures about 1.5 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Little Chicken?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Little Chicken as native material.
- How difficult is Little Chicken?
- 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 Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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