USFS National Forest System Trails · Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · Nevada · Updated June 2026
Sierra Canyon (USFS trail 21140) is a 9.4 mi trail in Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Jun–Oct, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Sierra Canyon?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Jun–Oct |
| 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 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
In Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada, Sierra Canyon (USFS trail 21140) covers 9.4 mi of National Forest System trail. 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. 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. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a Jun–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 Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Sierra Canyon?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Sierra Canyon in Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, typically Jun–Oct, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Sierra Canyon?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Sierra Canyon in the USFS data.
- How long is Sierra Canyon?
- Sierra Canyon measures about 9.4 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Sierra Canyon?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Sierra Canyon as native material.
- How difficult is Sierra Canyon?
- 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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