USFS National Forest System Trails · Cibola National Forest · New Mexico · Updated June 2026
Motorized 423 (USFS trail 02423) is a 0.8 mi trail in Cibola National Forest, New Mexico. Mountain-bike use here is accepted but discouraged in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Motorized 423?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Accepted but discouraged | — |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
Zooming out: across Cibola National Forest, 53% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of B.
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About this trail
Motorized 423 (USFS trail 02423) runs 0.8 mi through Cibola National Forest in New Mexico. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Cibola 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. For traditional mountain bikes, use is discouraged according to USFS data. The record additionally permits Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bike use; 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 2 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 Cibola National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Motorized 423?
- Mountain-bike use on Motorized 423 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 Motorized 423?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Motorized 423 in the USFS data.
- How long is Motorized 423?
- Motorized 423 measures about 0.8 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Motorized 423?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Motorized 423 as native material.
- How difficult is Motorized 423?
- 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 Cibola National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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