USFS National Forest System Trails · Gila National Forest · New Mexico · Updated June 2026
912 (USFS trail 912) is a 2.9 mi trail in Gila 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 912?
| 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 Gila National Forest, 88% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
912 (USFS trail 912) runs 2.9 mi through Gila National Forest in New Mexico. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Gila 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. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. 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; 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 Gila National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on 912?
- Mountain-bike use on 912 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 912?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on 912 in the USFS data.
- How long is 912?
- 912 measures about 2.9 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of 912?
- USFS data records the tread surface of 912 as native material.
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 Gila National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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