USFS National Forest System Trails · Gila National Forest · New Mexico · Updated June 2026
Wilson Canyon (USFS trail 768) is a 5.6 mi trail in Gila National Forest, New Mexico. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Wilson Canyon?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| 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
Wilson Canyon (USFS trail 768) runs 5.6 mi through Gila National Forest in New Mexico. This profile summarizes what the official US Forest Service trail record says about riding it: how long the trail is, what it's built on, how steep the route grades out, and which forms of bike use the agency has designated. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as native material. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. 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. For day-of certainty on closures or seasonal orders, check directly with the ranger district, since this reflects the USFS data as of the latest refresh.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Wilson Canyon?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Wilson Canyon in Gila National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Wilson Canyon?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Wilson Canyon in the USFS data.
- How long is Wilson Canyon?
- Wilson Canyon measures about 5.6 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Wilson Canyon?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Wilson Canyon 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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