USFS National Forest System Trails · Lincoln National Forest · New Mexico · Updated June 2026
Juniper Ridge (USFS trail 9646F) is a 4.5 mi trail in Lincoln 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 Juniper Ridge?
| 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 Lincoln National Forest, 17% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of D.
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About this trail
Juniper Ridge (USFS trail 9646F) is a 4.5 mi trail in Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Lincoln National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. The tread is mapped as native material. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. 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 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 Lincoln National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Juniper Ridge?
- Mountain-bike use on Juniper Ridge 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 Juniper Ridge?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Juniper Ridge in the USFS data.
- How long is Juniper Ridge?
- Juniper Ridge measures about 4.5 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Juniper Ridge?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Juniper Ridge 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 Lincoln National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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