USFS National Forest System Trails · Lincoln National Forest · New Mexico · Updated June 2026
Perk Canyon Trail (USFS trail 93) is a 3 mi trail in Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Apr–Oct, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Perk Canyon Trail?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Apr–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 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
Perk Canyon Trail (USFS trail 93) runs 3 mi through Lincoln 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. The tread is mapped as native material. Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band 10-12%) — a moderate steepness profile derived from USFS slope data, not a technical mountain-bike rating. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a Apr–Oct season in the data. No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on this trail in the USFS data, so treat it as a non-motorized route unless a posted order says otherwise. 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 Perk Canyon Trail?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Perk Canyon Trail in Lincoln National Forest, typically Apr–Oct, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Perk Canyon Trail?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Perk Canyon Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is Perk Canyon Trail?
- Perk Canyon Trail measures about 3 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Perk Canyon Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Perk Canyon Trail as native material.
- How difficult is Perk Canyon Trail?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band 10-12%), 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 Lincoln National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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