USFS National Forest System Trails · Santa Fe National Forest · New Mexico · Updated June 2026
Bear Wallow (USFS trail 182) is a 1.1 mi trail in Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, May–Oct, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Bear Wallow?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | May–Oct |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | — |
Zooming out: across Santa Fe National Forest, 63% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of B.
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About this trail
In Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico, Bear Wallow (USFS trail 182) covers 1.1 mi of National Forest System trail. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Santa Fe 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. Its grade-based difficulty is Advanced (grade band +12-20%) — a steep steepness profile derived from USFS slope data, not a technical mountain-bike rating. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a May–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 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. Because conditions, closures, and local orders change between data refreshes, confirm the current status with the managing ranger district before you ride.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Bear Wallow?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Bear Wallow in Santa Fe National Forest, typically May–Oct, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Bear Wallow?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Bear Wallow in the USFS data.
- How long is Bear Wallow?
- Bear Wallow measures about 1.1 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Bear Wallow?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Bear Wallow as native material.
- How difficult is Bear Wallow?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Advanced (grade band +12-20%), 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 Santa Fe National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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