USFS National Forest System Trails · Santa Fe National Forest · New Mexico · Updated June 2026
Pajarito Nordic Trail (USFS trail 284) is a 4.6 mi trail in Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, May–Nov, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Pajarito Nordic Trail?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | May–Nov |
| 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 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
Pajarito Nordic Trail (USFS trail 284) runs 4.6 mi through Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico. 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. USFS records list its surface as native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Easy band (grade band +5-8%), meaning a gentle climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a May–Nov season in the data. The agency lists no Class 1, 2 or 3 e-bike designation here; absent a local order to the contrary, that means e-bikes are not an allowed use on this trail. 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 Pajarito Nordic Trail?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Pajarito Nordic Trail in Santa Fe National Forest, typically May–Nov, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Pajarito Nordic Trail?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Pajarito Nordic Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is Pajarito Nordic Trail?
- Pajarito Nordic Trail measures about 4.6 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Pajarito Nordic Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Pajarito Nordic Trail as native material.
- How difficult is Pajarito Nordic Trail?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band +5-8%), 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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