USFS National Forest System Trails · Santa Fe National Forest · New Mexico · Updated June 2026
Rio Cebolla (USFS trail 68) is a 5 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 Rio Cebolla?
| 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
In Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico, Rio Cebolla (USFS trail 68) covers 5 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 Easy (grade band +0-5%) — a gentle steepness profile derived from USFS slope data, not a technical mountain-bike rating. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a May–Nov 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 Rio Cebolla?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Rio Cebolla in Santa Fe National Forest, typically May–Nov, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Rio Cebolla?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Rio Cebolla in the USFS data.
- How long is Rio Cebolla?
- Rio Cebolla measures about 5 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Rio Cebolla?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Rio Cebolla as native material.
- How difficult is Rio Cebolla?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band +0-5%), 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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