USFS National Forest System Trails · National Forests in North Carolina · North Carolina · Updated June 2026
Brown Mountain 1b (USFS trail TRBM1B) is a 2.6 mi trail in National Forests in North Carolina, North Carolina. Mountain-bike use here is accepted but discouraged in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Brown Mountain 1b?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Accepted but discouraged | — |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | Apr–Dec |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | Apr–Dec |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | Apr–Dec |
Zooming out: across National Forests in North Carolina, 88% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Brown Mountain 1b (USFS trail TRBM1B) is a 2.6 mi trail in National Forests in North Carolina, North Carolina. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for National Forests in North Carolina, 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. Based on slope, this is a Advanced trail (grade band +12-20%); that reflects steep gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. For traditional mountain bikes, use is discouraged according to USFS data. The record additionally permits Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bike use, Apr–Dec; 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. 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 Brown Mountain 1b?
- Mountain-bike use on Brown Mountain 1b 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 Brown Mountain 1b?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Brown Mountain 1b in the USFS data.
- How long is Brown Mountain 1b?
- Brown Mountain 1b measures about 2.6 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Brown Mountain 1b?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Brown Mountain 1b as native material.
- How difficult is Brown Mountain 1b?
- 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 National Forests in North Carolina (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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