USFS National Forest System Trails · Black Hills National Forest · South Dakota · Updated June 2026
Sundance Sheepnose (USFS trail 93L) is a 5.6 mi trail in Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Apr–Nov, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Sundance Sheepnose?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Apr–Nov |
| 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 Black Hills National Forest, 34% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of C.
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About this trail
Sundance Sheepnose (USFS trail 93L) is a 5.6 mi trail in Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota. 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. USFS records list its surface as native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Advanced band (grade band 12-20%), meaning a steep climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a Apr–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 Sundance Sheepnose?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Sundance Sheepnose in Black Hills National Forest, typically Apr–Nov, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Sundance Sheepnose?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Sundance Sheepnose in the USFS data.
- How long is Sundance Sheepnose?
- Sundance Sheepnose measures about 5.6 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Sundance Sheepnose?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Sundance Sheepnose as native material.
- How difficult is Sundance Sheepnose?
- 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 Black Hills National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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