USFS National Forest System Trails · Dixie National Forest · Utah · Updated June 2026
Great Western Trail (USFS trail 34001) is a 81.2 mi trail in Dixie National Forest, Utah. Mountain-bike use here is accepted but discouraged in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Great Western Trail?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Accepted but discouraged | — |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
Zooming out: across Dixie National Forest, 13% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of D.
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About this trail
Great Western Trail (USFS trail 34001) is a 81.2 mi trail in Dixie National Forest, Utah. Everything below comes straight from the US Forest Service National Forest System Trails dataset — length, surface, slope-derived difficulty, and the specific bike and e-bike designations on record — so you can check legality before you load up. USFS records list its surface as native material. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. For traditional mountain bikes, use is discouraged according to USFS data. On the electric side, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are also designated — Class 1 being pedal-assist only, Classes 2 and 3 adding a throttle and higher assisted 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. 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 Great Western Trail?
- Mountain-bike use on Great Western Trail 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 Great Western Trail?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Great Western Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is Great Western Trail?
- Great Western Trail measures about 81.2 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Great Western Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Great Western Trail as native material.
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 Dixie National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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