USFS National Forest System Trails · Manti-La Sal National Forest · Utah · Updated June 2026
Fisher Mesa (USFS trail 5180) is a 3.4 mi trail in Manti-La Sal National Forest, Utah. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Fisher Mesa?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| 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 Manti-La Sal National Forest, 40% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of C.
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About this trail
Fisher Mesa (USFS trail 5180) is a 3.4 mi trail in Manti-La Sal National Forest, Utah. 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. The tread is mapped as native material. Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band +8-10%) — a moderate steepness profile derived from USFS slope data, not a technical mountain-bike rating. Mountain bikes are allowed, open year-round 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 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 Fisher Mesa?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Fisher Mesa in Manti-La Sal National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Fisher Mesa?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Fisher Mesa in the USFS data.
- How long is Fisher Mesa?
- Fisher Mesa measures about 3.4 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Fisher Mesa?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Fisher Mesa as native material.
- How difficult is Fisher Mesa?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band +8-10%), 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 Manti-La Sal National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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