USFS National Forest System Trails · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · Utah · Updated June 2026
Hardware Ranch (USFS trail 6104) is a 1.9 mi trail in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Utah. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, May–Nov, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Hardware Ranch?
| 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 Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, 83% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Hardware Ranch (USFS trail 6104) runs 1.9 mi through Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in 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. 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. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a May–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 1 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed. Treat this as a planning reference rather than a live conditions report, and verify any time-sensitive closure or order with the ranger district that manages Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Hardware Ranch?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Hardware Ranch in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, typically May–Nov, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Hardware Ranch?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Hardware Ranch in the USFS data.
- How long is Hardware Ranch?
- Hardware Ranch measures about 1.9 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Hardware Ranch?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Hardware Ranch as native material.
- How difficult is Hardware Ranch?
- 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 Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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