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Updated October 2026

Colville National Forest Mountain Bike Trails

Mountain bike

341mi

designated on 80 segments

42% of mapped trail

E-bike

211miClass 1

designated on 45 segments

26% of mapped trail

Mountain bike

341mi

designated on 80 segments

42% of mapped trail

Season on record
Year-round
Bike Access Grade
B64% of rideable miles open to bikes. How we grade

E-bike

211miClass 1

designated on 45 segments

  • Class 1211 mi
  • Class 2211 mi
  • Class 3211 mi

Treated as a motor vehicle: ridden only where designated.

Ridable trails
107
Mapped trail
802 mi on 274 segments

Both lanes share one scale: the 802 mi of National Forest System trail mapped in Colville National Forest, Washington. From USFS National Forest System Trails records, updated October 2026.

Colville National Forest earns a Bike Access Grade of B: 64% of its rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes, with Class-1 e-bike access on part of the network. Good — a solid majority of rideable miles welcome bikes.

Colville National Forest carries 802 mi of mapped National Forest System trail, of which 341 mi across 80 segments is designated for mountain bikes, typically open Year-round. Class 1 e-bikes are designated on 45 segments (211 mi).

What the USFS data shows for Colville National Forest

Of the 802 mi of mapped trail in Colville National Forest, 42% — 341 mi across 80 bike-designated segments — is open to mountain bikes in USFS travel-management data.

Tread is overwhelmingly native dirt: USFS lists native material on 223 of 273 surfaced segments (82%).

On the USFS difficulty rating, advanced is the most common designation here — 207 of 273 rated segments (76%) — across all uses, not bikes alone.

USFS records a year-round bike season for this forest, though 4 different season windows still appear on individual segments at higher elevation.

The longest single named bike segment in the data is Boundary at 73.94 mi on unknown and open Year-round.

Class 1 e-bikes are designated on 45 segments (211 mi), and 8 segments carry an ADA-accessibility flag in the same dataset.

Trail surface

  • Native Material223
  • Snow40
  • Imported Compacted Material8
  • Asphalt2

USFS trail class (1 = primitive · 5 = developed)

  • Class 3229
  • Class 222
  • Class 414
  • Class 16
  • Class 52

42% of this forest's mapped trail is bike-designated. Note: USFS records trail grade (steepness), not technical MTB difficulty — we surface grade where present but do not infer a black/blue/green rating from it.

Largest bike-designated trails

TrailMiles
BoundaryUnknownYear-round73.94
Little Pend Oreille OrvNative Material36.88
Kettle Crest NorthNative MaterialMay–Oct29.62
Batey Bould Main TrunkNative Material25.38
13 MileNative MaterialMay–Oct16.29
Kettle Crest SouthNative MaterialYear-round13.94
Taylor RidgeNative MaterialYear-round13.57
GibralterNative MaterialYear-round12.03
Gillette RidgeNative Material11.89
Batey Bould: 307 LoopNative MaterialYear-round8.2
Mack/King Mt.Native Material7.96
Hoodoo CanyonNative MaterialYear-round7.86
Batey Bould: Tacoma PeakNative Material7.38
South Fork Silver CreekNative MaterialYear-round7.37
Owl MountainNative Material6.84
Twin SistersNative Material6.57
Batey Bould: Boulder MountainNative Material6.04
North Fork Silver CreekNative MaterialYear-round5.75
Old StageNative MaterialMay–Oct5.52
Edds MtnNative MaterialMay–Oct5.38
Thompson RidgeNative Material5.32
South HuckleberryNative Material5.2
Deer Creek Summit NorthNative MaterialMay–Oct5.05
Barnaby ButtesNative MaterialMay–Oct5.03
Batey Bould: 308 LoopNative MaterialYear-round4.92

Every trail in Colville National Forest

All 107 ridable trails in this forest — every trail where USFS data designates mountain-bike or Class 1 e-bike use, grouped by grade-based steepness. Grade reflects slope, not technical difficulty. Each trail links to its full data profile.

Easy grade (19)

Gentle grade band (shallow average slope).

Intermediate grade (7)

Moderate grade band.

Advanced grade (80)

Steep grade band.

Grade not recorded (1)

No grade band recorded in the USFS data.

CSV

Colville National Forest bike-legal trail list (CSV)

Download all 107 bike- and Class 1 e-bike-designated trails in Colville National Forest — name, miles, surface, grade, season, and e-bike class per trail, straight from USFS data.

E-bikes in Colville National Forest

Class 1 on 45 segments · Class 2 on 45 · Class 3 on 45. See full e-bike rules for Colville National Forest →

Where it is

Approximate center of Colville National Forest. USFS trail geometry isn't mapped here — use the ranger district for trailheads.

Frequently asked questions

What is the bike access grade for Colville National Forest?
Colville National Forest earns a Bike Access Grade of B: 64% of its rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes, with Class-1 e-bike access on part of the network. Good — a solid majority of rideable miles welcome bikes.
How many miles of mountain bike trail are in Colville National Forest?
Colville National Forest has about 341 mi of bike-designated trail across 80 segments, out of 802 mi of total National Forest System trail.
What is the riding season in Colville National Forest?
Most bike-designated trails in Colville National Forest carry a Year-round season in USFS data; higher-elevation trails clear later.
Are e-bikes allowed in Colville National Forest?
Only where designated. Class 1 e-bikes are recorded on 45 segments. See the e-bike rules page for the class-by-class breakdown.

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