USFS National Forest System Trails · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · Colorado · Updated June 2026
Elk Wallow (USFS trail 141) is a 1.1 mi trail in Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, Colorado. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Jun–Nov, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Elk Wallow?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Jun–Nov |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | Jun–Nov |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | Jun–Nov |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | Jun–Nov |
Zooming out: across Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, 99% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Elk Wallow (USFS trail 141) runs 1.1 mi through Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado. 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. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as native material. Based on slope, this is a Easy trail (grade band +5-8%); that reflects gentle gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a Jun–Nov season in the data. The record additionally permits Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bike use, Jun–Nov; recall that Class 1 is pedal-assist, while Class 2 adds a throttle and Class 3 a higher cutoff 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. 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 Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Elk Wallow?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Elk Wallow in Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, typically Jun–Nov, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Elk Wallow?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Elk Wallow in the USFS data.
- How long is Elk Wallow?
- Elk Wallow measures about 1.1 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Elk Wallow?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Elk Wallow as native material.
- How difficult is Elk Wallow?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band +5-8%), 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 Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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