USFS National Forest System Trails · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · Colorado · Updated June 2026
Lower Spring Creek (USFS trail 6116.1C) is a 0.8 mi trail in Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, Colorado. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Lower Spring Creek?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| 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 Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, 96% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Lower Spring Creek (USFS trail 6116.1C) runs 0.8 mi through Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests in Colorado. 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. USFS records list its surface as native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Easy band (grade band 5-8%), meaning a gentle climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. 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. 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 Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Lower Spring Creek?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Lower Spring Creek in Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Lower Spring Creek?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Lower Spring Creek in the USFS data.
- How long is Lower Spring Creek?
- Lower Spring Creek measures about 0.8 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Lower Spring Creek?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Lower Spring Creek as native material.
- How difficult is Lower Spring Creek?
- 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 Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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