USFS National Forest System Trails · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · Colorado · Updated June 2026
Duster (USFS trail 1009.1) is a 1.2 mi trail in Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, Colorado. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Duster?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | — |
Zooming out: across Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, 14% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of D.
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About this trail
In Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, Colorado, Duster (USFS trail 1009.1) covers 1.2 mi of National Forest System trail. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. Underfoot, the trail is recorded 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. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. 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 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. 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 Duster?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Duster in Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Duster?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Duster in the USFS data.
- How long is Duster?
- Duster measures about 1.2 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Duster?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Duster as native material.
- How difficult is Duster?
- 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 Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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