USFS National Forest System Trails · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · Colorado · Updated June 2026
Whiskey Park Rd Snowmobile (USFS trail 550.W) is a 14.7 mi trail in Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, Colorado. Mountain-bike use here is not designated in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Whiskey Park Rd Snowmobile?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | — | |
| 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 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
Whiskey Park Rd Snowmobile (USFS trail 550.W) is a 14.7 mi trail in Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, Colorado. 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. The tread is mapped as snow. 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. Note that mountain-bike use here is not designated in USFS records — confirm with the ranger district before riding. 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. Because conditions, closures, and local orders change between data refreshes, confirm the current status with the managing ranger district before you ride.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Whiskey Park Rd Snowmobile?
- Mountain-bike use on Whiskey Park Rd Snowmobile is not designated in USFS records, though Class 1 e-bike use is designated. Confirm current rules with the managing ranger district.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Whiskey Park Rd Snowmobile?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Whiskey Park Rd Snowmobile in the USFS data.
- How long is Whiskey Park Rd Snowmobile?
- Whiskey Park Rd Snowmobile measures about 14.7 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Whiskey Park Rd Snowmobile?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Whiskey Park Rd Snowmobile as snow.
- How difficult is Whiskey Park Rd Snowmobile?
- 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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