USFS National Forest System Trails · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · Colorado · Updated June 2026
Overlook Trail (USFS trail 1348.B) is a 0.8 mi trail in Pike and San Isabel National Forests, Colorado. Mountain-bike use here is accepted but discouraged in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Overlook Trail?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Accepted but discouraged | — |
| 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 Pike and San Isabel National Forests, 51% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of B.
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About this trail
Overlook Trail (USFS trail 1348.B) is a 0.8 mi trail in Pike and San Isabel National Forests, 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. USFS records list its surface as native material. Based on slope, this is a Intermediate trail (grade band +10-12%); that reflects moderate gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. For traditional mountain bikes, use is discouraged according to USFS data. The record additionally permits Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bike use; 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 2 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 Overlook Trail?
- Mountain-bike use on Overlook Trail is discouraged in USFS records, though Class 1 e-bike use is designated. Confirm current rules with the managing ranger district.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Overlook Trail?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Overlook Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is Overlook Trail?
- Overlook Trail measures about 0.8 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Overlook Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Overlook Trail as native material.
- How difficult is Overlook Trail?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band +10-12%), 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 Pike and San Isabel National Forests (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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