USFS National Forest System Trails · San Juan National Forest · Colorado · Updated June 2026
Catamount (USFS trail 313) is a 5.3 mi trail in San Juan National Forest, Colorado. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, May–Nov, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Catamount?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | May–Nov |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Restricted | — |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Restricted | — |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Restricted | — |
Zooming out: across San Juan National Forest, 29% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of C.
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About this trail
Catamount (USFS trail 313) is a 5.3 mi trail in San Juan National Forest, 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. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Easy band (grade band +0-5%), meaning a gentle climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Bike use is designated as allowed, typically May–Nov. 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. 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 Catamount?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Catamount in San Juan National Forest, typically May–Nov, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Catamount?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Catamount in the USFS data.
- How long is Catamount?
- Catamount measures about 5.3 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Catamount?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Catamount as native material.
- How difficult is Catamount?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band +0-5%), 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 San Juan National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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