USFS National Forest System Trails · San Juan National Forest · Colorado · Updated June 2026
Chicken Little (USFS trail 228) is a 0.5 mi trail in San Juan National Forest, Colorado. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Apr–Nov, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Chicken Little?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Apr–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
Chicken Little (USFS trail 228) runs 0.5 mi through San Juan National Forest in Colorado. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for San Juan 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 native material. Based on slope, this is a Easy trail (grade band +5-8%); that reflects gentle gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a Apr–Nov season in the data. No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on this trail in the USFS data, so treat it as a non-motorized route unless a posted order says otherwise. 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 Chicken Little?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Chicken Little in San Juan National Forest, typically Apr–Nov, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Chicken Little?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Chicken Little in the USFS data.
- How long is Chicken Little?
- Chicken Little measures about 0.5 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Chicken Little?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Chicken Little as native material.
- How difficult is Chicken Little?
- 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 San Juan National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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