USFS National Forest System Trails · San Juan National Forest · Colorado · Updated June 2026
Mcneil East (USFS trail 226) is a 3.1 mi trail in San Juan National Forest, Colorado. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Jun–Oct, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Mcneil East?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Jun–Oct |
| 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
In San Juan National Forest, Colorado, Mcneil East (USFS trail 226) covers 3.1 mi of National Forest System trail. 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. USFS records list its surface 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 Jun–Oct 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. Treat this as a planning reference rather than a live conditions report, and verify any time-sensitive closure or order with the ranger district that manages San Juan National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Mcneil East?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Mcneil East in San Juan National Forest, typically Jun–Oct, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Mcneil East?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Mcneil East in the USFS data.
- How long is Mcneil East?
- Mcneil East measures about 3.1 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Mcneil East?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Mcneil East as native material.
- How difficult is Mcneil East?
- 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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