USFS National Forest System Trails · White River National Forest · Colorado · Updated June 2026
Huntsman Ridge (USFS trail 3517.1) is a 3.8 mi trail in White River National Forest, Colorado. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, May–Nov, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Huntsman Ridge?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | May–Nov |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | Jun–Nov |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | Jun–Nov |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | Jun–Nov |
Zooming out: across White River National Forest, 99% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
In White River National Forest, Colorado, Huntsman Ridge (USFS trail 3517.1) covers 3.8 mi of National Forest System trail. 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. The tread is mapped as native material. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. Bike use is designated as allowed, typically May–Nov. On the electric side, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are also designated (Jun–Nov) — 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 Huntsman Ridge?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Huntsman Ridge in White River National Forest, typically May–Nov, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Huntsman Ridge?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Huntsman Ridge in the USFS data.
- How long is Huntsman Ridge?
- Huntsman Ridge measures about 3.8 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Huntsman Ridge?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Huntsman Ridge as native material.
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 White River National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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