USFS National Forest System Trails · White River National Forest · Colorado · Updated June 2026
North Swan (USFS trail 9023) is a 2 mi trail in White River National Forest, Colorado. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, May–Nov, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike North Swan?
| 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 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
North Swan (USFS trail 9023) runs 2 mi through White River National Forest in 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. The tread is mapped as native material. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a May–Nov season in the data. 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 North Swan?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on North Swan in White River National Forest, typically May–Nov, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on North Swan?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on North Swan in the USFS data.
- How long is North Swan?
- North Swan measures about 2 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of North Swan?
- USFS data records the tread surface of North Swan 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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