USFS National Forest System Trails · White River National Forest · Colorado · Updated June 2026
Ute Lake (USFS trail 2162) is a 2.8 mi trail in White River National Forest, Colorado. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Jun–Nov, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Ute Lake?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Jun–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 |
This trail carries an accessibility designation in the USFS record.
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, Ute Lake (USFS trail 2162) covers 2.8 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. USFS records list its surface 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 Jun–Nov season in the data. 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, and the record carries an accessibility designation for this trail. 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 Ute Lake?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Ute Lake in White River National Forest, typically Jun–Nov, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Ute Lake?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Ute Lake in the USFS data.
- How long is Ute Lake?
- Ute Lake measures about 2.8 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Ute Lake?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Ute Lake 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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