USFS National Forest System Trails · White River National Forest · Colorado · Updated June 2026
Vail - Frisco Rec Path (USFS trail 49) is a 14.5 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 Vail - Frisco Rec Path?
| 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
In White River National Forest, Colorado, Vail - Frisco Rec Path (USFS trail 49) covers 14.5 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. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as asphalt. 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. 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 5 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed. For day-of certainty on closures or seasonal orders, check directly with the ranger district, since this reflects the USFS data as of the latest refresh.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Vail - Frisco Rec Path?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Vail - Frisco Rec Path in White River National Forest, typically May–Nov, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Vail - Frisco Rec Path?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Vail - Frisco Rec Path in the USFS data.
- How long is Vail - Frisco Rec Path?
- Vail - Frisco Rec Path measures about 14.5 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Vail - Frisco Rec Path?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Vail - Frisco Rec Path as asphalt.
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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