USFS National Forest System Trails · Hoosier National Forest · Indiana · Updated June 2026
German Ridge 5 (USFS trail 101.50) is a 2 mi trail in Hoosier National Forest, Indiana. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike German Ridge 5?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | — |
Zooming out: across Hoosier National Forest, 100% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of B.
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About this trail
German Ridge 5 (USFS trail 101.50) is a 2 mi trail in Hoosier National Forest, Indiana. 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 imported loose material. Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band 5-8%) — a gentle steepness profile derived from USFS slope data, not a technical mountain-bike rating. Mountain bikes are allowed, open year-round 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 4 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 German Ridge 5?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on German Ridge 5 in Hoosier National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on German Ridge 5?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on German Ridge 5 in the USFS data.
- How long is German Ridge 5?
- German Ridge 5 measures about 2 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of German Ridge 5?
- USFS data records the tread surface of German Ridge 5 as imported loose material.
- How difficult is German Ridge 5?
- 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 Hoosier National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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