USFS National Forest System Trails · Superior National Forest · Minnesota · Updated June 2026
Cross/ Wringer Bike Loop (USFS trail 71151C) is a 4.4 mi trail in Superior National Forest, Minnesota. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Cross/ Wringer Bike Loop?
| 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 Superior National Forest, 22% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of D.
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About this trail
Cross/ Wringer Bike Loop (USFS trail 71151C) runs 4.4 mi through Superior National Forest in Minnesota. 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. USFS records list its surface as imported compacted material. Based on slope, this is a Easy trail (grade band +0-5%); that reflects gentle gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. 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 2 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 Cross/ Wringer Bike Loop?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Cross/ Wringer Bike Loop in Superior National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Cross/ Wringer Bike Loop?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Cross/ Wringer Bike Loop in the USFS data.
- How long is Cross/ Wringer Bike Loop?
- Cross/ Wringer Bike Loop measures about 4.4 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Cross/ Wringer Bike Loop?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Cross/ Wringer Bike Loop as imported compacted material.
- How difficult is Cross/ Wringer Bike Loop?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band +0-5%), 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 Superior National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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