USFS National Forest System Trails · Mark Twain National Forest · Missouri · Updated June 2026
Cole Creek Blue Loop (USFS trail 03-013B) is a 3.9 mi trail in Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Cole Creek Blue Loop?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| 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 Mark Twain National Forest, 100% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Cole Creek Blue Loop (USFS trail 03-013B) runs 3.9 mi through Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri. 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. Based on slope, this is a Intermediate trail (grade band +10-12%); that reflects moderate gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. 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 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. Treat this as a planning reference rather than a live conditions report, and verify any time-sensitive closure or order with the ranger district that manages Mark Twain National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Cole Creek Blue Loop?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Cole Creek Blue Loop in Mark Twain National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Cole Creek Blue Loop?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Cole Creek Blue Loop in the USFS data.
- How long is Cole Creek Blue Loop?
- Cole Creek Blue Loop measures about 3.9 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Cole Creek Blue Loop?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Cole Creek Blue Loop as native material.
- How difficult is Cole Creek Blue Loop?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band +10-12%), 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 Mark Twain National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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