USFS National Forest System Trails · Mark Twain National Forest · Missouri · Updated June 2026
Ozark Trail - North Courtois (USFS trail 056172) is a 12.8 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 Ozark Trail - North Courtois?
| 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
Ozark Trail - North Courtois (USFS trail 056172) runs 12.8 mi through Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Mark Twain National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as 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. 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 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. 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 Ozark Trail - North Courtois?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Ozark Trail - North Courtois in Mark Twain National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Ozark Trail - North Courtois?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Ozark Trail - North Courtois in the USFS data.
- How long is Ozark Trail - North Courtois?
- Ozark Trail - North Courtois measures about 12.8 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Ozark Trail - North Courtois?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Ozark Trail - North Courtois as native material.
- How difficult is Ozark Trail - North Courtois?
- 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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