USFS National Forest System Trails · Flathead National Forest · Montana · Updated June 2026
Mcgovern Pit (USFS trail 211) is a 0.8 mi trail in Flathead National Forest, Montana. Mountain-bike use here is accepted but discouraged in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Mcgovern Pit?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Accepted but discouraged | — |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | Jan–Aug, December |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | Jan–Aug, December |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | Jan–Aug, December |
Zooming out: across Flathead National Forest, 27% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of C.
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About this trail
Mcgovern Pit (USFS trail 211) runs 0.8 mi through Flathead National Forest in Montana. 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. USFS records list its surface as native material. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. Note that mountain-bike use here is discouraged in USFS records — confirm with the ranger district before riding. On the electric side, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are also designated (Jan–Aug, December) — Class 1 being pedal-assist only, Classes 2 and 3 adding a throttle and higher assisted speed. Its USFS Trail Class (the agency's 1-to-5 development rating) isn't recorded for this segment. 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 Flathead National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Mcgovern Pit?
- Mountain-bike use on Mcgovern Pit is discouraged in USFS records, though Class 1 e-bike use is designated. Confirm current rules with the managing ranger district.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Mcgovern Pit?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Mcgovern Pit in the USFS data.
- How long is Mcgovern Pit?
- Mcgovern Pit measures about 0.8 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Mcgovern Pit?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Mcgovern Pit as native material.
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 Flathead National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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