USFS National Forest System Trails · Kootenai National Forest · Montana · Updated June 2026
Beartrap Ponds (USFS trail 276) is a 1.3 mi trail in Kootenai National Forest, Montana. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Jun–Oct, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Beartrap Ponds?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Jun–Oct |
| 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 Kootenai National Forest, 55% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of B.
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About this trail
Beartrap Ponds (USFS trail 276) is a 1.3 mi trail in Kootenai National Forest, Montana. 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 native material. Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band 10-12%) — a moderate steepness profile derived from USFS slope data, not a technical mountain-bike rating. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a Jun–Oct season in the data. 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. 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 Kootenai National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Beartrap Ponds?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Beartrap Ponds in Kootenai National Forest, typically Jun–Oct, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Beartrap Ponds?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Beartrap Ponds in the USFS data.
- How long is Beartrap Ponds?
- Beartrap Ponds measures about 1.3 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Beartrap Ponds?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Beartrap Ponds as native material.
- How difficult is Beartrap Ponds?
- 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 Kootenai National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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