USFS National Forest System Trails · Lolo National Forest · Montana · Updated June 2026
Pattee North --Picnic Loop (USFS trail 19.1) is a 1 mi trail in Lolo National Forest, Montana. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Apr–Nov, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Pattee North --Picnic Loop?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Apr–Nov |
| 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 Lolo National Forest, 34% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of C.
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About this trail
In Lolo National Forest, Montana, Pattee North --Picnic Loop (USFS trail 19.1) covers 1 mi of National Forest System trail. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Lolo National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as asphalt. USFS slope data puts it in the Easy band (grade band 5-8%), meaning a gentle climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a Apr–Nov 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 4 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed. Because conditions, closures, and local orders change between data refreshes, confirm the current status with the managing ranger district before you ride.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Pattee North --Picnic Loop?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Pattee North --Picnic Loop in Lolo National Forest, typically Apr–Nov, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Pattee North --Picnic Loop?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Pattee North --Picnic Loop in the USFS data.
- How long is Pattee North --Picnic Loop?
- Pattee North --Picnic Loop measures about 1 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Pattee North --Picnic Loop?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Pattee North --Picnic Loop as asphalt.
- How difficult is Pattee North --Picnic Loop?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band 5-8%), 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 Lolo National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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