USFS National Forest System Trails · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · Vermont · Updated June 2026
Bloodroot Gap (USFS trail 44) is a 5.1 mi trail in Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, Vermont. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Jan–Apr, December, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Bloodroot Gap?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Jan–Apr, December |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | — |
Zooming out: across Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, 96% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Bloodroot Gap (USFS trail 44) is a 5.1 mi trail in Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, Vermont. 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 snow. Based on slope, this is a Advanced trail (grade band 12-20%); that reflects steep gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. Bike use is designated as allowed, typically Jan–Apr, December. 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 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 Bloodroot Gap?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Bloodroot Gap in Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, typically Jan–Apr, December, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Bloodroot Gap?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Bloodroot Gap in the USFS data.
- How long is Bloodroot Gap?
- Bloodroot Gap measures about 5.1 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Bloodroot Gap?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Bloodroot Gap as snow.
- How difficult is Bloodroot Gap?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Advanced (grade band 12-20%), 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 Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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