USFS National Forest System Trails · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · Vermont · Updated June 2026
Dorset Ridge (USFS trail 464) is a 3.3 mi trail in Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, Vermont. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Jun–Nov, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Dorset Ridge?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Jun–Nov |
| 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
Dorset Ridge (USFS trail 464) runs 3.3 mi through Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests in Vermont. 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. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as native material. 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. Mountain bikes are allowed, with a Jun–Nov season in the data. 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 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. 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 Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Dorset Ridge?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Dorset Ridge in Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, typically Jun–Nov, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Dorset Ridge?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Dorset Ridge in the USFS data.
- How long is Dorset Ridge?
- Dorset Ridge measures about 3.3 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Dorset Ridge?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Dorset Ridge as native material.
- How difficult is Dorset Ridge?
- 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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