USFS National Forest System Trails · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · Vermont · Updated June 2026
Velomont - Chitty Bang Bang (USFS trail 863) is a 2.1 mi trail in Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, Vermont. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Velomont - Chitty Bang Bang?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| 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 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
Velomont - Chitty Bang Bang (USFS trail 863) runs 2.1 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. USFS records list its surface as native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Intermediate band (grade band 8-10%), meaning a moderate climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Mountain bikes are allowed, open year-round 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. 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 Velomont - Chitty Bang Bang?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Velomont - Chitty Bang Bang in Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Velomont - Chitty Bang Bang?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Velomont - Chitty Bang Bang in the USFS data.
- How long is Velomont - Chitty Bang Bang?
- Velomont - Chitty Bang Bang measures about 2.1 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Velomont - Chitty Bang Bang?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Velomont - Chitty Bang Bang as native material.
- How difficult is Velomont - Chitty Bang Bang?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band 8-10%), 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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