USFS National Forest System Trails · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · Vermont · Updated June 2026
Velomont - Swan Dive (USFS trail 862) is a 2.2 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 - Swan Dive?
| 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
In Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, Vermont, Velomont - Swan Dive (USFS trail 862) covers 2.2 mi of National Forest System trail. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, 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 native material. Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band 8-10%) — a moderate steepness profile derived from USFS slope data, not a technical mountain-bike rating. 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 - Swan Dive?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Velomont - Swan Dive in Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Velomont - Swan Dive?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Velomont - Swan Dive in the USFS data.
- How long is Velomont - Swan Dive?
- Velomont - Swan Dive measures about 2.2 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Velomont - Swan Dive?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Velomont - Swan Dive as native material.
- How difficult is Velomont - Swan Dive?
- 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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