USFS National Forest System Trails · Colville National Forest · Washington · Updated October 2026
Big Lick (USFS trail 30.1) is a 4.2 mi trail in Colville National Forest, Washington. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, May–Oct, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
- Trail length
- 4.2 mi
- Grade-based difficulty
- Advancedgrade band +12-20%
- Surface
- Native Material
- USFS trail class
- Class 31 primitive · 5 developed
Can I bike Big Lick?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | May–Oct |
| 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 Colville National Forest, 64% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of B.
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About this trail
Big Lick (USFS trail 30.1) runs 4.2 mi through Colville National Forest in Washington. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Colville 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 native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Advanced band (grade band +12-20%), meaning a steep climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Bike use is designated as allowed, typically May–Oct. 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 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 Big Lick?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Big Lick in Colville National Forest, typically May–Oct, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Big Lick?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Big Lick in the USFS data.
- How long is Big Lick?
- Big Lick measures about 4.2 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Big Lick?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Big Lick as native material.
- How difficult is Big Lick?
- 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 Colville National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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