USFS National Forest System Trails · Colville National Forest · Washington · Updated October 2026
Kettle Crest North (USFS trail 13N) is a 29.6 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
- 29.6 mi
- Grade-based difficulty
- Advancedgrade band +12-20%
- Surface
- Native Material
- USFS trail class
- Class 31 primitive · 5 developed
Can I bike Kettle Crest North?
| 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
Kettle Crest North (USFS trail 13N) runs 29.6 mi through Colville National Forest in Washington. 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 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. 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 Colville National Forest.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Kettle Crest North?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Kettle Crest North in Colville National Forest, typically May–Oct, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Kettle Crest North?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Kettle Crest North in the USFS data.
- How long is Kettle Crest North?
- Kettle Crest North measures about 29.6 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Kettle Crest North?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Kettle Crest North as native material.
- How difficult is Kettle Crest North?
- 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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