USFS National Forest System Trails · Colville National Forest · Washington · Updated June 2026
Owl Mountain (USFS trail 102) is a 6.8 mi trail in Colville National Forest, Washington. Mountain-bike use here is accepted but discouraged in USFS data, with Class 1 e-bikes also designated.
Can I bike Owl Mountain?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Accepted but discouraged | — |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Allowed | year-round |
Zooming out: across Colville National Forest, 8% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of F.
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About this trail
Owl Mountain (USFS trail 102) runs 6.8 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. USFS records list its surface 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. Note that mountain-bike use here is discouraged in USFS records — confirm with the ranger district before riding. On the electric side, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are also designated — Class 1 being pedal-assist only, Classes 2 and 3 adding a throttle and higher assisted speed. 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 Owl Mountain?
- Mountain-bike use on Owl Mountain is discouraged in USFS records, though Class 1 e-bike use is designated. Confirm current rules with the managing ranger district.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Owl Mountain?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Owl Mountain in the USFS data.
- How long is Owl Mountain?
- Owl Mountain measures about 6.8 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Owl Mountain?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Owl Mountain as native material.
- How difficult is Owl Mountain?
- 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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