USFS National Forest System Trails · Colville National Forest · Washington · Updated June 2026
Rufus (USFS trail 148) is a 4 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 Rufus?
| 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
Rufus (USFS trail 148) is a 4 mi trail in Colville National Forest, 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. For traditional mountain bikes, use is discouraged according to USFS data. The record additionally permits Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bike use; recall that Class 1 is pedal-assist, while Class 2 adds a throttle and Class 3 a higher cutoff 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. For day-of certainty on closures or seasonal orders, check directly with the ranger district, since this reflects the USFS data as of the latest refresh.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Rufus?
- Mountain-bike use on Rufus 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 Rufus?
- Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 e-bikes are designated on Rufus in the USFS data.
- How long is Rufus?
- Rufus measures about 4 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Rufus?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Rufus as native material.
- How difficult is Rufus?
- 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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