USFS National Forest System Trails · Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest · Wisconsin · Updated June 2026
North Country National Scenic (USFS trail 05100A) is a 7.4 mi trail in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike North Country National Scenic?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | — |
This trail carries an accessibility designation in the USFS record.
Zooming out: across Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, 99% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
North Country National Scenic (USFS trail 05100A) is a 7.4 mi trail in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin. This profile summarizes what the official US Forest Service trail record says about riding it: how long the trail is, what it's built on, how steep the route grades out, and which forms of bike use the agency has designated. USFS records list its surface as imported compacted material. No grade band is recorded, so a steepness-based difficulty isn't available for this trail. 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, and the record carries an accessibility designation for this trail. 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 North Country National Scenic?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on North Country National Scenic in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on North Country National Scenic?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on North Country National Scenic in the USFS data.
- How long is North Country National Scenic?
- North Country National Scenic measures about 7.4 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of North Country National Scenic?
- USFS data records the tread surface of North Country National Scenic as imported compacted material.
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 Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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