New online e-bike resource guide streamlines local recreation information

The Medicine Bow Routt-National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland (MBRTB) has developed a web-based resource page that will help determine where, when, and how electric bicycles, also known as e-bikes, may be used. This useful page highlights local regulations, safety tips, and national guidance for the popular recreation activity.

The MBRTB categorizes all classes of e-bikes as motorized vehicles. As such, e-bikes must stay on motorized roads and trails, which can be found on our Motorized Vehicle Use Maps (MVUMs). It is the visitor’s responsibility to know where they are and what types of restrictions there may be when accessing public lands.

Forest Service specialists are monitoring new technologies, visitor access and safety, social and sustainability issues, and natural resource effects associated with e-bike use on National Forest System roads and trails. Information obtained from monitoring will be used to reassess and, if needed, adjust guidance for designating the use of e-bikes.

Visitors with questions about roads and trails on the MBRTB should contact their local Ranger District Office.

• Brush Creek-Hayden Ranger District, Saratoga, Wyo., (307) 326-5258
• Douglas Ranger District, Douglas, Wyo., (307) 358-4690
• Hahns Peak-Bears Ears Ranger District, Steamboat Springs, Colo., (970) 870-2299
• Forest Supervisor’s Office & Laramie Ranger District, Laramie, Wyo., (307) 745-2300
• Parks Ranger District, Walden, Colo., (970) 723-2700
• Yampa Ranger District, Yampa, Colo., (970) 638-4516

Additional resources are available on our website and social media: @FS_MBRTB on Twitter or @FSMBRTB on Facebook.

Story by Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture