Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · Colorado, Wyoming

Ellis Trail

4.2 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 499.1 · trail class 3 · typical grade 8-10% · hiking, bike, motorcycle, atv, 4wd, e-bike · motorized use allowed

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 40.9864, -106.8327 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Ellis North Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

Free · season Mid-June to

Trail #1155. Motorized double track. Popular ATV and Motorcycle route.

Restrictions Trails open to vehicles 50" or less in width, with Seasonal Designation

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.