36 CFR § 261.55 - National Forest System trails.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s261.55"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "36 CFR § 261.55 - National Forest System trails."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "261.55"
section_name: "National Forest System trails."
chapter_name: "FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "261"
part_name: "PROHIBITIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1011(f); 16 U.S.C. 460l-6d, 472, 551, 620(f), 1133(c)-(d)(1), 1246(i)."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 2957, Jan. 14, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "261"
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# 261.55 National Forest System trails.
When provided by an order issued in accordance with § 261.50 of this subpart, the following are prohibited on a National Forest System trail:
(a) Being on a trail.
(b) Using any type of vehicle prohibited by the order.
(c) Use by any type of traffic or mode of transport prohibited by the order.
(d) Operating a vehicle in violation of the width, weight, height, length, or other limitations specified by the order.
(e) Shortcutting a switchback in a trail.
[55 FR 25832, June 25, 1990, as amended at 69 FR 41965, July 13, 2004; 70 FR 68291, Nov. 9, 2005]