---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 261.55"
title: "36"
number: "261.55"
heading: "National Forest System trails."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/261.55"
---

# §261.55. National Forest System trails.


When provided by an order issued in accordance with [§ 261.50](/cfr/36/261.50.md) 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.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 25832, June 25, 1990, as amended at 69 FR 41965, July 13, 2004; 70 FR 68291, Nov. 9, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1011(f); 16 U.S.C. 460l-6d, 472, 551, 620(f), 1133(c)-(d)(1), 1246(i).

### Source

Source: 42 FR 2957, Jan. 14, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 25832, June 25, 1990, as amended at 69 FR 41965, July 13, 2004; 70 FR 68291, Nov. 9, 2005]