Payson's Bentonville Trail Challenge route

Honestly one of the most fun trails to bomb in Bentonville, needs A bit of work to restore it to the absolute screamer that it once was though

Super fun drop considering there aren’t a ton of places you can find stuff like this. It’s a lot easier than it looks though, just takes some balls. You only need to roll into it with maybe one pedal stroke. The landing is super smooth, and even if you drop it pretty deep it’s not too bad.

Super fun drop considering there aren’t a ton of places you can find stuff like this. It’s a lot easier than it looks though, just takes some balls. You only need to roll into it with maybe one pedal stroke. The landing is super smooth, and even if you drop it pretty deep it’s not too bad.

Super fun drop considering there aren’t a ton of places you can find stuff like this. It’s a lot easier than it looks though, just takes some balls. You only need to roll into it with maybe one pedal stroke. The landing is super smooth, and even if you drop it pretty deep it’s not too bad.

Only 1 10ft section that would be reason trail is rated a black trail. Worth riding either way.

Only 1 10ft section that would be reason trail is rated a black trail. Worth riding either way.

This trail is so much fun! It should definitely be double black for a few reasons though. The beggining of the downhill has one smaller jump, right into a SUPER long jump, and a very large gap afterwards. In order to hit this right, you have to pedal as hard as you possibly can, to hit the two last jumps without casing. The techy section after all the jumps stays wet during the winter season, so you have to watch your tire placement closely. Definitely one of my favorite trails in Bentonville though.

Rode S to N. Rained day prior and the rocks/roots were extremely slippery. If the trail was dry I think it would have been a lot of fun but I had a hard time with the mossy wet rocks. Mother Nature got the last vote for me today

Don't waste your time up here. Ride Jesse's last stand and the all-american jump line, then ride the gravel path to Medieval, etc.

If there is a perfect dh trail in slaughter pen this is it.

Closed as of Nov 23.

Closed as of Nov 23.

Great trail! This is one of the few bright spots in little sugar.

Unfortunately all the flow trails at Huntley gravity zone are extremely loose. Couldn't have any fun here. The only good jump trail in little sugar that I've found is vista east

Unfortunately all the flow trails at Huntley gravity zone are extremely loose. Couldn't have any fun here. The only good jump trail in little sugar that I've found is vista east. Otherwise avoid little sugar altogether.

Amazing tech trail. One of my favorite trails in bville. make sure to continue all the way on Sally trail over to Madhatter and back again.

Not worth the effort. For some fun and challenging tech hit Boom diggity then head to wonderland Sally trail.

I would give this a single black diamond. I think it would be a technical double black if it were steeper, but it's not, so the risk isn't as serious as other double blacks out there. Either way, tricky and super fun trail with lots of opportunities to challenge technical climbing skills. Would have been more fun if the trail wasn't covered in leaves, so maybe consider that for fall riding. Bottomed out my frame a ton but I ride a wmns XS.

Also includes very large (5’ plus?) mandatory drop.

Single Black not Red. Super technical and lots of cardio

The most scenic trail near Bentonville, riding along and under large rock ledges with a small water fall and cave

Had a great time sessioning this little jump line! Excellent trail building.

A great place to practice some jumps. Pro tip if you wanna do some sessioning without having to bike all the way back from the bottom: you can run through the first five(ish) jumps and there is a offshoot trail to the left that leads to the fire road which you can take back to the top. The offshoot trail is right after the three jumps in a row.

Double black??? Heckkkk no. And too be honest I found Rock Soft Extremely harder than this. Anyways… All in all awesome trail! I woule give this trail a proper SINGLE black rating!

Been a year, is this open?

Been a year, is this open?

Awesome trail but in serious need of maintenance. It made the back 40 look clean.

Trail direction is backwards

It's open and smooooth as butter.

Is this better North to South, or South to North?

Fun trail and decent rock garden that's not too technical. I will definitely be adding this to my loop. I did have a somewhat bizarre experience though. I was coming up to the rock garden and heard what sounded like a goat and laughter in the distance. I came around the corner and realized it wasn't a goat, but a novice rider that went OTB and crashed hard on the rocks. He had a compound humerus fracture and there were leaves and debris hanging off the bone. I've never seen or heard anything like it before. He was surprisingly pretty chipper in between his groaning and laughter probably from being in shock. He kept telling me about the grey lunchmeat he got at shoprite and his GI Joe collection oddly enough. I helped him get back to the trailhead after we squirted some water on the bone to clean it off a bit. He kept trying to squirt his orange gatorade on it then even though it burnt like hell and was a terrible idea, so I had to take it from him. Bizarre to say the least...

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Closed at north a street

Agreed that the description needs to be changed.

Agreed that the description needs to be changed.

So much fun! Probably want to do a mellow cruise down it once to preview it, lots of variety along the way, then can really go for it. The world needs more flow lines like this!

A microcosm of Tunnel Vision. Test ride this to see if you want the bigger version. You’re either going up or going down. Of course the descents are fun, but the climbs are pretty brutal and they add up fast. As with TV, I wish the trail builders had added in more pitch moderation in spots to give the trail more variety and to be less of a climb-fest. As is, plan on riding when the temperatures aren’t so high or when you’re in better shape! Last, confirmation of counterclockwise direction.

Super fun but signage at the drop in show it as green but with the lack of easy bypass of jumps and the well marked drop it’s a bit tough to be a green.

IDK if Bentonville is the MTB capital of the World, but Coler has certainly become the Ebike capital of world. Vroom vroom, no bueno.

I found this trail to be ill-formed and frustrating. The top section has all these rock-slab jumps but whoever built them either made the slabs too steep or the landings too far away so they are basically a waste of trail and almost impossible to hit unless you are pedaling as hard as you can. Avoid these jumps and the trail is okay.

This was my favorite trail on Coler Mt. But I prefer chunky, rocky, and technical riding to the smoother flow trails. The rock slab jumps require some speed but are low consequence if you come up short.

Just a heads up- there’s a tree down but you can see it before you’d run into it. Also pretty brushy on the sides. Doesn’t seem to have gotten as much love as the other trails lately. It’s fun though. Cool rock work that still makes you pick your lines wisely.

Closed as of 12MAY22

For hiking it is mostly gravel/rock with a few creeks to walk through. >90% through trees with shade. I thought it was lovely.

Think the description needs updated on this one. Is now a flow jump-trail with some pretty big tables & step-down, absolutely awesome!

Think the description needs updated on this one. Is now a flow jump-trail with some pretty big tables & step-down, absolutely awesome!

Fun in a masochistic way. Fantastic shakedown run to check your bike for the season. Mainly downhill but exhausting to ride. Brilliant.

Great new jump trail at the south end. Can park at Lake Avalon pavilion. Then go across to vista East trail for another great jump trail.

Great jump trail. Can park at Lake Avalon pavilion just south of the trail.

Good beginner green. Parked at Wonderland Trail Head and rode the trail back and forth. Riding with true beginners. Banked curves were hard and they walked the intimidating parts. Wider than some single tracks. Nothing technical. Pretty trail.

Crazy jumps and massive berms, you just float over every single jump and transition and the air time is pretty gnarly, a lot of it does require some pedaling which gets you beat pretty quick.

Rode it South to North and what a blast. Lots of fun even though the first bit was super muddy.

Genius trail building. A trip to BVille without a descent of the AA trail is a fail.

Should be a unidirectional trail—that is, DH only. Was possibly the best trail in BVille when it debuted; however, it eventually became very rocky so traction isn’t great, so bombing is not what it could be and once was. Need one of the dozens of BVille trail crews for a day or two, or some forced labor during the nearby school’s recess for a month, to clear the rocks and restore Tristan’s glory!

A nice tech trail in a sea of mediocre intermediate gravely dirt trails.

Trail is now open. All jumps are rollable table tops. There is a skinny into the tree that is extremely narrow.

Def a greenish blue. Way better than expected.

Fantastic trail. While much is blue, this is def a black trail. I road in rain and its tough for sure. If you can do Oscar's in Coler, you'll be good here. Exposure isn't life threatening but def limb. South to North is the only way.

Blue for sure, even in rain

Best flo tech trail...great place to practice

This trail has some amazing views of rock ledges and water flowing off the rocks. Make sure you stop to enjoy the view.

Currently being reworked by Rogue Trails. The trail is being widened. Looks really good so far.

Great Ride. Best counter clockwise

This will get you to Schroen Train, but it’s sketchy. Better to go north a bit to the bottom of the trail and take the return trail up.

Did this ccw. Really good work out for hiking although definitely made for biking. Hopefully they will work on better parking but overall an enjoyable hike.

Still closed

Still closed

Trail looks like it's been closed for quite some time. It appears as though they MIGHT be resurfacing it sometime soon.

Trail looks like it's been closed for quite some time. It appears as though they MIGHT be resurfacing it sometime soon.

Fun trail. If hiking may want to start at 2nd entrance opposite as bikes.

I'm a new rider but I love this trail (going down). Nice flow with several places to really get moving. I can't say I'll ever try to go all the way up it on a bike though.

very nice flow to this trail

Trail still closed

Trail still closed

Tree down across trail right before bridge

As of 7/26/21 the first berm was kinda washed out and created a pretty nasty fall zone. Still a great ride!

As of 7/26/21 the first berm was kinda washed out and created a pretty nasty fall zone. Still a great ride!

Trail closed 7/17 and didn't look ridden in some time.

Trail closed 7/17 and didn't look ridden in some time.

Fun if you’re going down, and going fast. Not too bad steep if you’re going up

Flow, flow, flow! Absolutely awesome

Super fast with a great mix of features - The trails starts with a large wooden ramp/slope drop followed by a steep chunky rock garden, several nice jumps, big berms and a few more rock gardens.

There is no access from the bike path. You need to ride along the road to access this unless you hop over a ~4' tall retaining wall between the bike path and the road, which I do not recommend.

This trail is awesome. As mentioned above it is not (in my opinion) a double black diamond, as a matter of fact I found Rock Soft to be more difficult.

This trail is signed as one way only. Start is on the south end near downtown and the end is on the north end.

After riding a bunch of times, definitely flows better and more fun counterclockwise. Add in an out n back stretch going west on Tunnel Vision to add miles and a few more fun/fast sections of trail!

Good trail. I would give it a blue/black rating. If your not comfortable riding on a ledge 18" wide or so you're probably not going to enjoy it. A couple of spicy sections easily walkable.

Shows a black track on the map... I'm not so sure. Is there a "Blue +" rating for a climb? Some of the climb can be hard, but there's nothing technical about it.

So much fun! Approachable jumps and features and if you don't go down lower mad hatter the return is pretty easy for seasoning. My kids loved it too!

Due to a detour on Tunnel Vision I had to ride this trail South to North. I highly recommend it (it would likely be fun but more of a slog the other way). One of the hidden gems within the system for sure!!! Tons of flow but easier grades (you can haul and pedal at the same time) and perfect corners and berms. I also think an owl lives on the trail. I saw one and then a few hours later my wife did at the same spot.

Esther is a fun trail, easy ride. Here’s Johnny not only makes you want to kill yourself, but threatens to do it themselves. I’ve got no idea what the commenters who said it’s a single diamond are on, but it’s gotta be some strong stuff. If you are going to ride this trail, I’d suggest bringing hiking boots since you are going to be doing a lot of walking.

This is rated a black at the trail system

Go CounterClockwise for a better time!

Super fun trail, fast, three nice small rock gardens, couple of good jumps. Very fun. Tough climb back to the top but worth it.

Super fun trail with massive berms. Hard climb up there though.

Nice trek today on the Down Under Trail. The 5 miles was a good mix of rolling hills with some decent climbing and descends. With all the rocks it was nice to have trekking poles for the climbs and descends. I recommend this trail for folks that want to have a nice 2 hour hike that starts and ends at the same place with a good loop. I was disappointed not to see any kangaroos...Ha...Ha...

I did not enjoy this trail. Made a poor choice with so many better choices available.

Intermediate rider who likes flow and tech. This trail was really hard. The first half is rideable without being too hard, but it quickly becomes extremely difficult. I had quite a bit of walking to do.

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Correction- sign at bottom of gravity line says One Way, Do Not Enter.

Correction to gravity portion- should be ‘one way, do not enter’ at the bottom.

Don’t know about the gravity portion being both directions as sign at the bottom says ‘One way’ in the uphill direction.

Closed for rework as of thanksgiving 2020

This trail is a short climb up to the top of boo-boo and choo-choo

This trail is a short climb up to the top of boo-boo and choo-choo

Accurate description, this trail will lead you all the way to slaughter pen phase one. There are lots of smooth dirt rollers, berms, and all the jumps are optional.

The map calls it peak a boo, but trail signs indicate it as boo-boo. Box jumps with rock lips and berms

Tons of massive, newly paved berms all the way down

Tons of massive, newly paved berms all the way down

Tons of massive, newly paved berms all the way down

I agree with arwhite19, the dirt is super smooth and jumps are much easier to clear than cease and desist.

I agree with arwhite19, the dirt is super smooth and jumps are much easier to clear than cease and desist.

Unpopular opinion, but I think these jumps are more fun than the upper section of Cease and Desist before you drop the hammer. Make sure you don't stop pedaling between jumps though.

Unpopular opinion, but I think these jumps are more fun than the upper section of Cease and Desist before you drop the hammer. Make sure you don't stop pedaling between jumps though.

It's a paved trail. If I wanted to ride paved trails I'd ride a road bike. Some fun hits and big berms though.

Don't think, just send it.

Don't think, just send it.

Don't think, just send it.

This trail isn't for everyone and lacks the flow of the more famous Cease and Desist, but overall has a great combination of some decent flow and jumps at the top, some techy rocky sections with some drops and side hits further below, and just enough difficult to keep even more advanced riders on their toes from top to bottom.

Such a fun flowing jump trail and the woods are absolutely beautiful in the fall. If you are feeling hesitant about hitting this trail (like I was) ask a local to tow you in. Some of the nicest people around. One thing I will say is that you have to pedal HARD just to clear everything. You'll be winded by the time you make it to the Hammer, but at that point all you have to do it send it.

This is an awesome trail if you enjoy rock gardens. The trail is difficult for our area but not unreasonable (not double black worthy). I agree with the others that Apple Turnover is harder although it’s much shorter and not as fun as Here’s Johnny.

This trail is no longer rated as black in person - it's blue.

This trail is really not that bad. I think Apple Turnover at slaughter pen is more technical than this trail. I think the rock garden at the end must have been tamed down because it’s basically a freeway at this point. The only real tech comes at the top of the trail where it meets Esther but it’s nothing crazier than other black tech trails around here.

This shouldn’t be a black. It’s a smooth trail with a couple small jumps at the top and soil tac berms the rest of the way down. GREAT flow on this bad boy

This shouldn’t be a black. It’s a smooth trail with a couple small jumps at the top and soil tac berms the rest of the way down. GREAT flow on this bad boy

This shouldn’t be a black. It’s a smooth trail with a couple small jumps at the top and soil tac berms the rest of the way down. GREAT flow on this bad boy

Short rock garden that runs next to tiger trail. Pretty easy black

Fun trail but more technical than the blues around it!

If you're gonna call apple turnover a black, Medusa should be a blue.

She's a beaut, another great BVille trail. Did it CW, but looks equally fun in both directions.

Ya, super fun, and well built. Easy to loop and repeat. Pre-ride (case everything), re-ride then free ride!

super fun trail! I would love about an hour of this!

This trail is sick. Loved the rock gardens for a change of pace, would love to see more around here.

While some locals have called this line “Flozone” since it was being put in, the official name for this line is “Hammer Down”

Fun short trail with big berms back and forth. My 7 year old road this trail so black may be a little(lot) bit of a stretch.

Fun short trail with big berms back and forth. My 7 year old road this trail so black may be a little(lot) bit of a stretch.

Fun short trail with big berms back and forth. My 7 year old road this trail so black may be a little(lot) bit of a stretch.

This is one of my favorite trails if not my absolute favorite. Not too many people so you can let loose and enjoy the ride. It is a challenging trail but idk if I would call it an expert trail. It is very fun. Flows really well at times and other times it's pretty technical. I would suggest riding from south to north so start out on the Commonwealth road side and go down to the Grosvenor road end.

Fantastic trail! Worth the climb on Oscar. Pure joy riding downhill!

Rode from north to Red Barn. Rocky; some nice up and down.

Rode from west to east; downhill all the way. Rocky trail. Eastern portion of Ozone adjacent to wastewater treatment plant, so raw sewage smell was prevalent.

Start from the Red, not the green to avoid 3 miles of steep incline. Whoops, great trail.

Good trail. Techy in a number of spots. The rock garden at the end is pretty ridiculous; park there and see if your friends crash.

Fun trail, but several very techy sections that are rocky, with rocky slabs, step downs. Advanced riders who like tech challenges will enjoy; intermediates that like smooth will not enjoy these sections of the trail, but they’re relatively short and can be walked.

This trail is legitimately challenging both physically and technically. It’s an absolute blast to ride if you like to navigate extremely technical terrain.

Did this one clockwise from the parking area by cunningham. It has a very intense startoff but some climbing after that. Quite a bit of climbing but some really fun downhill parts as well. I would imagine it might be more fun the other way but I'll let you know next time. Great workout.

Don’t know why this is listed as Black. It’s a smooth trail with some rollable jumps on the top and some big berms on the bottom. I think SP lists it as blue, no real technical skill needed (though more experienced riders can play more on it).

Don’t know why this is listed as Black. It’s a smooth trail with some rollable jumps on the top and some big berms on the bottom. I think SP lists it as blue, no real technical skill needed (though more experienced riders can play more on it).

Don’t know why this is listed as Black. It’s a smooth trail with some rollable jumps on the top and some big berms on the bottom. I think SP lists it as blue, no real technical skill needed (though more experienced riders can play more on it).

I like the trail. The jumps at the beginning require flow and I like them one after another. You have to get all to get any. The chutes at the end were cool too.

Love this little trail. The rocks make it fun and I interesting. However, I would rate it a Blue instead of a Green.

Wasn't too stoked on this trail. The slab jumps are very closly spaced and there is a large section of the trail that is flat. Rock Solid is much more fun.

Definitly not a double black but still very fun and rocky.

This trail is great! Jumps for days all very well built. A great jump progression trail.

Super fun trail but think it’s more of a single black level trail.

I’d say this is harder than SBAT, which is rated blue...

By far the toughest trail in Bentonville. Your balance, brake check and trials game better be up to par to ride this bad boy. ????????????????????????????????????????

Lots of variety from huge bridges to techy rock sections.

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Top of Fireline closed for trail work. Disappointed, but I’m sure it’ll be worth it.

This is NOT a black Diamond trail. Blue trail at max.

My favorite trail in Northwest Arkansas. Starting at the hub and riding downhill, Fire Line has amazing flow.