2,203 ft
Distance
35 ft
Climb
-335 ft
Descent
00:02:26
Avg time

Alpha Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
    • Horse
  • Riding Area
    McDonald Forest
    Corvallis, Oregon
  • Difficulty Rating
    Green rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Ride in Rain
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #46095 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    65 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
    • 5 in Horseback
  • Land Manager
    OSU Research Forests

Official multi-use bidirectional gravel trail. The trail is open year-round to bikes as well as equestrian and pedestrian traffic. Bikes are required by OSU to yield to all other users.

Kind of steep, kind of fast, all descending, dumping you out onto a much longer road descent into the Soap Creek valley.

Access Info

Access the top of this trail from Ridge. Access the bottom from a dead-end at the top of Road 810.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Alpha bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -300 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,000 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,299 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,299 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,000 ft
  • Grade
    -13.61%
  • Grade max
    -43.028%
  • Grade min
    22.126%
  • Distance climb
    289 ft
  • Distance down
    1,691 ft
  • Distance flat
    222 ft
  • Avg time
    00:02:26
  • Avg reverse time
    00:07:47
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Status:
on Sep 18, 2020
Ideal
Avg: 3 (1 votes)

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  • Clear / Green
  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • region Riding Area
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  • Parking Parking
  • Viewpoint Viewpoint
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  • Sight Sight
  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • eBike Charging Point eBike Charging Point
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Gate Gate
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
  • Summit Summit
  • Other Other
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      Alpha Trail Reports

      statusdatedescription
      Sep 18, 2020 @ 4:42pm
      2 days
      		 reporter Closed for SLTP Turkey Run Harvest.
      Sep 18, 2020 @ 9:58am
      2 days
      		 reporter The Oregon State University Research Forests will be open for all uses beginning on Friday, Sept. 18, at 1:00 p.m. as the Industrial Fire...
      Sep 8, 2020 @ 11:45am
      Sep 8, 2020
      		 reporter Due to EXTREME fire danger and the National Weather Service Red Flag Warning, the OSU McDonald and Dunn Forests are closed to public use until...
      Jun 4, 2020 @ 8:57am
      Jun 4, 2020
      		 reporter Closed for STLP Turkey Run Harvest.
      May 29, 2020 @ 8:43am
      May 29, 2020
      		 reporter Excellent.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 7 rides
      • 20 miles avg distance
      All
      • 36 rides
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      Jun 4, 2020 @ 8:59am
      Jun 4, 2020
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      Jan 9, 2020 @ 6:52pm
      Jan 9, 2020

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