2.5 miles
Distance
142 ft
Climb
-581 ft
Descent
00:21:55
Avg time

Bonzai Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Horse
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    McDonald Forest
    Corvallis, Oregon
  • AKA
    Banzai
  • Difficulty Rating
    Green rate
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T1 Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 95 in Trail Running
    • 85 in Hiking
    • 5 in Horseback
  • Land Owner
    OSU Research Forests

Official mostly natural-tread (dirt with a short road liaison) trail. Open to hikers, bikers, trail runners and equestrians, unlike the nearby pedestrian-only Powder House and Section 36 trails, making it unique among trails in the Peavy Arboretum area.

The trail has a mix of character. The trail begins at the end of Dave's with a rolling section that transfers down to a short segment on old forest road. The trail resumes just to the northeast with a climbing section back up onto the ridge, cresting as it crosses Road 560. The next section is a long descent with a mix of flat-to-outsloped long swoop corners and faster sidehill sections with several optional jumps with takeoffs built out of dirt-packed cut-off stumps. The trail crosses Road 543 twice and resumes on a newly-adopted and modified unauthorized trail (known as TNT), characterized by close-in vegetation and tight short turns. Finally it opens up onto a nearly-straight rocky section of old abandoned road bed, ending at Road 540 just to the west of Calloway Creek trail.

Combined with Dave's and Vineyard mountain, this trail provides multiuse trail access between Peavy Arboretum and Lewisburg Saddle. Nearly all of that is natural-tread (dirt) single track trail.

OSU has officially marked this trail as not to be ridden when travel on the trail disturbs the trail tread.

Access Info

Access the top of this trail where Dave's ends on Road 582. This trail also crosses Road 560 and Road 543. Access the bottom of this trail on Road 540.

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More Stats for Bonzai multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -438 ft
  • Altitude min
    557 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,071 ft
  • Altitude start
    996 ft
  • Altitude end
    558 ft
  • Grade
    -3.3%
  • Grade max
    -15.1%
  • Grade min
    16.4%
  • Distance climb
    2,917 ft
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    804 ft
  • Avg time
    00:21:55
  • Avg reverse time
    00:37:06
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on May 10, 2025
Dry
Avg: 3.99 (3 votes)
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      Bonzai Trail Reports

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      May 10, 2025 @ 9:54am
      May 10, 2025
      		 Dry. Riding well. Clearcut section is gonna get loose pretty quick.
      Apr 27, 2025 @ 9:24am
      Apr 27, 2025
      		 Best conditions of the day, but not by a wide margin as everything is awesome.
      Apr 13, 2025 @ 9:24am
      Apr 13, 2025
      		 All clear. Perfect in the open. Softest towards the end but ok overall.
      Dec 29, 2024 @ 11:23pm
      Dec 29, 2024
      		 Wet and muddy, but tires don't appear to be leaving ruts. There are a few downed trees throughout the trail and some of them are pretty large.
      Oct 19, 2024 @ 9:25am
      Oct 19, 2024
      		 reporter Stupendous.
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      • 12 miles avg distance
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      • Last: May 11, 2025

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