2 miles
Distance
217 ft
Climb
-263 ft
Descent
00:12:49
Avg time

Oljon Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve
    Redwood City, California
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (3 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #19192 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 55 in Trail Running
    • 100 in Hiking
  • Land Manager
    Midpeninsula Regional Open Space

Pleasant singletrack through the woods. Never too steep.
North half opened July 2014.
South half opened September 2019. Connection to Blue Blossom now easy to do without riding on the highway.
In 2019, the eastern most portion of the old Steam Donkey Trail was decommissioned, and the lowest portion of the 2014 Oljon trail was renamed to Steam Donkey.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Oljon bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -47 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,988 ft
  • Altitude max
    2,158 ft
  • Altitude start
    2,158 ft
  • Altitude end
    2,113 ft
  • Grade
    -0.5%
  • Grade max
    -27.6%
  • Grade min
    29.7%
  • Distance climb
    3,953 ft
  • Distance down
    3,681 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,289 ft
  • Avg time
    00:12:49
  • Avg reverse time
    00:16:55
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Status:
on Feb 20, 2021
Prevalent Mud
Avg: 4.4 (16 votes)

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  • 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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  • Parking Parking
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  • 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
  • Boardwalk Boardwalk
  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
  • Summit Summit
  • Other Other
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      Oljon Trail Reports

      statusdatedescription
      Feb 20, 2021 @ 5:09pm
      Feb 20, 2021
      		 Quite muddy today
      Feb 14, 2021 @ 1:14pm
      Feb 14, 2021
      		 Slippery and rut prone. Probably better mid to late week
      Feb 13, 2021 @ 9:49am
      Feb 13, 2021
      Feb 5, 2021 @ 2:58pm
      Feb 5, 2021
      		 Some mud, some debris, but mostly good.
      Jan 18, 2021 @ 12:47pm
      Jan 18, 2021
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 35 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 781 rides
      • 12 miles avg distance
      All
      • 1,527 rides
      •  

      Photos

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      10 |
      Dec 2, 2020 @ 2:36pm
      Dec 2, 2020

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      4 Reviews & Comments

      • + 2
      deln78 (Jul 16, 2019 at 13:15)
       Really nice intermediate trail with some flowy parts, but also some blind corners to watch out for. A few tight switchbacks earn it a blue rating.
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      Stefp (Jul 23, 2020 at 16:54)
       Tree down across trail just north of turn for steam donkey
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      winkeyless Trailforks Pro Subscriber (Dec 14, 2020 at 23:01)
       Flowy and good for connecting to Blue Blossom. Yeah there’s one blind steep climb. Gravel bike can do this too.
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      MtbSkier71 Trailforks Pro Subscriber (Dec 27, 2020 at 13:02)
       The upper part to Steam Donkey is fun, fun, fun. My 11 year old son developed his skills riding this to Steam Donkey (upper only) to Gordon Mill up. It's a great ~20 minute loop that isn't too technical but just enough variety to learn skills and have fun. Make some noise on blind turns since this is a well hiked trail. More experienced riders will enjoy taking this trail at speed and mastering the switchbacks.
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