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2015 McDonald Forest 50K Full Course Directions

        May 9, 2015


Mile Mi2Nxt Elev Directions
0.00 0.17 550 START FORESTRY CABIN
0.17 0.57 600 Jct Road 540 & Cronemiller Lake. Stay RIGHT on Road 540
0.75 0.44 580 Junction Roads 540 & 543. Stay RIGHT on Road 540.
1.18 0.47 480 Turn RIGHT on Callaway Creek Trail
1.65 0.23 490 Trail Jct. Stay RIGHT on Callaway Creek Trail to Cronemiller Lake 
1.88 0.09 600 Turn LEFT on Road 540
1.97 0.12 600 Turn Sharp RIGHT on Loop 36 Trail.
2.09 0.81 630 Turn LEFT to continue on Loop 36 Trail
2.91 0.25 950 Turn RIGHT and down, then up Powder House trail.
3.15 0.13 1110 Cap House. Cross Road 560. Continue on Powder HouseTrail.
3.28 0.25 1210 On Powder House Trail. Top of First Climb.
3.52 0.07 1080 Cross Road 582. Continue on Trail.
3.59 0.89 1070 Turn RIGHT & down Road 580.
4.48 0.48 840 Jct. Roads 580 & 584. Stay STRAIGHT on Road 580
4.96 1.04 960 Jct. Roads 580 & 586. Stay STRAIGHT on Road 580.
6.01 0.35 850 Turn RIGHT on Old Growth Trail
6.35 0.44 800 Stay STRAIGHT/RIGHT on New Growth Trail.
6.80 0.09 920 Turn RIGHT on Road 580
6.89 0.03 940 Lewisburg Saddle.  Cross the Paved Road Carefully!!
6.93 0.06 950 Lewisburg Saddle Aid Station #1.  Go RIGHT on Road 600
6.98 0.51 980 Jct. Ridge Trail and Road 600.  Turn RIGHT on Ridge
7.49 0.16 1350 Jct. Ridge Trail and Alpha Trail. Stay STRAIGHT/LEFT on Ridge
7.65 0.01 1250 Jct. Road 620 and Ridge Trail.  Turn LEFT briefly on Road 620
7.65 0.05 1250 Jct. Road 620 & 600.  Turn RIGHT on Road 600
7.71 0.55 1250 Jct. Roads 600 & 640. Stay LEFT/STRAIGHT on Road 600
8.25 0.62 1310 Jct Horse Trail and Road 600.  Turn LEFT onto Horse Trail
8.87 0.17 1020 Horse Trail merges onto abandoned jeep road. Veer RIGHT onto road.
9.04 0.12 1010 Turn RIGHT back onto Horse.
9.16 0.67 940 Continue STRAIGHT across Road 610 and continue down Horse. 
9.83 0.13 520 Trail Jct. Turn LEFT onto Lower Horse Trail Connector
9.96 0.08 505 Horse Trail Head. Turn RIGHT onto Road 610
10.03 0.01 475 Jct. Roads 610 & 612. Turn LEFT on Road 612
10.05 0.10 475 Jct. Jackson Creek Trail & Rd 612.  Turn RIGHT on Jackson Creek. 
10.14 0.22 505 Trail Jct. Jackson Creek/Dan's Trails. Turn RIGHT on Lower Dan's . 
10.36 0.35 540 Jct. Dan's Trail & Road 612.  Go STRAIGHT to continue on Dan's
10.71 0.17 720 Jct Bob and Weave Trail with Dan's Trail.  Stay STRAIGHT on Dan's
10.89 1.72 785 Jct. Dan's Trail & Road 612.4.  Turn LEFT and continue on Dan's.
12.60 0.42 1460 Dimple Hill Aid Station #2.   Turn RIGHT and go down Road 650
13.03 1.21 1350 Jct. Roads 600, 660 & 650. Dimple Jct. Turn LEFT on Road 600
14.24 0.08 980 Jct Road 600 and Baker Creek Trail.  Turn RIGHT on Baker Creek.
14.32 0.21 950 Jct Baker Creek and Low Rider Trails.  Turn LEFT on Low Rider.
14.53 0.19 800 Jct Low Rider and Baker Creek Trails.  Turn RIGHT on Baker Creek.
14.72 0.12 940 Jct. Baker Creek and On The Sly Trail.  Turn LEFT on On The Sly.
14.84 0.11 850 Jct. On The Sly and Knucklehead.  Turn RIGHT on Knucklehead.
14.95 0.13 1000 Jct. Knucklehead and Biker Trails.  Turn LEFT on Biker Trail
15.08 0.18 860 Jct. On The Sly and Biker Trail.  Turn RIGHT onto On The Sly.
15.26 0.21 810 Cross the New Road, go STRAIGHT/RIGHT down On The Sly
15.47 0.02 760 Go STRAIGHT across What Do You Know Trail
15.49 0.03 780 Go STRAIGHT again crossing What Do You Know Trail
15.52 0.13 810 Go RIGHT onto What Do You Know Trail
15.65 0.29 970 Turn LEFT from WDYK onto Who Do You Love Trail
15.94 0.06 715 Turn RIGHT back onto What Do You Know Trail.
16.01 0.12 680 Turn LEFT on Baker Creek Trail
16.12 0.65 660 Jct. Baker Creek and Low Rider Trails.  Turn LEFT on Low Rider.
16.77 0.22 800 Jct. Low Rider and Baker Creek Trails.  Turn RIGHT on Baker Creek.
16.99 0.02 650 Turn LEFT on Lovely Rita over Baker Creek bridge
17.01 0.11 640 Shave Cutoff Jct.  Go LEFT on Shave Cutoff Trail
17.12 0.22 780 Go STRAIGHT across Road 850 on Shave Cutoff
17.34 0.65 840 Shave Cutoff Jct.  Go LEFT on Shave and a Haircut Trail
17.99 0.42 1040 Turn LEFT on Alien Road 870
18.41 0.06 1120 Turn RIGHT on Road 680
18.48 0.02 1140 Turn LEFT on Extendo/Uproute Spur
18.50 0.68 1135 Extendo Jct.  Go LEFT down Extendo Trail
19.18 0.70 1045 Trail Jct. Stay RIGHT and continue on down Extendo Trail.
19.88 0.58 585 Extendo Trail Aid Station #3.  Turn RIGHT and up Road 6020.
20.46 0.34 750 Jct. Roads 6020 & 6023. Stay RIGHT on Road 6020
20.79 0.40 830 Trail over landslide on Road 6020
21.19 0.29 990 End of "Trail" Road 6020.  Continue STRAIGHT on Uproute Trail
21.48 0.02 1135 Extendo Junction. Go STRAIGHT on Extendo/Uproute Spur
21.49 0.04 1140 Turn LEFT on Road 680
21.53 0.15 1150 Turn RIGHT on Shave & Haircut Trail
21.68 0.17 1050 Turn LEFT on Two Bits Trail
21.85 0.29 1250 Merge RIGHT onto Crosscut Trail
22.14 0.19 1170 New Missing Link Jct.  Go STRAIGHT onto New Missing Link Trail
22.33 0.20 1100 Turn LEFT on Osito Trail.
22.53 0.05 1010 Turn RIGHT on Funnelcake Trail.
22.57 0.08 920 Turn RIGHT on Funnelcake Connector
22.65 0.42 890 End of Funnelcake Connector. Turn RIGHT onto Road 800.
23.07 0.44 740 Jct. Road 800 and 870,  turn RIGHT on Road 870
23.51 0.09 940 Turn LEFT on Missing Link Trail
23.60 0.26 860 Turn LEFT on Lovely Rita Trail
23.86 0.44 720 Lovely Rita/Road 850 Jct.  Turn LEFT on Road 850.
24.30 0.34 680 Jct. Road 800 & 850.  Turn RIGHT on Road 800
24.64 0.26 580 Jct. Road 800 & 830.  Stay STRAIGHT on Road 800
24.91 0.40 650 Jct. Road 800 & 810.  Turn RIGHT on Road 810
25.31 0.13 920 Jct. Roads 811 and 810.  Continue STRAIGHT/LEFT on Road 810
25.44 0.30 945 End of Road 810, merge onto Alpha Trail
25.73 0.16 1200 Top of Old Alpha Trail, turn LEFT onto New Alpha Trail
25.89 0.51 1350 Jct Ridge Trail and New Alpha Trail, turn LEFT on Ridge Trail
26.40 0.06 980 Jct. Road 600 and Ridge Trail.  Turn LEFT on Road 600.
26.45 0.06 950 Lewisburg Saddle Aid Station #4.  Go STRAIGHT on Road 600
26.51 0.33 960 Cross Road and continue RIGHT up Road 500
26.85 0.24 1030 Jct Road 500 and Road 5030. Stay STRAIGHT/LEFT on Road 500.
27.09 0.71 1060 Jct Road 500 and Vineyard Mtn Trail.  Turn RIGHT on VM Trail.
27.80 0.32 1440 End Vineyard Mtn Trail at Road 5010.  Turn LEFT on Road 5010. 
28.12 0.58 1320 Jct Road 500 and Road 5010. Go STRAIGHT onto Road 500.
28.70 0.10 1300 Jct Road 500 & Spur Road. Continue STRAIGHT on Road 500.
28.80 0.41 1290 Jct Road 500 and Road 5020. Continue STRAIGHT on Road 500.
29.21 0.22 1160 Jct Road 500 and Road 570. Continue STRAIGHT on Road 500.
29.42 0.28 1150 Jct Road 500 and Road 550. Continue STRAIGHT on Road 500.
29.70 0.20 1130 Jct Road 500 & Powder House Trail. Turn RIGHT Up Powder House.
29.90 0.48 1300 Turn RIGHT on Peavy Peak Traverse Trail
30.38 0.46 1020 Stay STRAIGHT/RIGHT on 36 Loop Trail.
30.84 0.50 750 Jct 36 Loop Trail & Trail to Road. Continue LEFT Up 36 Loop.
31.34 548 FINISH: FORESTRY CABIN
Trail 20.3
Road 11.0
Elev 7100
Miles Mi2Next
6.9 6.9 to Saddle
12.6 5.7 to Dimple (Drop Bags)
19.9 7.3 to Extendo
26.5 6.6 to Saddle
31.4 4.9 to finish


50k Race Directors

Ken Ward and Dennis Gamroth
dgamroth11@gmail.com
McDonald Forest 50K
PO Box 4127, Salem, OR 97302