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McDonald Forest 50k Ultramarathon

Mile
Elevation
Location
0.00
Road
550
START FORESTRY CABIN
0.17
 
600
Jct Road 540 & Cronemiller Lake. Continue on Road Stay Right!
0.75
 
580
Junction Roads 540 & 543. Stay on Road 540.
1.18
Trail
480
Turn Left on Callaway Creek Trail
1.84
 
400

Cross Road 540. Continue on Callaway Creek Trail

2.72
 
480
Callaway Creek Trail ends at Fence. Turn Right on dirt road.
2.81
 
480
Turn Right on Intensive Management Trail.
3.00
480
Trail Junction. Turn Right on trail towards Cronemiller Lake
3.15
 
500
Trail Junction. Turn Sharp Left up on Callaway Creek trail to Cronemiller Lake
3.38
Road
600
Turn Left on Road 540
3.46
Trail
600
Turn Sharp Right on Loop 36 Trail
4.35
 
950
Turn Right and Down Powder House trail
4.59
 
1110
Cap House. Cross Road 560. Continue on Powder HouseTrail.
4.72
 
1210
On Powder House Trail. Top of First Climb.
4.96
 
1080
Cross Road 582. Continue on Trail.
5.03
Road
1070
Turn Right & Down Road 580.
5.92
 
840
Jct. Roads 580 & 584. Stay on Road 580
6.40
 
960
Jct. Roads 580 & 586. Stay on Road 580.
7.44
Trail
850
Turn Right on Old Growth Trail
7.95
Road
870
Turn Right on Road 580
8.35
 
930
Lewisburg Saddle. Cross Paved Road Carefully
8.37
930
Jct. Roads 600 & 610. Aid Station #1
8.96
 
1250
Jct. Roads 600 & 620. Stay Left/Straight on Road 600
9.00
1250
Jct. Roads 600 & 640. Stay Left/Straight on Road 600
9.54
Trail
1310
Turn Left and Down Upper Horse Trail.
10.16
 
1020
Bottom of Upper Horse Trail. Veer Right onto abandoned jeep road.
10.33
 
1010
Turn Right on Upper Horse Trail Connector.
10.45
 
940
Continue across Road and down Lower Horse Trail.
11.09
550
Trail Junction. Turn Left onto Lower Horse Trail Connector
11.22
Road
520
Turn Right on Road 610
11.31
 
480
Jct. Roads 610 & 612. Turn Left on Road 612 for 30 meters.
11.32
Trail
480
Turn Right on Dan's trail and cross over footbridge.
11.41
 
490
Trail Jct Turn Sharp Left and Up Dan's Trail
12.00
750
Kiosk. Continue Left, then Left and up and over Chip Ross Park.
12.29
 
850
Top Chip Ross Park. View of Cascades
12.95
575
Chip Ross Park Aid Station #2. Continue Right on trail around Chip Ross Park
13.47
 
750
Turn Left to KIOSK , then stay right on Dan's trail.
14.05
 
490
Trail Jct at end of out and back around Chip Ross. Stay Straight/Left on Dan's Trail.
14.27
 
490
Cross Road 612. Continue on Dan's Trail.
14.79
 
640
Jct. Dan's Trail & Road 612.4. Switchback Left and Stay on Dan's Trail.
16.50
Road
1458
Dimple Hill Aid Station #3. Dan's Trail ends. Continue on Road.
16.93
 
1350
Jct. Roads 650, 600 & 660. Turn Left on Road 600.
18.01
Trail
990
Turn Right and Down Baker Creek Trail
18.47
 
700
Turn Left on Lovely Rita Trail.
18.64
 
770
Jct Lovely Rita & Shave/Haircut/Trail/Road 850. Go Straight, Up Shave & Haircut.
18.88
 
820
Trail Jct. Straight/Left on Shave & Haircut.
19.45
 
1070
Turn Left on Alien Trail.
19.68
Road
1120
Turn Right on Road 680
19.75
Trail
1140
Jct. Road 680, Extendo & Uproute Trails. Aid Station #4
19.76
1140
Trail Jct. Stay Right on Extendo Trail.
20.45
 
1040
Trail Jct. Stay Right on Extendo Trail.
21.13
Road
585
Turn Right and Up Road 6020
21.72
 
750
Jct. Roads 6020 & 6023. Stay Right on Road 6020
22.45
Trail
990
Road 6020 ends. Start up Uproute Trail
22.74
Road
1140
Aid Station #5. Left on Road 680
22.77
Trail
1145
Turn Right on Shave & Haircut Trail
22.92
 
1070
Turn Left Up Two Bits Trail
23.12
Road
1300
Turn Right on Spur Road
23.20
Trail
1270
Look for Rusty Barrell. Turn Right on Barrel Roll Trail
23.42
 
1000
Bottom of Barrel Roll, Turn Left Up Barrel Roll
23.61
Road
1260
Turn Right on Spur Road.
23.66
Trail
1240
Turn Right on Funnelcake Trail.
23.72
 
1230
Turn Sharp Right Down Missing Link.
23.94
 
890
Missing Link Trail crosses Alien Trail. Continue down Missing Link.
24.02
 
820
Turn Left on Shave & Haircut.
24.27
 
770
Jct Shave & Haircut/Lovely Rita/Trail/Road 850. Go Straight onto Lovely Rita Trail
24.44
 
700
Turn Left on Baker Creek Trail.
24.69
 
620
Turn Sharp Right Up What Do You Know Trail
25.27
Road
1190
Turn Right on Road 620.
25.37
 
1250
Turn Left Down Road 600.
26.00
930
Aid Station #6. Jct. Roads 600 & 610.
26.02
 
930
Lewisburg Saddle. Cross Paved Road Carefully
26.04
 
920
Jct. Roads 500 & 580. Go Right Up on Road 500.
26.39
 
980
Jct Road 500 and Road 5030. Stay Straight/Left on Road 500.
27.59
 
1320
Jct Road 500 and Road 5010. Turn Left and Stay on Road 500.
28.17
 
1300
Jct Road 500 & Spur Road. Continue straight on Road 500.
28.27
 
1290
Jct Road 500 and Road 5020. Continue Straight on Road 500.
28.68
 
1160
Jct Road 500 and Road 570. Continue Straight on Road 500.
28.90
 
1150
Jct Road 500 and Road 550. Continue Straight on Road 500.
29.17
Trail
1130
Jct Road 500 & Powder House. Turn Sharp Right Up Powder House.
29.45
Road
1320
Peavy Peak. Turn Right on Road 530.
29.76
Trail
1130
Turn Right on 36 Loop Trail.
30.41
 
750
Jct 36 Loop Trail & Trail to Road 514. Continue Left Up 36 Loop Trail.
30.90
 
548
FINISH: FORESTRY CABIN

50k Race Directors

Ken Ward and Scott Leonard
scott.leonard@oregonstate.edu
McDonald Forest Trail Run
P.O. Box 216, Corvallis, OR 97339

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Marc LeRoux, 15k Race Director
roo37@hotmail.com
870 NW Carpathian Dr. Corvallis, OR 97330