COTA Deadfall Summary

Users don’t always provide a description of the deadfall – but will sometimes leave additional details in a trail report – so that’s worth checking.

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Tyler’s Traverse March 24, 2026 Tree down at the top where the trail crosses the road/uphill part.

Sector 16 March 24, 2026 About a dozen downers, fairly beat up by the recent activity

Storm King » Upper March 24, 2026 One tree, about half way down from Helipad. Probably could just be dragged off the trail. Too spent to attempt myself.

Skyliner March 23, 2026 Big tree downed across the trail at the start of the rock features when heading from Skyliners.

McKenzie River March 22, 2026 No deadfall details provided.

Lone Wolf March 22, 2026 Few trees down near the bottom

Tiddlywinks (Upper) March 20, 2026 Some hike-a-bike snow patches, some take-offs still covered in snow. 1 tree down on the way to the Kiowa/Lower junction.

La Pine State Park March 19, 2026 No deadfall details provided.

Tumalo Ridge March 18, 2026 2 trees across the trail.

Kiwa Butte March 18, 2026 Multiple trees down (3-4) along the trail inbetween Tiddlywinks and Tylers, lots of deep snow

Steve Larsen March 16, 2026 No deadfall details provided.

Flagline Tie March 15, 2026 ~3 trees down, all under 12"

C.O.D. March 7, 2026 -1 tree ,lower cod, near marvi

South Willamette February 20, 2026 About a dozen downed trees from Hardesty to eula ridge. Very over grown. Do not recommend.

Pyramid Epic Loop February 18, 2026 Rode clockwise from North Pyramid. Conditions are prime! Some deadfall but none in high speed sections. Go get it!

Lawler January 23, 2026 Around 10 downed trees on trail. Lots of windblown debris on trail.

Met-Win - Northfork to Mrazek December 14, 2025 4-5 (?) trees down as of 12/14/25

Northfork December 14, 2025 As of 12/14/25 there are 4 trees down on NF: 3 before the log crossing and 1 just before the Bridge Creek intersection

Swede Ridge December 14, 2025 Ran the trail on 12/7. Numerous trees down across the trail

Metolius-Windigo (99 Upper) December 13, 2025 No deadfall details provided.

S.S.T. December 13, 2025 10-12 downed trees across the trail, with the majority being toward the Swede shelter half of the trail. A couple around blind corners, so heads up.

Lorax Climb December 10, 2025

Duodenum December 5, 2025 Logging operations have destroyed the trail below Tyler’s intersection

Mrazek » Upper November 12, 2025 Phil and Jerry Young cleared trees from Mrazek all the way to Metolius Windego yesterday 11/11.

Upper Flagline November 1, 2025 No deadfall details provided.

South Waldo Lake October 19, 2025 Snow up top Oct 19th, about a half mile of walk/push

Metolius-Windigo » Lava Lake October 6, 2025 Tree every half mile or so. More on the north half

Trail 99 Waldo South October 5, 2025 2 fairly large trees down on the section north of Moore Creek intersection. Easy to get around. No big deal.

Gordon Meadows September 3, 2025 One tree to hop over, otherwise OK.

Heart Lake August 9, 2025 This surely clear of snow but most likely has logs. 2 crews from cota cleared browder/gate and started up this but ran out of steam over a month ago.

Edison-Lava July 21, 2025 Trail is mostly tree ash

Olallie July 19, 2025 Somewhere between 6-12 trees down between the northern trailhead and the O’Leary intersection. Tons of overgrowth too.

Bachy West XC July 19, 2025

Alpine » Upper June 15, 2025 Several large trees across trail. Fairly overgrown.

Upper Butte Loop June 10, 2025 One tree down. This is actually 15,5 and 1450+- And

Bandit Springs Trails June 7, 2025 Multiple trees down on Ochoco Way and McGinnis Creek trails.

Prineville Bike Park June 7, 2025 the ground was loose but i went after a rainstrom

Castle Rock April 13, 2025 Couple of minor trees down, easy to cross over. You will need to cross Cougar creek, easy with buddies.

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