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The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
- > 96%
- > 90%
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- > 50%
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Trail Last Ridden
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Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
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Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months.
Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
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Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
- mountain biking recent
- mountain biking (>6 month)
- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
- Downhill Ski
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Winter Trails
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Trails are colored based on popularity. The more popular a trail is, the more red. Less popular trails trend towards green.
Jump Magnitude Heatmap
Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
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Region Details
- 74
- 7
- 100
- 92
- 31
- 4
- 2
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 406
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 337
- Trails E-Bike
- 185
- Trails Horse
- 57
- Trails Hike
- 395
- Trails Trail Running
- 366
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 2
- Trails Observed Trials
- 2
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 2
- Trails Snowshoe
- 2
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 2
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 2
- Total Distance
- 339 miles
- Total Descent
- 33,666 ft
- Total Vertical
- 971 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,282 ft
- Reports
- 3,528
- Photos
- 1,111
- Ridden Counter
- 46,248
Sub Regions
- Jefferson County (141)
- Birmingham (79)
- Flora Johnston Nature Park (2)
- JCC (6)
- Red Mountain Park (28)
- Ride BHM Bike Park (25)
- Gardendale (7)
- Homewood (1)
- Hoover (11)
- McCalla (22)
- Tannehill Ironworks (22)
- Pinson (4)
- Trussville (14)
- Vestavia Hills (3)
- Warrior (0)
- Birmingham (79)
- Shelby County (184)
- Chelsea (35)
- Double Oak Park (34)
- Helena (40)
- Cahaba River Park (39)
- Montevallo (22)
- Pelham (87)
- Oak Mountain State Park (67)
- Vetrans Park (2)
- Chelsea (35)
Popular Central Alabama Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Toads Snake to Fore Play Oak Mountain State Park | |||
| Jekyll Oak Mountain State Park | |||
| Foreplay Oak Mountain State Park | |||
| Seven Bridges Oak Mountain State Park | |||
| Johnsons Mountain Oak Mountain State Park | |||
| Rattlesnake Ridge Oak Mountain State Park | |||
| Cat Dog Snake Oak Mountain State Park | |||
| Lightning Oak Mountain State Park | |||
| Quarry Road Trail Oak Mountain State Park | |||
| The Chimneys Oak Mountain State Park | |||
| Lake Trail Oak Mountain State Park | |||
| Garrett's Gulch Oak Mountain State Park | |||
| Thunder Oak Mountain State Park | |||
| Rattlesnake Connector Oak Mountain State Park | |||
| Centipede Oak Mountain State Park |
Central Alabama Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| OMSP - Short West Loop Oak Mountain State Park | 13 miles | |
| Thunder and Lightning Loop (Short) Oak Mountain State Park | 8 miles | |
| Oak Mountain Full Red Loop Oak Mountain State Park | 19 miles | |
| North Lakes Trail Out and Back Oak Mountain State Park | 8 miles | |
| Room Service Loop Oak Mountain State Park | 10 miles | |
| 24-Hour Iron Maiden Race Course Tannehill Ironworks | 11 miles | |
| Tour de Oak Mountain Oak Mountain State Park | 17 miles | |
| Short Reverse Lake-Johnson-Hyde Birmingham | 11 miles | |
| 5 Mile Beginner Loop Pelham | 5 miles | |
| JCC Full Loop JCC | 6 miles |
Photos of Central Alabama Mountain Bike
trail: Belcher Drive
4 |
Feb 25, 2025 @ 4:39pm
Feb 25, 2025
trail: Waterfall trail
3 |
Feb 24, 2025 @ 8:09am
Feb 24, 2025
trail: Train Track Trail
0 |
Feb 8, 2025 @ 7:34pm
Feb 8, 2025
trail: Queen's Ridge
11 |
Feb 8, 2025 @ 6:41pm
Feb 8, 2025
trail: Queen's Ridge
12 |
Feb 8, 2025 @ 6:41pm
Feb 8, 2025
trail: All Around You
8 |
Dec 14, 2024 @ 9:09am
Dec 14, 2024
trail: Belcher Forest Rd 7
8 |
Dec 7, 2024 @ 11:58am
Dec 7, 2024
trail: Belcher Forest Rd 3
4 |
Dec 7, 2024 @ 11:54am
Dec 7, 2024Videos of Central Alabama Mountain Bike
trail: Storyteller
443 |
Mar 7, 2022
trail: Boulder Ridge
217 |
Dec 5, 2021
trail: Storyteller
318 |
Nov 3, 2021
trail: Quarry Road Trail
0:09 |
499 |
Oct 5, 2020
trail: Johnsons Mountain
0:07 |
982 |
Jul 3, 2020
trail: Flying Squirrel
24:47 |
222 |
Jun 22, 2020
trail: Lightning
0:16 |
1219 |
Aug 29, 2017
trail: McDuffie Fitness Trail
0:50 |
212 |
Feb 4, 2017
Recent Trail Reports
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mikebuff | wishlist | route | activity #68489142 | Mar 26, 2025 @ 8:52pm 19 hours |
| Gktaylor77 | wishlist | route | activity #68472439 | Mar 26, 2025 @ 3:09pm 1 day |
| wabner | add | report | activity #68464787 | Mar 26, 2025 @ 12:53pm 1 day |
| mikebuff | comment | trail | activity #68430126 | Mar 25, 2025 @ 8:32pm 2 days |
| mikebuff | ridden | trail | activity #68430060 | Mar 25, 2025 @ 8:29pm 2 days |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | Ridden from the BMX track it starts off flat... | Mar 25, 2025 @ 8:32pm 2 days | ||
| report | Location is incorrect, this tree was cut from BLT | Mar 24, 2025 @ 6:26am Mar 24, 2025 | ||
| report | Not complete. | Mar 14, 2025 @ 3:09pm Mar 14, 2025 | ||
| report | Complete. | Mar 14, 2025 @ 3:08pm Mar 14, 2025 | ||
| trail | Nice trail with some flow. | Mar 11, 2025 @ 6:05pm Mar 11, 2025 |
Local Badges
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Completionist59 awarded -
Descent 100k Badge1 awarded -
Climbing 10k Badge183 awarded -
Climbing 100k Badge23 awarded -
Climbing 10k Badge78 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
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| Black Creek Mountain Bike Park | bike park | Hoover | |
| Millcreek Motocross Park | skill park | Trussville | |
| Corner Motocross Track | skill park | Gardendale |
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Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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| Mountain Bike | 328 | 236 miles | 24,199 ft | 98 miles | 961 ft | 896 | 3,427 | 73 | 64,125 | |||
| E-Bike | 185 | 77 miles | 7,943 ft | 32 miles | 741 ft | 2 | 1,856 | 8 | 2,551 | |||
| Horse | 52 | 56 miles | 1,457 ft | 12 miles | 630 ft | 518 | 2 | |||||
| Hike | 394 | 326 miles | 30,131 ft | 123 miles | 971 ft | 219 | 3,274 | 2 | 2,530 | |||
| Trail Running | 366 | 282 miles | 29,606 ft | 117 miles | 971 ft | 34 | 3,269 | 3 | 3,124 | |||
| Dirtbike/Moto | 2 | 510 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||
| Observed Trials | 2 | 11 | 7 | |||||||||
| ATV/ORV/OHV | 2 | 506 | 7 | |||||||||
| Snowshoe | 2 | 498 | ||||||||||
| Backcountry Ski | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||
| Nordic Ski | 2 | 2 | 36 |
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