Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Lightning Trail
Progressive Trail DesignBuilder
Lightning Details
-
Activities
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
-
Riding AreaOak Mountain State Park
Pelham, Alabama -
Difficulty Rating
-
Voted DifficultyBlue (7 votes)
-
Blaze Color
-
Trail TypeMachine Groomed
-
Bike TypeAM
-
DirectionDownhill OnlyPopular direction shown
-
Physical RatingModerate
-
SeasonAll Season
-
eBike Allowed
-
TTFs on TrailBerm, Drop, Jump, Roller Coaster
-
Global Ranking#2708 in Mountain Biking
-
Local Popularity80 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 95 in E-Biking
-
Land OwnerAlabama State Parks
The trail starts with a test- a skinny with a 2 ft. drop to give you an idea of what you're getting into. This is optional, but recommended way to test how prepared you are for the trail ahead. Lots of Flow Immediately the trail drops into medium rollers and doubles, winding it's way back down the mountain with steep downhills, and a brief rolling climb. Lots of opportunities for big air. There is an optional drop 1/2 way down. The trail finishes in switchbacks coming down the mountain with some good berms.
Ideal bike: 5-6in Trail bike
Local Trail Association
-
Please consider joining or donating to the local trail association to supportdonate to earn trail karma!
trail development & maintenance.
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Lightning mountain bike trail trail
-
Altitude change-203 ft
-
Altitude min583 ft
-
Altitude max786 ft
-
Altitude start786 ft
-
Altitude end584 ft
-
Grade-5.6%
-
Grade max-15.9%
-
Grade min18.3%
-
Distance climb253 ft
-
Distance down3,264 ft
-
Distance flat128 ft
-
Avg time00:05:50
-
Avg reverse time00:19:51
- view trail stats
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Snow Cover Partial
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
- > 96%
- > 90%
- > 80%
- > 70%
- > 50%
- < 50%
- bi-directional trail
- no data
- < 2 days
- < 1 week
- < 2 weeks
- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
- Description
- Photos
- Description & Photos
- Videos
- most popular
- popular
- less popular
- not popular
- mountain biking recent
- mountain biking (>6 month)
- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
- Downhill Ski
- Backcountry Ski
- Nordic Ski
- Snowmobile
Save the current map location and zoom level as your default home location whenever this page is loaded.
SaveLightning Trail Reports
Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
- 1 rides
- 10 miles avg distance
- 74 rides
- 15 miles avg distance
- 804 rides
- Last: Jun 21, 2025
Photos
Routes with this trail
11 Reviews & Comments
We hope you've been enjoying Trailforks!
Create a FREE account to view trail comments and much more.
Videos
Nearby Trails
- Tails 0 ft
- Storyteller 3,337 ft
- Garrett's Gulch 4,101 ft
- Slingshot 4,101 ft
- Boulder Ridge 4,787 ft
Oak Mountain State Park
- By caleb93
& contributors
- #53478 - 7,611 views
- follow/subscribe
- login to download gpx or kml files.
You must enter a description before submitting.