Summer Lightning Details

Riding area

North Downs
AKA

Waggle Dance, Moonbase, My Cousin Vinnie
Difficulty rating

Blue
Trail type

Singletrack
Bike type

AM, XC
Trail Usage

Biking Primary
Direction

Downhill Primary
Climb Difficulty

Green
Physical rating

Moderate
Season

Jan-Dec
Global Ranking

#18320
Land Manager

National Trust, Forestry Commission,

The extended Summer Lightning trail on Leith Hill combines the original Summer Lightning Trail (now the end part of the full trail, starting near Wolverns Lane) with the new trail sections (April 2014), that start at Leith Tower and link to the original trail.

The trail starts near the Tower at the top of Leith Hill on the North side just below the green and starts with a great fun swoopy, bermy, jumpy descent down the steep side. The trail keeps mountain bikes segregated from the hikers and horses climbing or descending the main track to Leith Tower.

At the bottom of the 1st section at the gate, take the track up to the right and then cut off to the right onto the next section (currently signposted) which roughly follows the original “moonbase” trail with its bombhole dips!

At the end of this section, carry on down the track past the cricket pitch on your left and then take a left into the next section (signposted) through what was originally known as Cousin Vinnie’s Strange Garden. This section has lots of dippers and a big step-up towards the end if you see it and have the skills!

Follow the signposts into the woods below Coldharbour lane and hook up with the original trail (Waggle dance and regurgitator sections) at the end turn left on the bridle path and look for the signposts into the last 2 fast descending sections.

Link up with Greensands way and the Rookery descent to get back to the A25 at Westcott.

More Stats for Summer Lightning mountain bike trail

Altitude change

-232 ft
Altitude min

692 ft
Altitude max

947 ft
Altitude start

931 ft
Altitude end

698 ft
Grade max

-16.21%
Grade min

14.692%
Distance climb

3,321 ft
Distance down

1.2 miles
Distance flat

2,010 ft
Avg time

00:24:20
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	date	description
	Apr 25, 2017 @ 2:02pm Apr 25, 2017	Didn't see the tree that was down but wasn't looking for it, all very dry and dusty out there in places
	Apr 9, 2017 @ 12:02pm Apr 9, 2017	Tree still down
	Apr 3, 2017 @ 1:46am Apr 3, 2017	Tree still down on left fork, else running well.
	Mar 14, 2017 @ 2:20pm Mar 14, 2017	Just after the tower right at the top there is a tree down on the left (steep) fork; else running well.
	Jan 6, 2017 @ 3:37pm Jan 6, 2017

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