Pinnacle Mountain State Park 2021 (Jackfork & The Stick)

Pinnacle Mountain State Park is located about 17 miles northwest of downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. The Pinnacle trail system is made up of a number of trails ridding all of them would probably yield about 15 miles or so. In this video, I will be reviewing JackFork and The Stick trails which makeup about a 5 mile fairly easy loop for advanced beginners and up.
The Jackfork trail starts off from the upper parking lot. After leaving the parking lot the trail quickly comes to a hub where you have the choice of taking three trails, you will want to head to the left to follow the Jackfork trail. Jackfork is approximately 4.5 miles long, there is some climbing involved but for the most part, the climbs are pretty gentle. The trail is not super technical but you will come across some man-made rock gardens which should not be a problem with a fairly seasoned rider. As far as flow goes the trail has a pretty good flow to it and is the corridors are wide. There are some pretty fun downhill sections most of which are located about halfway through the trail. As far man-made features go there are some nice bermed turns and trailside jumps.
The Stick is only a little less than a mile long but if you are riding in a clockwise direction this is going to be a climb back up to the hub where you initially started. The trail has a pretty good flow to it and you can expect to find some rocky technical sections which can be ridden around, other than that not much more to say about this one other than it would be much better coming from the opposite direction and speaking of direction both of these trails are bi-directional.

About us:
I have been riding bikes for as long as I can remember. I started mountain biking in the summer of 1999 and I have been hooked ever since. We love riding new trails for new experiences. I started a website in 2000 called Mountain Bike Arkansas to showcase trails in the state. In 2003 I started adding videos to the website using a lipstick case camera on my helmet and carrying a camcorder in my camelback. About 2017 I shut down the website because I found I could convey more information through video than just writing it all out.

I would consider myself an advanced intermediate rider who likes a little bit of everything. I enjoy long outback rides, short fast rides, technical singletrack as well as jump flow trails though I am not very good at the jumping part. I think if I had to pick I would lean more toward technical singletrack. I am not real crazy about slow flat boring trails unless I can go fast. I like the challenge of a climb as well as the challenge of a descent.

My wife considers herself an advanced beginner. She enjoys the more flat and nontechnical trails although she will ride the technical ones even though she may have to walk sections which she does not like to do. She is not overly fond of a lot of climbing but does pretty good at it as long as is it is not too technical. She likes the downhill and once again as long as it is not too technical or steep. She prefers the flowy trails over singletrack as long as there are alternate easy lines around jumps and features.

Why out of state trails?
I have had this asked a few times and the reason I decided to do this was when we went on our first mountain bike road trip in 2005 I spent a lot of time on the web trying to get as much information as I could about trails we might want to check out on this trip, this has gotten much easier nowadays but if I could share my experience maybe it might help someone else out. That's why we try to focus on the trails and not our riding skills (which aren't great) so I hope to help folks find an experience on the trails that they are looking for.

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