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Date Hiked: 3/14/92
Length: 8.8 miles
Type: backtrack
Difficulty: 3
Scenery: 2
Blaze: blue (infrequent)
Main Features: partial views
Location: Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
Drive north on 276 outside Brevard, drive 10.4 miles past the Pisgah Ranger Station and turn right on FSR 1206 (Yellow Gap Road). Drive 8.5 miles to the trailhead on the left.
Approximate Altitude Changes
Ascend 1,000 feet to Johnson Gap at 4.4 miles
Miles
0.0 car
at the beginning of the trail, fork left
0.2 stream-crossing
0.6 beginning of partial views on left
1.0 rhododendron thicket
2.6 Rich Gap, bear left
2.7 good view on left
2.8 bear left at gap
4.4 partial views on left
Johnson Gap
backtrack
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