Blood Mountain Wilderness

Bear Hair Gap Trail–Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, 5 sights

14.3 mi · ▲ 3,552 ft · 6 hr 33 min

Bear Hair Gap Trail–Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, 5 sights is a 14.3-mile out-and-back in Blood Mountain Wilderness near Choestoe, GA. It climbs 3,552 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,933 – 4,160 ft · steepest grade: 26%14.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: West Wolf Creek Road 34.79367, -83.91250
Nearest town Choestoe, GA

Directions

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Bear Hair Gap Trail–Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, 5 sights

14.3 mi · ▲ 3,552 ft · 6 hr 33 min

Elevation 1,934–4,161 ft

Out & Back · Blood Mountain Wilderness

Trailhead: West Wolf Creek Road · 34.79367, -83.91250

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

  1. Start on West Wolf Creek Road, heading W.
  2. 0.9 miTurn right onto Coosa Backcountry, heading NW.
  3. 2.5 miSharp left onto Calf Stomp Road, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Coosa Backcountry, heading S.
  5. 1.1 miSharp left onto Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, heading W.
  6. 3.5 miTurn left onto Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Bear Hair Gap Trail, heading W.
  8. 1.7 miSharp left onto Coosa Backcountry, heading NE.
  9. 0.5 miContinue straight onto West Wolf Creek Road, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Coosa Backcountry, heading NW.
  11. 2.3 miTurn right onto West Wolf Creek Road, heading N.
  12. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

7% gravel93% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.6 mi in (~181 min). Leave by 4:36 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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