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Bearpen Gap & Yellow Creek Mountain Trail

11.8 mi · ▲ 4,097 ft · 5 hr 59 min

Bearpen Gap & Yellow Creek Mountain Trail is an 11.8-mile out-and-back near Rymers Ferry, NC. The route reaches Bearpen Gap. It climbs 4,097 ft, with sections as steep as 42% grade. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,152 – 3,101 ft · steepest grade: 42%12.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 35.41669, -83.87094
Nearest town Rymers Ferry, NC
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Bearpen Gap & Yellow Creek Mountain Trail

11.8 mi · ▲ 4,097 ft · 5 hr 59 min

Elevation 1,150–3,101 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 35.41669, -83.87094

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:12 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 1.1 miSharp left onto Yellow Creek Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  3. 2.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 1.1 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miPass Bearpen Gap.
  6. 1.3 miReach Bearpen Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.5 miBear right, heading SE.
  8. 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
  9. 1.4 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 1.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  11. 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bearpen-gap-yellow-creek-mountain-trail-out-back-19-km-539c

Trail surface

34% dirt66% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:12 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~59 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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