Boggs Bunion–Shelter View, 6 saddles is a 5.5-mile out-and-back near Montreat, NC. The route passes Rainbow Gap, Shelter View and Buck Gap before reaching Boggs Bunion at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 934 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Boggs Bunion–Shelter View, 6 saddles
5.5 mi · ▲ 934 ft · 2 hr 18 min
Elevation 2,810–3,731 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Old Mitchell Toll Road · 35.62976, -82.29759
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 88°F / low 66° · precip 25% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start on Old Mitchell Toll Road, heading NE.
- 1.5 miBear right onto Old Trestle Road, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Rainbow Gap.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mitchell Toll Road, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Lookout Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Old Trestle Road, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Buck Gap Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Shelter View.
- 450 ftPass Buck Gap.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Old Mitchell Toll Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto East Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Old Mitchell Toll Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Adventure Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftReach Boggs Bunion, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Old Mitchell Toll Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto East Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Old Mitchell Toll Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Buck Gap Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Old Trestle Road, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Lookout Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Old Mitchell Toll Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Trestle Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Old Mitchell Toll Road, heading NW.
- 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~69 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
More from Old Mitchell Toll Road Trailhead
- Old Mitchell Toll Road 3.6 mi · ▲ 494 ft
- Rainbow Gap & Lookout Trail via Old Mitchell Toll Road 3.9 mi · ▲ 839 ft
- Shelter View–Rainbow Gap, 3 saddles 4.7 mi · ▲ 707 ft
- Rainbow Mountain Trail via Old Mitchell Toll Road 5 mi · ▲ 1,331 ft
- Rocky Head–Rocky Knob, 11 saddles 15.4 mi · ▲ 3,468 ft
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