Boggs Bunion–Shelter View, 7 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near Montreat, NC. The route passes Rainbow Gap, Shelter View and Buck Gap before reaching Boggs Bunion at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 1,464 ft, with sections as steep as 42% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi2,500 – 3,730 ft · steepest grade: 42%5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rainbow Mountain Trail 35.63870, -82.31097
Nearest town Montreat, NC
Directions
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Boggs Bunion–Shelter View, 7 sights
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,464 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Elevation 2,499–3,731 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rainbow Mountain Trail · 35.63870, -82.31097
Weather Sep 5: Partly cloudy, high 89°F / low 66° · precip 25% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rainbow Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Rainbow Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Mitchell Toll Road, heading E.
- 100 ftPass Rainbow Gap.
- 50 ftBear right onto Old Trestle Road, heading NE.
- 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.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Buck Gap Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Shelter View.
- 500 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 E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Adventure Trail, heading SE.
- 50 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 S.
- 450 ftBear left onto Old Mitchell Toll Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Buck Gap Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Old Trestle Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 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 SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Old Mitchell Toll Road, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Rainbow Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Rainbow Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 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
90% dirt10% unspecified
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 89°F66°
Precip25%Wind1 mphUV7Humidity69%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°65°
Sunrise 7:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sat
92°69°
Sun
88°67°
66%
Mon
73°65°
47%
Tue
76°59°
Wed
85°62°
Thu
86°67°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~71 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Rainbow Mountain Trail Trailhead
- Rainbow Gap–Lookout Trail, 4 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 1,277 ft
- Copperhead Mountain–Lookout Mountain, 4 summits 3.5 mi · ▲ 1,726 ft
- Rattlesnake Mountain–Lookout Mountain, 4 summits 3.7 mi · ▲ 1,819 ft
- Lookout Mountain–Shelter View, 9 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 2,452 ft
- Rocky Head–Shelter View, 10 saddles 10.7 mi · ▲ 3,549 ft
- Graybeard Falls–Rocky Head, 10 saddles 10.9 mi · ▲ 3,029 ft
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