Camp Alice Trail via Buncombe Horse Range Trail is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Mitchell State Park near Eskota, NC. It climbs 1,237 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,387 – 6,611 ft · steepest grade: 24%8.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mount Mitchell Summit Trail 35.76641, -82.26526
Nearest town Eskota, NC
Directions
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Camp Alice Trail via Buncombe Horse Range Trail
8.3 mi · ▲ 1,237 ft · 3 hr 23 min
Elevation 5,386–6,611 ft
Out & Back · Mount Mitchell State Park
Trailhead: Mount Mitchell Summit Trail · 35.76641, -82.26526
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 70°F / low 58° · precip 19% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mount Mitchell Summit Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Old Mitchell Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Camp Alice Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Commissary Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Buncombe Horse Range Trail, heading E.
- 3.2 miReach Camp Alice Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.2 miSharp left onto Commissary Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Camp Alice Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Old Mitchell Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Mount Mitchell Summit Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
22% dirt1% paved77% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 70°F58°
Precip19%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity81%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
70°55°
Sunrise 7:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sat
72°60°
19%
Sun
73°54°
62%
Mon
59°51°
53%
Tue
63°45°
Wed
69°48°
Thu
71°53°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:34 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:54 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:20 PM.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Mount Mitchell Summit Trail Trailhead
- Commissary Hill–Balsam Nature Trail, 3 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 887 ft
- Camp Alice Trail–Commissary Trail, 3 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 1,109 ft
- Maple Camp Bald–Picnic, 3 summits 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,734 ft
- Commissary Hill–Balsam Nature Trail, 3 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 3,609 ft
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