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Club Gap & Avery Creek is a 6-mile out-and-back near Wolf Ford, NC. The route reaches Club Gap at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 1,384 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,441 – 3,796 ft · steepest grade: 21%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Avery Creek Road 35.31495, -82.74925
Nearest town Wolf Ford, NC

Directions

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Club Gap & Avery Creek

6 mi · ▲ 1,384 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Elevation 2,442–3,796 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Avery Creek Road · 35.31495, -82.74925

Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 86°F / low 68° · precip 20% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Avery Creek, heading N.
  2. 0.8 miTurn right onto Buckhorn Gap, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Avery Creek, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Buckhorn Gap, heading W.
  5. 400 ftBear left onto Avery Creek, heading NW.
  6. 2.2 miReach Club Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 2.2 miBear right onto Buckhorn Gap, heading SE.
  8. 400 ftTurn right onto Avery Creek, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Buckhorn Gap, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Avery Creek, heading SE.
  11. 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

100% dirt

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 86°F68°
Precip20%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity76%
Rained 0.9″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°65° 1 PM: 1% rain2 PM: 4% rain3 PM: 11% rain4 PM: 15% rain5 PM: 20% rain6 PM: 10% rain7 PM: 7% rain8 PM: 6% rain9 PM: 1% rain
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat 90°71° 17%
Sun 87°67° 62%
Mon 72°64° 43%
Tue 78°60°
Wed 85°61°
Thu 89°65°

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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