Graybeard Falls–Pots Cove Gap, 3 saddles
6.4 mi · ▲ 1,496 ft · 2 hr 53 min
Graybeard Falls–Pots Cove Gap, 3 saddles is a 6.4-mile out-and-back near Montreat, NC. The route passes Graybeard Falls and Pots Cove Gap. It climbs 1,496 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Graybeard Falls–Pots Cove Gap, 3 saddles
6.4 mi · ▲ 1,496 ft · 2 hr 53 min
Elevation 3,003–4,523 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Graybeard Trail · 35.65954, -82.29599
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 86°F / low 72° · precip 23% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Graybeard Trail, heading E.
- 2.6 miReach Graybeard Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Old Trestle Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Mitchell Toll Road, heading E.
- 1.5 miPass Pots Cove Gap.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Graybeard Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 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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- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Graybeard Trail Trailhead
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- Long Gap–Graybeard Trail, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,104 ft
- Rocky Head–Long Gap, 3 summits 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,368 ft
- Pots Cove–Pots Cove Gap, 3 saddles 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,519 ft
- Walker's Knob–Walkers Knob, 4 summits 7.3 mi · ▲ 1,809 ft
- Pots Cove Gap–Long Gap, 3 saddles 8.2 mi · ▲ 1,671 ft
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