Lover's Leap–Pump Gap, 3 saddles is an 8.4-mile out-and-back near Runion, NC. The route passes Pump Gap and Lover's Leap. It climbs 2,066 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,322 – 2,667 ft · steepest grade: 28%8.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.90185, -82.79257
Nearest town Runion, NC
Directions
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Lover's Leap–Pump Gap, 3 saddles
8.4 mi · ▲ 2,066 ft · 3 hr 50 min
Elevation 1,322–2,666 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 35.90185, -82.79257
Weather Sep 5: Mostly clear, high 89°F / low 70° · precip 24% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pump Gap Loop, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miPass Pump Gap.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pump Gap Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 1.9 miPass Lover's Leap.
- 0.8 miReach Lover's Leap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.6 miTurn right onto Pump Gap Loop, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Pump Gap Loop, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
84% dirt16% unspecified
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 89°F70°
Precip24%Wind2 mphUV7Humidity76%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°70°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sun
83°68°
34%
Mon
77°62°
21%
Tue
82°57°
Wed
83°57°
Thu
85°61°
22%
Fri
77°63°
34%
More from this trailhead
- Appalachian Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 523 ft
- Mill Ridge Trail Loop 2.7 mi · ▲ 398 ft
- Mill Ridge Trail Loop 2.7 mi · ▲ 403 ft
- Appalachian Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 476 ft
- Pump Gap & Pump Gap Loop via Appalachian Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 967 ft
- Mill Ridge Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 680 ft
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