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Blood Mountain Wilderness

Outlook Viewpoint–Bear Hair Gap Trail, 3 sights

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,081 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Outlook Viewpoint–Bear Hair Gap Trail, 3 sights is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Blood Mountain Wilderness near Choestoe, GA. The route reaches Outlook Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 1,081 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,352 – 3,183 ft · steepest grade: 28%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.76045, -83.92791
Nearest town Choestoe, GA
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Outlook Viewpoint–Bear Hair Gap Trail, 3 sights

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,081 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Elevation 2,351–3,183 ft

Out & Back · Blood Mountain Wilderness

Trailhead: 34.76045, -83.92791

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left onto Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.6 miSharp right onto Bear Hair Gap Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.7 miBear right onto Outlook Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miReach Outlook Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right onto Bear Hair Gap Trail, heading W.
  7. 1 miContinue straight onto Bear Hair Gap Trail / Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading E.
  8. 400 ftBear right onto Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.7 miSharp left, heading W.
  10. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/outlook-viewpoint-bear-hair-gap-trail-out-back-3-sights

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM

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