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Skyway Motorway & White Gap via Pinhoti Trail

9.9 mi · ▲ 1,654 ft · 4 hr 8 min

Skyway Motorway & White Gap via Pinhoti Trail is a 9.9-mile out-and-back near Roselle, AL. It climbs 1,654 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi692 – 1,434 ft · steepest grade: 19%9.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Skyway Motorway 33.19563, -86.06338
Nearest town Roselle, AL
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Skyway Motorway & White Gap via Pinhoti Trail

9.9 mi · ▲ 1,654 ft · 4 hr 8 min

Elevation 691–1,433 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Skyway Motorway · 33.19563, -86.06338

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

  1. Start on Skyway Motorway, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left onto Pinhoti Trail, heading SW.
  3. 3.4 miSharp right onto White Gap, heading N.
  4. 1.4 miReach Skyway Motorway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.4 miSharp left onto Pinhoti Trail, heading NE.
  6. 3.4 miSharp right onto Skyway Motorway, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 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/skyway-motorway-out-back

Trail surface

3% gravel97% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:24 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:45 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:10 PM.

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