Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Crib Gap Trail & West Prong Trail via Bote Mountain Trail
15.4 mi · ▲ 2,642 ft · 6 hr 27 min
Crib Gap Trail & West Prong Trail via Bote Mountain Trail is a 15.4-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Tremont, TN. It climbs 2,642 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Crib Gap Trail & West Prong Trail via Bote Mountain Trail
15.4 mi · ▲ 2,642 ft · 6 hr 27 min
Elevation 1,369–2,222 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: West Prong Trail Trailhead · 35.64096, -83.69138
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 94°F / low 78° · precip 5% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on West Prong Trail, heading SE.
- 2.6 miContinue straight onto Bote Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Finley Cane Trail, heading SW.
- 2.5 miContinue straight onto Crib Gap Trail, heading SW.
- 1.7 miSharp left onto Anthony Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miReach West Prong Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Crib Gap Trail, heading E.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Finley Cane Trail, heading E.
- 2.5 miContinue straight onto Bote Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto West Prong Trail, heading NE.
- 2.5 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from West Prong Trail Trailhead Trailhead
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- Bote Mountain Trail & West Prong Trail 7.5 mi · ▲ 1,670 ft
- Sandy Gap–Finley Cane Trail, 4 sights 12.6 mi · ▲ 2,861 ft
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