Windling Stair Knob & Lettered Rock via Steels Creek Trail
14 mi · ▲ 3,093 ft · 6 hr 13 min
Windling Stair Knob & Lettered Rock via Steels Creek Trail is a 14-mile out-and-back near Wisemans View, NC. The route reaches Windling Stair Knob at the turnaround, 7 miles in. It climbs 3,093 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Windling Stair Knob & Lettered Rock via Steels Creek Trail
14 mi · ▲ 3,093 ft · 6 hr 13 min
Elevation 1,979–3,427 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Devil's Hole Trail · 35.92264, -81.88677
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 68° · precip 19% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 1 miBear left onto Lettered Rock, heading E.
- 2.2 miTurn left onto Steels Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Windling Stair Knob, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Lettered Rock, heading SW.
- 2.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 1 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
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