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Windy Gap Trail #400

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  2. NC
  3. …West and Mountains
  4. Tapoco
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“Another way to access the Slickrock Wilderness, this trail follows a mountain lead down to its terminus at Windy Gap. ”

Shaun Blom
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1.5

Miles

2.5

KM

Point to Point

3,113' 949 m

High

2,512' 766 m

Low

30' 9 m

Up

631' 192 m

Down

8%

Avg Grade (5°)

36%

Max Grade (20°)

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Features Commonly Backpacked · Fall Colors · Views · Wildflowers

Need to Know

Thanks to the crew at Southeastern Conservation Corps for the freshly manicured trail in a normally overgrown trail system!

Description

This trail starts at Big Fat Gap where Slickrock Road now ends. Following the old roadbed for 0.7 miles it is an easy hike through second growth forest, before turning more narrow and steeply downhill to end at its junction with Nichols Cove Trail #44, an interior trail that both begins and ends on Slickrock Creek Trail #42.

Flora & Fauna

Hemlock, Laurel, Rhododendron

Contacts

Land Manager: USFS - Nantahala National Forest Office

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Shaun Blom
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in Tapoco

#28841

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#9

in Tapoco

#1,200

in North Carolina

#28,841

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Windy Gap Trailhead
Jul 28, 2018 near Robbins…, NC

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May 22, 2021
Shaun Blom
May 31, 2020
Shaun Blom
Sep 11, 2018
Jon Slocum
Big Fat Gap to Slick Rock Creek to Nichols Cove to Windy Gap loop. 4.8mi
Jul 25, 2018
Shaun Blom

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