Turkey Pen Gap Trail
Turkey Pen Gap Trail is a short, very steep climb in North Carolina. At 3.6 TEP it sits in the easier half of the catalogue. Its steepest 500 metres run at 27.8% and start 479 m in, in the middle of the climb, so pace the first part. Most runners need 12 to 20 minutes. Mostly on trail. Northeast-facing: morning sun, then shade for the rest of the day. The nearest named summit, Sharpy Mountain at 1,013 m, is 439 m away.
- TEP
- 3.6
- Climb
- +186 m
- Distance
- 1.0 km
- Average grade
- 18.2%
- Time
- 12 to 20 min
Climbs nearby
- Vineyard Gap, 1.4 km at 14.6% (3 km away)
- Horse Cove Gap, 3.5 km at 9.3% (3.2 km away)
- Turkey Pen Gap, 2.3 km at 11.4% (4.3 km away)
- Bennett Gap, 2.9 km at 11.6% (7.5 km away)
- Black Mountain, 3.9 km at 9.7% (7.6 km away)
- Pressley Cove, 1.8 km at 15.4% (7.6 km away)
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