Black Mountain Crest
This short, very steep climb rises in North Carolina. Expect 15 to 25 minutes. The hardest 500 metres average 21.6% and start 846 m in, so the worst of it lands when you are already committed. North-facing, so it holds shade and snow longer than the sunny side of the valley. The nearest named summit, Potato Hill at 1,942 m, is 629 m away. At 4.4 TEP it sits around the middle of the catalogue. It is graded demanding mountain hiking: expect sections where you watch every step.
- TEP
- 4.4
- Climb
- +228 m
- Distance
- 1.3 km
- Average grade
- 18.2%
- Time
- 15 to 25 min
Climbs nearby
- Black Mountain Crest, 869 m at 17.4% (same start)
- Black Mountain Crest, 847 m at 15.8%, North Carolina (3.1 km away)
- Big Tom Gap, 586 m at 27.8% (3.2 km away)
- Buncombe Horse, 8.8 km at 9.8%, North Carolina (3.5 km away)
- Woody Ridge, 3.8 km at 23.8% (4.3 km away)
- Colbert Ridge, 6.0 km at 15.2% (4.3 km away)
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