Buncombe Horse Range Trail
Buncombe Horse Range Trail is a power-hike climb in North Carolina. The nearest named summit, Mount Mitchell at 2,038 m, is 790 m away. Its 3.5 TEP puts it in the easier half of the catalogue. Expect 21 to 35 minutes. Its steepest 500 metres run at 22.7% and start 1.7 km in, so the worst of it lands when you are already committed. Graded demanding mountain hiking, meaning footing matters more than fitness in places. It faces south: warm in summer, and often clear of snow when the slopes around it are not.
- TEP
- 3.5
- Climb
- +307 m
- Distance
- 2.3 km
- Average grade
- 13.2%
- Time
- 21 to 35 min
Climbs nearby
- Big Tom Gap, 586 m at 27.8% (3.3 km away)
- Black Mountain Crest, 847 m at 15.8%, North Carolina (3.3 km away)
- Buncombe Horse, 8.5 km at 7.3% (4 km away)
- Mst - Appalachian Rd, 8.7 km at 12.7% (4.1 km away)
- Green Knob, 1.9 km at 14.4% (4.4 km away)
- Green Knob, 1.8 km at 20.1%, North Carolina (4.5 km away)
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