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3 miles
Distance
319 ft
Climb
-1,002 ft
Descent
00:21:21
Avg time
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Butter Gap Details

  • Riding area
    Brevard
    Brevard, North Carolina
  • Difficulty rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail type
    Singletrack
  • Bike type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Global Ranking
    #1214

Seasonal Use Only. Beautiful scenery, fun trail. Starts in Picklesimer Fields...flat, grassy area with crystal clean streamside riding, then a fast, gradual climb, and then a stiff, technical climb up to Butter Gap. Also makes a great downhill from the gap. Passes a waterfall. Part of Picklesimer Fields Best Ride.

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More Stats for Butter Gap mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -683 ft
  • Altitude min
    2,593 ft
  • Altitude max
    3,276 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,276 ft
  • Altitude end
    2,593 ft
  • Grade
    -4.833%
  • Grade max
    -52.663%
  • Grade min
    20.9%
  • Distance climb
    4,493 ft
  • Distance down
    1 miles
  • Distance flat
    1,759 ft
  • Avg time
    00:21:21
  • Avg reverse time
    00:04:44
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Status:
on Sep 4, 2018
Variable
Avg: 5 (6 votes)

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Trail Style
  • ?
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Directions to butter-gap trailhead (35.253689, -82.811894)
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Butter Gap Trail Reports

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Sep 4, 2018 @ 3:16pm
Sep 4, 2018
 Tree trunk still down block top 1st part of Butter before dropping past the art loeb trail
Sep 1, 2018 @ 6:10am
Sep 1, 2018
 Tree down at the start, after you peak on the climb at the intersection of Art Loeb.
Apr 18, 2018 @ 1:20pm
Apr 18, 2018
Apr 14, 2018 @ 8:58am
Apr 14, 2018
 Was great on Saturday, lotta rain Sunday, so it should be extra buttery.
Apr 14, 2018 @ 7:03am
Apr 14, 2018
 It's butter gap, there is always going to be a little mud. There is a tree down still about halfway down the trail, but it's possible to roll over it.
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Sep 4, 2018 @ 3:16pm
Sep 4, 2018
Butter Gap, Hendersonville
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Mar 16, 2018 @ 10:10am
Mar 16, 2018
Butter Gap, Fayetteville
262 |
Apr 17, 2010 @ 4:34pm
Apr 17, 2010
| 1 comments Butter Gap, Asheville

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3 Reviews & Comments

  • + 1
flag Bennnnnn (Sep 11, 2017 at 8:26)
 Fun trail with many roots. They aren't huge but pretty rough on the downhill (on a low travel hardtail) at high speeds
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  • + 1
flag johnkk (Jun 4, 2018 at 17:25)
 Butter Gap is actually open to bikes year round, incorrect to call it a seasonal trail. Cat Gap is seasonal.
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  • + 1
flag shinook (Aug 30, 2018 at 12:50)
 I do not know why someone downvoted you, I submitted an edit saying the same thing. The section from Long Branch to Cat Gap is seasonal, however the rest is not:

www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/nfsnc/recreation/recarea/?recid=48318&actid=50

"The portion of the trail between Cat Gap Loop (#120) and Long Branch Trail (#116) is open to mountain bikes seasonally, from October 15 through April 15 only. This is to minimize safety concerns on a heavily used trail."

Hopefully the edit will be approved shortly.
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