3 miles
Distance
512 ft
Climb
-1,806 ft
Descent
00:56:34
Avg time
Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Farlow Gap Trail

Farlow Gap Details

  • Riding area
    Brevard
    Brevard, North Carolina
  • Difficulty rating
    Double Black Diamond rate
  • Trail type
    Singletrack
  • Bike type
    DH, AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Physical rating
    Hard
  • Global Ranking
    #972
  • Land Manager
    USFS

Primarily a downhill trail accessed by a very steep gravel climb. Very remote, high risk factor. Large rock gardens and high speeds. Legend!

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Farlow Gap mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -1,293 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,256 ft
  • Altitude max
    4,549 ft
  • Altitude start
    4,549 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,256 ft
  • Grade
    -7.79%
  • Grade max
    -51.224%
  • Grade min
    37.117%
  • Distance climb
    4,174 ft
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    282 ft
  • Avg time
    00:56:34
  • Avg reverse time
    01:06:12
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Status:
on Mar 23, 2018
Dry
Avg: 5 (7 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
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Farlow Gap Trail Reports

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Mar 23, 2018 @ 5:59pm
Mar 23, 2018
Mar 23, 2018 @ 5:59pm
Mar 23, 2018
 Upper looks like it was a running river for a while. Somewhat washed out, big loose rocks. After the river much more rideable.
Feb 20, 2018 @ 9:25am
Feb 20, 2018
 One giant tree down. Some stuff built up on it. Plenty of time to see it, so no real danger. Trail was in great shape, other than some new...
Oct 7, 2017 @ 2:30pm
Oct 7, 2017
 Trees still down, nice and slick. Amazing
Sep 15, 2017 @ 10:37am
Sep 15, 2017
 1 major tree down at beginning of decent. After crossing first creek, 3 trees still down. Upper Farlow is a creek. Running water flowing down rocks.
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Photos

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May 20, 2018 @ 9:30am
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May 20, 2018 @ 9:30am
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Jan 12, 2018 @ 11:05am
Jan 12, 2018
Farlow Gap, Brevard

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2 Reviews & Comments

  • + 1
flag LegitBiker9000 (3 days ago)
 Not really that hard, a lot of fun of roots and rocks. But pretty lame, if I'd say
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  • + 1
flag LegitBiker9000 (3 days ago)
 Just kidding, very fun
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