3 miles
Distance
570 ft
Climb
-1,210 ft
Descent
00:53:00
Avg time
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Paint Creek Details

  • Riding Area
    Mars Hill
    Mars Hill, North Carolina
  • AKA
    Lone Pine Gap
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Global Ranking
    #24495 in Mountain Biking

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More Stats for Paint Creek bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -639 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,568 ft
  • Altitude max
    2,301 ft
  • Altitude start
    2,208 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,568 ft
  • Grade
    -3.533%
  • Grade max
    -59.688%
  • Grade min
    59.658%
  • Distance climb
    1 miles
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    589 ft
  • Avg time
    00:53:00
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Status:
on Aug 28, 2018
Dry
Avg: 4 (1 votes)

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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Double Black Diamond

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  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Camping Camping
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Directions to paint-creek trailhead (35.967230, -82.892290)
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Paint Creek Trail Reports

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Aug 28, 2018 @ 8:24pm
Aug 28, 2018
 Tree down that was difficult to get the bike over. Too many rhododendrons to go around.
Jun 23, 2018 @ 7:00am
Jun 23, 2018
Feb 4, 2018 @ 7:21am
Feb 4, 2018
 Large tree down across trail, blocking trail This is on the very east end on the official trail not the short cut out
Feb 3, 2018 @ 10:28am
Feb 3, 2018
 Big tree with many branches down across trail at northern part of trail
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Apr 2, 2018 @ 10:34am
Apr 2, 2018
Paint Creek, Chapel Hill
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Feb 4, 2018 @ 7:39am
Feb 4, 2018
Paint Creek, Brevard
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Feb 4, 2018 @ 7:38am
Feb 4, 2018
Paint Creek, Brevard
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Feb 4, 2018 @ 7:38am
Feb 4, 2018
Paint Creek, Brevard

1 Review & Comments

  • + 0
flag manglermixer (Feb 4, 2018 at 7:24)
 FYI, the trail does not make that sharp southerly turn on east side. It continues east with more challenging rocky bits. The southerly turn is not blazed and can be easily missed. The legit trail should replace this one. However, that off map trail bit is a lot easier.
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