Big Butt Trail, Yancey County North Carolina Hiking Trails

Big Butt Trail
Pets must be restrained or on a leash at all times while in developed recreation areas. Pisgah National Forest Length: 6.0 miles Rating: Moderate This trail provides views of Mt Mitchell and the surrounding valley. The trail has not been used heavily in quite some time and thus is often hard to follow. The trail is blazed in white. The trail begins ascending gently in a southeasterly direction to the southern end of the Wilson Range and begins to switchback during its elevation gain. Eventually the trail levels out to join an old 4WD road which follows the Buncombe/Yancey County line which is blazed in red. After a couple of miles, the trail narrows. The trail climbs to Flat Springs Knob and then descends to Flat Springs Gap.
The trail never actually touches Big Butt Peak, but does go south to Little Butt Peak. the trail then climbs again to Point Misery Peak where one can see a clear sight of Mt Mitchell and its tower on top. The trail then follows Brush Fence Ridge, enters a Fraser fir stand for the last .5 mile before the Balsam Gap pull off on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Primitive camping is available near Flat Springs Gap and Balsam Gap.
Directions: From Burnsville go east on 19E for .5 mile and turn right on NC 197 at the gas station. Follow this through Pensacola, where the road turns into gravel. The trailhead is on the left at Cane River Gap and is marked by a Forest Service gate. The trail starts just before this gate on the left. No signs mark the trailhead.

Advertise on This Site

Although we at the Mountain Travel Guide have done our best to obtain the most recent and accurate information, The Mountain Travel Guide accepts no responsibility with regards to the accuracy of information in any of the maps or information provided here or the regulations therein. No personal information is collected by the Mountain Travel Guide unless you provide it by filling out one of our advertising forms or link exchange form, see our Privacy Policy. Cookies my be placed by 3rd party companies.

Alabama Mountains	Arkansas Mountains	California Mountains	Colorado Mountains	Connecticut Mountains
Georgia Mountains	Hawaii Mountains	Kentucky Mountains	Maryland Mountains	Massachusetts Mountains
New Hampshire Mountains	New York Mountains	North Carolina Mountains	Pennsylvania Mountains	South Carolina Mountains
Tennessee Mountains	Virginia Mountains	West Virginia Mountains
		What's New

MountainTravelGuide.com provides numerous links to other Websites. These links are for the reader’s convenience and MountainTravelGuide.com does not accept any responsibility for the content of these other sites, nor for the experience that the reader has with these sites.
Mountain Travel Guide
Copyright @ 2000-2014