Great Rides - Bearwallow Mountain Ride - Asheville, NC

Cycling Route

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58.25 mi

6,565 ft

No matter where you are, there's an epic ride just around the corner. Up next in our #GreatRides series: the Bearwallow Mountain ride of Asheville, NC!

This multi-surface teardrop ride has a little bit of everything, including: a jaunt on the iconic Blue Ridge Parkway, a stop at local favorite Hickory Nut Gap, and a climb up Bearwallow Mountain. The 2-mile climb features an average grade of 8.3% (with spikes up to 17%!) and an elevation gain of 964 ft. Reward yourself with a rolling 6-mile descent and some local craft beer at your stopping point: Highland Brewing.

This #cycling route was submitted by Richard Verney. If you have a favorite ride that you’d like us to consider for a future video, please email its Strava link and a brief description of what makes it a Great Ride to hylandspowered@hylands.com.
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Hylands Powered

November 19, 2020·Public

Route and Elevation

Segments

Name	Distance	Elev. Diff.	Avg. Grade
Beer Run	0.17 mi	-82 ft	-9.0%
BRP from River to Visitors Center	0.63 mi	151 ft	4.5%
Avondale smasher	0.68 mi	141 ft	3.9%
Heartbreak Hill	0.16 mi	102 ft	11.6%
Mountain Breeze Trail Climb	1.08 mi	564 ft	9.8%
East West Bob Barnwell Climb	0.42 mi	148 ft	6.6%
Bob Barnwell Gravel Descent	0.82 mi	-203 ft	-4.4%
Fletcher-Roubaix Eastbound	0.58 mi	16 ft	0.2%
Upper Brush Creek South Jam	0.76 mi	105 ft	2.5%
Garren Creek Bottom	0.85 mi	200 ft	4.4%
Meadow Lane Climb	0.63 mi	364 ft	10.8%
BRS Hickory Nut Repeats	2.20 mi	545 ft	4.7%
Bottom to Top via Bearwallow	5.34 mi	1,316 ft	4.7%
7 Switchbacks	1.03 mi	335 ft	6.1%
Bearwallow Mountain Rd Climb	2.10 mi	925 ft	8.3%
Bearwallow Mountain Road Short	1.02 mi	554 ft	10.2%
Bearwallow Gravel First Rise	1.23 mi	686 ft	10.5%
Grand Descent!	1.91 mi	-499 ft	-4.9%
Bear Wallow DH (Steep Side)	3.12 mi	-869 ft	-5.3%
Bear Wallow DH	2.50 mi	-889 ft	-6.7%
The Full Youngs Gap Climb	1.81 mi	371 ft	3.8%
Young's Gap - dirt	0.95 mi	292 ft	5.8%
Burney Mtn. DH	0.44 mi	-299 ft	-12.6%
Gravely Branch Rd North	1.15 mi	62 ft	0.4%
Emmas short climb from Gravely	0.24 mi	59 ft	4.4%
Barnwell Gap Climb	1.17 mi	177 ft	2.5%
Bob Barnwell Dirt - Westbound Climb	0.87 mi	187 ft	3.8%
Merrills Cove Climb Bob Barnwell to Rose Hill	1.63 mi	420 ft	4.9%
Rose Hill Rd dh	1.07 mi	-515 ft	-9.1%
Tunnel rd to Azalea dog park	1.22 mi	-49 ft	-0.3%