Name: Clawhammer Road
Rating: 3.1

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Clawhammer Road is one of the necessary evils in Pisgah. It's a long gravel/doubletrack that climbs over 1,300 ft. Usually, Clawhammer is used as an uphill connector to access South Mills, Black Mountain or Avery Creek.

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Local Club: Pisgah Area SORBA

Land Manager: USFS - Pisgah National Forest, Pisgah Ranger District

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3.1 from 13 votes

#9

in Avery Creek

#23173

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3.1 from 13 votes

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Jul 22, 2022

Jeff Miceli

6mi

Mar 6, 2022

Dan Podratsky

Oct 21, 2021

Avery Bowman

Was w a we/4/a33

Apr 5, 2021

Nick Gonz

Feb 4, 2021

Christopher Suttell

Oct 17, 2020

Mitch Tucker

Nothing special just a fire road climb to the fun! 4mi

Sep 21, 2019

Mitch Tucker

Jul 7, 2019

Greg Tempel

great gravel climb with some beautiful woods 4.3mi — 0h 48m

May 25, 2019

Lost Justpastnowhere

May 10, 2019

owen teetor

vbvvf ffd myself NB

Feb 1, 2018

Forrest Cory

Good to go

Jan 17, 2018

Dick Nobbs

Nov 12, 2017

Connor Woodruff

Sep 16, 2017

Clif Jones

Sep 3, 2016

Ben Calvert

Jul 30, 2014

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Clawhammer Road

“Long climb to get to the great parts of Pisgah. ”

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3,531' 1,076 m

2,359' 719 m

1,238' 377 m

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