Brevard & Pisgah Mountain Bike Trail Conditions
Brevard sits at the mouth of Pisgah Ranger District, which is as close to a spiritual home as Southeastern mountain biking has — Black Mountain, Bennett Gap, Farlow, and the long rooty descents off the Blue Ridge escarpment, with DuPont State Forest's granite slabs next door. The tread is rock, root and loam over steep ground, it rains a lot here, and the creek crossings stay high into spring. Technical, committing riding that punishes a wet week.
228 featured mountain bike trailselevation 1,020–6,070 ft
Is it muddy in Brevard & Pisgah right now?
Right now about 26 of 222 featured Brevard & Pisgah trails are riding well. Conditions change daily with rain and snowmelt, so the list below shows the live read for each trail, and the chart shows which day ahead is your best bet.
Brevard & Pisgah conditions at a glancesnapshot · Aug 11
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26 of 222 trails riding well
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Next 10 days
Trails riding well each day · blue dot = rain
25 Today 36 Wed 41 Thu 69 Fri 78 Sat 78 Sun 89 Mon 103 Tue 115 Wed 134 Thu Most trails are wet right now. Conditions improve toward Thursday (134 of 228 riding well), but stay soft early in the week.
Temperature this week
Lower trails 1,063–3,238 ft
63° typical 69°–88°F 101°
High country 3,455–5,705 ft
54° typical 62°–79°F 86°
50° 70° 90° 110°
5-day forecast
Today 🌧️ 93°
Wed 🌧️ 92°
Thu 🌦️ 97°
Fri 🌧️ 97°
Sat 🌧️ 96°
Daytime high across Brevard & Pisgah, rain marked. Real forecast, refreshed every morning (elevation detail above).
Trail soil & drainage
20% 9% 71%
Mostly decomposed granite, which drains fast and firms up quickly after rain.
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Best Brevard & Pisgah mountain bike trails to ride right now
Every featured singletrack trail, sorted by today's real conditions, best first. Refreshed every morning.
High Rocks climb trail · 1.4 mi · 2,352–2,812 ft Hero dirt Hooker Creek - Climbing Trail · 0.2 mi · 2,635–2,720 ft Hero dirt Plantation Trail · 1.1 mi · 2,904–2,966 ft Hero dirt Sassy's Pass · 0.4 mi · 1,273–1,316 ft Hero dirt Coldspring Connector Trail · 0.4 mi · 2,710–2,946 ft Hero dirt trail (cont. unmapped) · 0.1 mi Hero dirt Dark Hollow · 1.1 mi · 2,333–3,074 ft Hero dirt Evergreen · 1.2 mi · 2,352–2,812 ft Hero dirt GNCC · 0.6 mi · 2,306–2,812 ft Hero dirt Hemlock Epoch · 0.6 mi · 2,306–2,812 ft Hero dirt Hickory Mountain Loop · 1.4 mi · 2,746–2,982 ft Hero dirt Tortuga · 0.3 mi · 2,306–2,454 ft Hero dirt Farmhouse Trail · 0.6 mi · 2,589–2,717 ft Hero dirt Frank Coggins Trail · 1.2 mi · 2,825–3,176 ft Hero dirt Octogon · 0.7 mi · 2,221–2,621 ft Hero dirt Rhodo Ruckus · 0.6 mi · 2,454–2,812 ft Hero dirt Silver Steps Trail · 1.1 mi · 2,736–3,031 ft Hero dirt Stampede · 0.6 mi · 2,329–3,038 ft Hero dirt Switchback Trail · 0.7 mi · 2,982–3,061 ft Hero dirt Tumbleweed · 0.8 mi · 2,480–3,048 ft Hero dirt Coontree Loop · 2.7 mi · 2,267–3,274 ft Tacky / good Palmetto Trail · 2.2 mi · 1,266–1,939 ft Dry South Fork Mills River Trail · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Streamside Trail Tacky / good Buckwheat Knob · 1.5 mi · 3,497–3,996 ft Tacky / good Greasy Cove Trail · 3 mi · 3,970–5,732 ft Tacky / good airstrip Soft — ride gently Big Rock Trail · 0.8 mi · 2,736–3,058 ft Soft — ride gently brown knob trail · 1 mi · 2,434–3,412 ft Soft — ride gently Carlton's Way · 0.5 mi · 3,727–4,117 ft Soft — ride gently Cedar Rock Trail · 1.5 mi · 2,644–3,051 ft Soft — ride gently Connector trail · 0.2 mi · 2,300–2,352 ft Soft — ride gently Corn Mill Shoals Trail · 2.7 mi · 2,562–2,805 ft Soft — ride gently Granny Burrell Falls · 0.4 mi · 3,701–3,770 ft Soft — ride gently Green River Trail · 2.4 mi · 2,051–2,602 ft Soft — ride gently Hooker Ridge Road · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently JFA Trail · 5.8 mi · 1,050–1,375 ft Soft — ride gently Long Loop · 0.9 mi · 1,161–1,207 ft Soft — ride gently Longside Trail · 0.8 mi · 2,717–2,838 ft Soft — ride gently North Slope Trail · 3.6 mi · 2,182–2,546 ft Soft — ride gently Old Butt Knob Trail · 3.5 mi · 3,675–5,958 ft Soft — ride gently Old Columbia Highway · 1.2 mi · 1,230–1,706 ft Soft — ride gently Raven Cliff Falls Trail · 1.9 mi · 2,854–3,087 ft Soft — ride gently Reptar · 1.9 mi · 2,530–2,644 ft Soft — ride gently Right Prong Road · 2.1 mi · 3,153–3,980 ft Soft — ride gently Ruffed Grouse Trail · 1 mi · 2,523–2,749 ft Soft — ride gently Sheep Mountain Trail · 1.6 mi · 2,507–2,749 ft Soft — ride gently Shelter Rock Trail · 0.6 mi · 2,579–2,625 ft Soft — ride gently Shoal Creek Trail · 1.1 mi · 2,556–2,694 ft Soft — ride gently Shoals Trail · 0.4 mi · 2,690–2,828 ft Soft — ride gently Tom Miller Trail · 0.3 mi · 3,041–3,100 ft Soft — ride gently Twixt Trail · 0.4 mi · 2,759–2,795 ft Soft — ride gently Two-way Connector trail · 0.2 mi · 2,293–2,352 ft Soft — ride gently 2way access trail · 0.1 mi · 2,316–2,352 ft Soft — ride gently Airstrip Trail · 0.7 mi · 2,582–2,782 ft Soft — ride gently Hooker Creek Trail · 1.4 mi · 2,543–2,730 ft Soft — ride gently Isaac Heath Trail · 0.7 mi · 2,572–2,651 ft Soft — ride gently Jim Branch Trail · 1.2 mi · 2,313–2,615 ft Soft — ride gently Old Ridgetop Trail · 0.1 mi · 2,244–2,283 ft Soft — ride gently Ridgeline Trail · 1.4 mi · 2,323–2,749 ft Soft — ride gently Stone Mountain Trail · 1.1 mi · 3,002–3,599 ft Soft — ride gently Three Lakes Trail · 1.9 mi · 2,530–2,628 ft Soft — ride gently Turkey Knob Trail · 4.3 mi · 2,635–3,025 ft Soft — ride gently Twin Oaks Trail · 0.9 mi · 2,730–2,881 ft Soft — ride gently Cold Mountain Trail · 1.4 mi · 4,997–5,997 ft Soft — ride gently Blackrock Trail · 2 mi · 4,072–4,442 ft Soft — ride gently Sassafras to Ceaser's Head Spur Trail · 4.1 mi · 2,785–3,287 ft Soft — ride gently Cantrell Creek · 2.8 mi · 2,615–3,317 ft Soft — ride gently Sidehill Trail · 0.9 mi · 2,543–2,828 ft Soft — ride gently Spencer Gap · 3.7 mi · 2,457–3,330 ft Soft — ride gently Sam Knob · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Long Loop Connector 2 Soft — ride gently Great Wall Trail · 1.3 mi · 3,701–4,042 ft Soft — ride gently Green River · 1.4 mi · 2,326–3,045 ft Soft — ride gently Cascade Loop · 3.3 mi · 2,628–2,884 ft Soft — ride gently Flat Rock Trail · 0.4 mi · 2,815–2,946 ft Soft — ride gently Hilltop Trail · 0.9 mi · 2,503–2,585 ft Soft — ride gently Holly Road · 1.2 mi · 2,283–2,415 ft Soft — ride gently Ashton's Trail · 0.5 mi · 2,913–3,028 ft Soft — ride gently Pressley Cove · 1.1 mi · 2,326–3,245 ft Soft — ride gently Sycamore Cove · 2.9 mi · 2,146–2,730 ft Soft — ride gently Yuto's Trail · 0.9 mi · 2,746–2,930 ft Soft — ride gently Cove Creek Trail · 2.6 mi · 2,648–3,091 ft Soft — ride gently Twin Falls Trail · 0.6 mi · 2,697–2,802 ft Soft — ride gently Shining Creek Trail · 3.9 mi · 3,379–5,761 ft Soft — ride gently Black Mountain Trail · 8.1 mi · 2,215–4,206 ft Soft — ride gently Daniel Ridge Connector · 0.1 mi · 3,432–3,520 ft Soft — ride gently Riverside · 3.4 mi · 2,283–2,382 ft Soft — ride gently Sheep Rock · 2.5 mi · 2,379–3,547 ft Soft — ride gently Auger Hole Trail · 7 mi · 1,437–2,277 ft Soft — ride gently Old 151 Buck Springs Entrance Drive · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Bark Buster · 1 mi · 2,326–3,048 ft Soft — ride gently Bridal Veil Falls Trail · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Easy A · 0.7 mi · 2,326–3,045 ft Soft — ride gently Kyocera Walking Trail · 0.2 mi Soft — ride gently Laurel Ridge Trail · 1 mi · 2,812–2,881 ft Soft — ride gently Little River Trail · 1.1 mi · 2,641–2,690 ft Soft — ride gently Poplar Hill Trail · 0.7 mi · 2,897–3,012 ft Soft — ride gently Reasonover Creek Trail · 3.5 mi · 2,566–2,943 ft Soft — ride gently Rocky Ridge Trail · 1.6 mi · 2,516–2,992 ft Soft — ride gently Toad's Turnpike · 1.5 mi · 2,513–2,595 ft Soft — ride gently Turkey Knob Road Soft — ride gently Walt's Walk · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Mountain Bike Skills · 0.8 mi · 1,050–1,089 ft Muddy — stay off Palmetto Trail · 1.1 mi · 1,857–2,326 ft Muddy — stay off Beech Bottom Falls Trail · 0.4 mi · 2,073–2,260 ft Muddy — stay off Big East Fork Trail · 3.4 mi · 3,376–3,990 ft Muddy — stay off Bridges Camp Gap Trail · 1.1 mi · 3,990–4,419 ft Muddy — stay off Pinnacle Falls Trail · 0.4 mi · 1,804–2,005 ft Muddy — stay off Bill Kimball Trail · 2.1 mi · 2,011–3,009 ft Muddy — stay off Breedlove Road · 0.3 mi · 3,150–3,199 ft Muddy — stay off FC Falls · 0.6 mi · 2,152–2,520 ft Muddy — stay off Grassy Creek Trail · 1.2 mi · 2,520–2,769 ft Muddy — stay off Micajah Trail · 0.4 mi · 2,841–2,877 ft Muddy — stay off Rim of the Gap Trail · 4.2 mi · 1,368–3,005 ft Muddy — stay off Salamander Spur Trail · 0.4 mi · 2,320–2,392 ft Muddy — stay off North Slope · 0.1 mi · 2,156–2,192 ft Muddy — stay off South Mills River Road · 13.4 mi · 2,444–3,284 ft Muddy — stay off Turkey Pen Gap Trail · 5.3 mi · 2,664–4,111 ft Muddy — stay off Allen · 0.1 mi · 2,549–2,648 ft Muddy — stay off Andy Cove Trail · 0.5 mi · 2,165–2,224 ft Muddy — stay off Avery Creek · 3 mi · 2,448–3,793 ft Muddy — stay off Bennet Gap · 2.9 mi · 2,323–3,563 ft Muddy — stay off Bracken Mountain Trail · 1.6 mi · 2,428–3,025 ft Muddy — stay off Brushy Creek · 1.1 mi · 2,861–3,054 ft Muddy — stay off Brushy Creek Trail · 1.7 mi · 2,566–2,861 ft Muddy — stay off Cat Gap Bypass Trail · 0.7 mi · 3,002–3,114 ft Muddy — stay off Cove Creek - Daniel Connector · 0.3 mi · 2,657–2,867 ft Muddy — stay off Cove Creek Connector · 0.2 mi · 3,100–3,248 ft Muddy — stay off Cove Creek to 225 Connector · 0.1 mi · 3,064–3,163 ft Muddy — stay off Dakota Springs Loop · 0.4 mi · 2,972–3,087 ft Muddy — stay off Daniel Ridge Loop · 4 mi · 2,661–3,409 ft Muddy — stay off High Falls Loop · 1.4 mi · 2,405–2,559 ft Muddy — stay off High Falls Picnic Shelter · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off John Rock Trail · 1.7 mi · 2,605–3,310 ft Muddy — stay off Long Branch Trail · 2.5 mi · 2,657–3,071 ft Muddy — stay off Long Mountain View · 0.1 mi · 2,785–2,923 ft Muddy — stay off Mackey Ridge Trail · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Mine Mountain Trail · 1.7 mi · 2,848–3,058 ft Muddy — stay off Moore Cove Trail · 0.6 mi · 2,451–2,562 ft Muddy — stay off Mullinax Trail · 1.2 mi · 2,507–2,966 ft Muddy — stay off Stony Knob Trail · 1.1 mi · 2,808–3,245 ft Muddy — stay off Wilkie Trail · 3.6 mi · 2,720–3,068 ft Muddy — stay off Flat Laurel Creek Trail · 3.7 mi · 4,997–5,804 ft Muddy — stay off Sam Knob Trail · 1.7 mi · 5,417–6,070 ft Muddy — stay off Slate Rock Creek Trail · 4.5 mi · 2,802–3,822 ft Muddy — stay off Sassafras to Caeser's Head Spur Trail · 1.1 mi · 2,851–3,488 ft Muddy — stay off Buckhorn Gap · 4.6 mi · 2,546–3,550 ft Muddy — stay off Vinyard Gap · 2.2 mi · 2,274–2,966 ft Muddy — stay off Wagon Road Gap · 0.8 mi · 2,533–3,012 ft Muddy — stay off Big Green Trail footpath connector to Mac's Gap Trail · 0.4 mi · 3,665–4,186 ft Muddy — stay off High Bethel Trail · 0.6 mi · 4,154–4,436 ft Muddy — stay off Panthertown Valley Trail · 3.4 mi · 3,648–4,075 ft Muddy — stay off Butter Gap Trail · 2.4 mi · 2,595–3,140 ft Muddy — stay off Cat Gap Loop · 0.9 mi · 2,326–2,464 ft Muddy — stay off Cat Gap Loop Trail · 3.5 mi · 2,343–3,346 ft Muddy — stay off Davidson River Trail · 1.3 mi · 2,379–2,562 ft Muddy — stay off New Butter Gap Trail · 1.8 mi · 2,986–3,399 ft Muddy — stay off North Slope Connector Trail · 0.9 mi · 2,539–3,091 ft Muddy — stay off Alt Explorer · 0.1 mi · 2,339–2,395 ft Muddy — stay off Club Gap · 0.7 mi · 3,399–3,793 ft Muddy — stay off Lower Sidehill Connector · 0.4 mi · 2,267–2,333 ft Muddy — stay off parkway crescent connector · 0.4 mi · 2,510–2,700 ft Muddy — stay off Pine Tree Connector · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Bear Branch · 1.6 mi · 2,428–2,805 ft Muddy — stay off Brushy Ridge Trail · 1.4 mi · 2,782–3,704 ft Muddy — stay off coffee pot · 1.4 mi · 2,746–3,356 ft Muddy — stay off Farlow Gap Trail · 3.1 mi · 3,274–4,551 ft Muddy — stay off Greens Lick Trail · 2 mi · 2,543–3,323 ft Muddy — stay off Hardtimes Connector · 0.8 mi · 2,133–2,241 ft Muddy — stay off Mac's Gap Trail · 3.3 mi · 3,661–4,022 ft Muddy — stay off microchip ii · 0.3 mi · 2,648–2,726 ft Muddy — stay off Return Trail · 0.6 mi · 3,251–3,599 ft Muddy — stay off Shelton Trail · 2 mi · 3,576–4,406 ft Muddy — stay off Spencer Branch Upper · 1.1 mi · 2,762–3,330 ft Muddy — stay off Summey Cove Trail · 2.2 mi · 3,268–3,698 ft Muddy — stay off Toxaway River Trail · 1.6 mi · 3,064–3,494 ft Muddy — stay off Trail · 1.1 mi · 3,606–4,216 ft Muddy — stay off Pilot Cove Loop · 2.1 mi · 3,153–3,957 ft Muddy — stay off Slate Rock Connector · 0.5 mi · 3,589–4,078 ft Muddy — stay off Trail Muddy — stay off Round Mountain Gap Trail · 1.2 mi · 2,700–3,163 ft Muddy — stay off 151 dh · 1.2 mi · 3,445–4,501 ft Muddy — stay off Big Creek · 4.6 mi · 2,464–4,780 ft Muddy — stay off Boyd Branch Trail · 0.6 mi · 2,260–2,365 ft Muddy — stay off Bradley Creek Trail · 5 mi · 2,339–2,743 ft Muddy — stay off Chestnut Cove · 0.6 mi · 2,589–2,982 ft Muddy — stay off Deep Gap Trail · 1.2 mi · 3,727–3,845 ft Muddy — stay off Deerfield Connector · 0.2 mi · 2,234–2,365 ft Muddy — stay off Deerfield Loop · 0.8 mi · 2,156–2,359 ft Muddy — stay off Devil's Elbow Trail · 1.6 mi · 3,468–3,760 ft Muddy — stay off Double Head Trail (county line) · 0.9 mi · 3,087–3,694 ft Muddy — stay off Explorer Loop · 2.8 mi · 2,215–2,572 ft Muddy — stay off Explorer Loop Connector · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off ferngully · 0.4 mi · 2,129–2,372 ft Muddy — stay off Fletcher Creek Trail · 2.2 mi · 2,428–2,831 ft Muddy — stay off Gauging Station Trail · 0.9 mi Muddy — stay off Hogback Mountain Path · 2.7 mi · 3,999–4,304 ft Muddy — stay off Homestead Trail · 0.4 mi · 2,123–2,175 ft Muddy — stay off Horse Cove Gap · 1.3 mi · 2,858–3,776 ft Muddy — stay off Laurel Creek · 1.5 mi · 2,438–3,051 ft Muddy — stay off Laurel Mountain · 6.2 mi · 3,156–4,692 ft Muddy — stay off Laurel Mountain Connecter · 0.2 mi · 4,692–4,849 ft Muddy — stay off Little Bald Mountain Trail · 0.6 mi · 4,715–5,253 ft Muddy — stay off Little Hickory Top · 2.4 mi · 2,349–2,959 ft Muddy — stay off Little Sam Trail · 1.2 mi · 5,522–5,735 ft Muddy — stay off long branch · 0.5 mi · 2,280–2,657 ft Muddy — stay off Lower Sidehill Trail · 2.4 mi · 2,198–2,684 ft Muddy — stay off microchip i · 0.6 mi · 2,451–2,930 ft Muddy — stay off Middle Fork · 1.2 mi · 2,602–2,828 ft Muddy — stay off North Mills River Trail · 2.2 mi · 2,238–2,395 ft Muddy — stay off Pilot Rock Trail · 3.2 mi · 3,317–5,233 ft Muddy — stay off pine mountain trail · 1 mi · 3,261–3,704 ft Muddy — stay off Pine Tree Loop · 1.7 mi · 2,156–2,408 ft Muddy — stay off Pounding Mill · 1.4 mi · 2,477–3,136 ft Muddy — stay off Sleepy Gap Trail · 0.2 mi · 2,365–2,543 ft Muddy — stay off Small Creek Trail · 0.2 mi · 2,169–2,260 ft Muddy — stay off Squirrel Gap · 7.5 mi · 2,559–3,507 ft Muddy — stay off Stickman · 1.7 mi · 2,411–2,854 ft Muddy — stay off Three Humps · 1.9 mi · 3,494–3,786 ft Muddy — stay off Trace Ridge · 4.4 mi · 2,257–3,596 ft Muddy — stay off Wash Creek · 0.7 mi · 2,398–2,451 ft Muddy — stay off Brevard & Pisgah mountain biking FAQ What are the best mountain bike trails to ride near Brevard & Pisgah right now? Today the trails riding best near Brevard & Pisgah are High Rocks climb trail, Hooker Creek - Climbing Trail and Plantation Trail. The full list below is sorted by today's real conditions, best first, and refreshes every morning, so the top of the list is always your best bet right now. See live conditions →
When will the mountain bike trails in Brevard & Pisgah dry out? It depends on recent rain and each trail's soil. The 10-day outlook on this page shows how many Brevard & Pisgah trails are expected to be riding well each day, with rain markers, so you can pick the right day instead of guessing. See the 10-day outlook →
Is it too muddy to ride in Brevard & Pisgah after rain? Right now 196 of 222 featured Brevard & Pisgah trails are reading soft or too muddy to ride. Brevard & Pisgah is mostly loam soil, which drains at a moderate pace, so after a storm some trails firm up within a day while others stay greasy. Riding wet, soft dirt damages trails and leaves ruts, so check the live mud reading on each trail before you head out. Check the live mud reading →
How many mountain bike trails are in Brevard & Pisgah? Brevard & Pisgah has 228 featured mountain bike trails tracked here for conditions, with more searchable on the live map.
How high are the Brevard & Pisgah trails? Brevard & Pisgah trails run from about 1,020–6,070 ft. Higher trails hold snow later into spring and dry out later than the lower ones, so conditions can vary a lot across the same area on the same day.
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