Albert Mountain Bypass

North Carolina

North Carolina

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0.3 mi

Distance

245 ft

Gain

10 min

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside National Forests in North Carolina

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
0.3 mi
Elevation gain
245 ft
Elevation loss
245 ft
Highest point
5,087 ft
Lowest point
5,009 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Albert Mountain Bypass is a short out-and-back trail in North Carolina covering 0.6 miles with 245 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 5,087 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
5,024 ft
High point
5,087 ft
Total climbing
245 ft
Total descent
245 ft
Steepest stretch
7% grade right from the start
Length (round trip)
0.6 mi
Shape
Out and back

It rolls up and down the whole way rather than holding one long climb.

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Nantahala Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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