Chestnut Mountain

Description

Wikipedia

Chestnut Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country and wholly in the Pisgah National Forest. Its elevation reaches 3,314 feet (1,010 m) and it also marks the corner between Avery, Burke, and Caldwell counties. The mountain generates feeder streams for the Catawba River.

Best months

Hiking score 0–100 · 10-yr climate averages

Rows beneath each bar: mean temperature, monthly precipitation. Highest-scoring month in red.

Neighbouring summits

Name	Elevation	Bearing	Distance
Sugar Knob	904 m	↑NW 293°	2.9 km
Woodcock Knob	641 m	↑E 80°	3.5 km
Little Chestnut Mountain	759 m	↑SE 130°	3.6 km
Yellow Buck Mountain	747 m	↑NE 47°	4.2 km
Windling Stair Knob	1,037 m	↑W 266°	4.4 km

Climbing routes

nearest first

Route	Area	Grade	From summit
Route 5	Route 181 Rock face	5a	4.7 km
Route 1	Route 181 Rock face	6b+	4.7 km
Route 3	Route 181 Rock face	6c	4.7 km
Route 2	Route 181 Rock face	6b	4.7 km
Route 4	Route 181 Rock face	5c	4.7 km
Cosmic Charlie	ET Wall	6c	6.1 km
UFO Arete	ET Wall	7c	6.1 km
Don't Panic	ET Wall	5a	6.1 km
The Landing Strip	ET Wall	7a+	6.1 km
Paranoid Android	ET Wall	5b	6.1 km
The Wormhole	ET Wall	6b	6.1 km
Contact	ET Wall	5c	6.1 km
Close Encounters	ET Wall	7b+	6.1 km
Rhime of the Ancient Mariner	Flackamite/Pirate wall, The	6b+	8.4 km
Sunken Treasure	Flackamite/Pirate wall, The	5c	8.4 km
unknown 2	Flackamite/Pirate wall, The	5b	8.4 km
Chinquapin	Flackamite/Pirate wall, The	6c+	8.4 km
Climb and Punishment	Flackamite/Pirate wall, The	6c	8.4 km
Beasly's Route	Flackamite/Pirate wall, The	7a	8.4 km
Original Route	Flackamite/Pirate wall, The	6a	8.4 km
unknown 3	Flackamite/Pirate wall, The	5c	8.4 km
Ptygmatic	Flackamite/Pirate wall, The	6c+	8.4 km
unknown 1	Flackamite/Pirate wall, The	5a	8.4 km
Unknown 12a	Sitting Bear Spire	7a+	8.4 km
Bearly There	Sitting Bear Spire	6c+	8.4 km