Linville Gorge Trail to Pinch In Trail is a 8.5 mile moderately trafficked out and back trail located near Nebo, North Carolina that features a river and is rated as difficult. The trail is primarily used for hiking, nature trips, and bird watching and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
January 21, 2021If you need some incline and decline work, I recommend this trail. A TON of up and down, and steep. Really challenged me but worth it!
April 18, 2020great day for a small hike, around a half mile in there is a down tree right in the trail along the rest of the trail there is also down trees but not blocking trail completely like the first tree we encountered. all in all, I'd do it again.
March 8, 2020Beautiful hike and the views are worth it. But steep, very very steep. Like others recommend, experienced hikers only. It was very rewarding trail.
February 19, 2020This is a hard one. It will challenge your fitness for sure. Pay attention to the elevation change. That said, it's beautiful. Pinnacle is beautiful (though more new to be done to encourage the leave no trace philosophy). Didn't finish the trail today, we didn't have equipment for overnight and we started too late to finish before dark.
August 31, 2019It looks like a landslide happened about halfway down the trail with quite a few large trees down across the trail. I didn’t go any farther than that point. The views at the beginning are beautiful! After that it’s mostly down a very steep hill down to the landslide and I think some trees got struck by lightning down there too. What’s past that I don’t know as I turned back rather than risk a twisted ankle because I was alone and had to make it back up the hill to my car. Also FYI, the trail is down a hard pack gravel road. It was dry though, so my Civic made it fine and someone else’s Prius as well.
May 25, 2019
First to ReviewSteep hike! Trees down about a little less than a mile from the river trail making the trail impassable. Beautiful views at the beginning of the trail.
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