Steepness Peak List
Tom Layton has completed 16 NC Top 100 Average Steepness Peaks
| Angle Rank |
Name |
Avg. Steepness |
Avg. Drop |
Elevation |
Prominence |
State |
Counties |
Quadrangle |
| 1 | Whiteside Mountain | 47.28° | 355' | 4,900' | 720' | NC | Jackson | Highlands |
| 2 | Table Rock Mountain | 43.40° | 310' | 3,940' | 1,040' | NC | Burke | Linville Falls |
| 4 | Tryon Peak | 37.74° | 254' | 3,300' | 1,470' | NC | Polk | Mill Spring |
| 12 | Pinnacle, The | 32.21° | 207' | 1,690' | 760' | NC | Gaston | Kings Mountain |
| 22 | Peak, The | 30.23° | 191' | 5,195' | 895' | NC | Ashe | Baldwin Gap |
| 31 | Hanging Rock | 29.16° | 183' | 5,220' | 1,120' | NC | Avery & Watauga | Valle Crucis |
| 34 | Balsam Cone | 28.61° | 179' | 6,620' | 400' | NC | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 37 | Crabtree Bald | 28.58° | 179' | 5,340' | 2,720' | NC | Haywood | Fines Creek |
| 45 | Lane Pinnacle | 28.27° | 176' | 5,230' | 610' | NC | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
| 65 | Wesser Bald | 27.14° | 168' | 4,627' | 767' | NC | Macon | Wesser |
| 71 | Craggy Dome | 27.05° | 168' | 6,100' | 1,040' | NC | Buncombe | Montreat |
| 72 | Bunches Bald | 27.01° | 167' | 5,500' | 1,004' | NC | Jackson & Swain | Bunches Bald |
| 83 | Moores Knob | 26.53° | 164' | 2,579' | 1,449' | NC | Stokes | Hanging Rock |
| 85 | Rockyface Mountain | 26.52° | 164' | 4,620' | 520' | NC | Buncombe & Haywood | Canton |
| 97 | 3740 | 26.08° | 161' | 3,740' | 360' | NC | McDowell & Yancey | Celo |
| 99 | Doubletop Mountain | 26.03° | 160' | 5,481' | 941' | NC | Jackson | Hazelwood |
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