Steepness Peak List
wayfarer has completed 31 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 |
| 3 | Pilot Mountain | 37.84° | 255' | 2,421' | 1,291' | NC | Surry | Pinnacle |
| 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 |
| 14 | Pinnacle, The | 31.68° | 202' | 4,010' | 390' | NC | Buncombe | Enka |
| 19 | Chimneytop Mountain | 30.43° | 193' | 4,618' | 1,118' | NC | Jackson | Cashiers |
| 20 | Pilot Mountain | 30.32° | 192' | 5,100' | 560' | NC | Transylvania | Shining Rock |
| 21 | High Top | 30.27° | 191' | 5,263' | 403' | NC | Haywood | Waynesville |
| 22 | Peak, The | 30.23° | 191' | 5,195' | 895' | NC | Ashe | Baldwin Gap |
| 28 | Shuckstack | 29.26° | 184' | 4,020' | 360' | NC | Swain | Fontana Dam |
| 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 |
| 40 | Rattlesnake Knob | 28.48° | 178' | 4,500' | 440' | NC | Macon | Rainbow Springs |
| 41 | Ferguson Mountain | 28.45° | 178' | 4,260' | 640' | NC | Haywood | Fines Creek |
| 44 | 4995 | 28.38° | 177' | 4,995' | 335' | NC | Swain | Smokemont |
| 45 | Lane Pinnacle | 28.27° | 176' | 5,230' | 610' | NC | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
| 48 | 4140 | 28.15° | 176' | 4,140' | 320' | NC | Buncombe | Dunsmore Mountain |
| 51 | Big Knob | 27.89° | 174' | 4,460' | 320' | NC | Graham | Santeetlah Creek |
| 52 | Pickens Nose | 27.87° | 173' | 4,940' | 480' | NC | Macon | Prentiss |
| 55 | Buck Cove Mountain | 27.71° | 172' | 4,460' | 600' | NC | Haywood | Canton |
| 64 | Boteler Peak | 27.17° | 168' | 5,010' | 1,350' | NC | Clay | Shooting Creek |
| 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 |
| 90 | Potato Hill | 26.26° | 162' | 3,306' | 1,326' | NC | Swain | Noland Creek |
| 97 | 3740 | 26.08° | 161' | 3,740' | 360' | NC | McDowell & Yancey | Celo |
| 98 | Fox Knob | 26.04° | 160' | 3,980' | 360' | NC | Jackson | Big Ridge |
| 99 | Doubletop Mountain | 26.03° | 160' | 5,481' | 941' | NC | Jackson | Hazelwood |
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