Winding Stair Gap by motorcycle
Winding Stair Gap tops out at 3,694 ft (1,126 m) in North Carolina. It is the 8th highest of the 14 passes in North Carolina on the Motoseyir map. Below: the road surface, when it is usually closed, the passes around it and a loop you can ride over it.

At a glance
- Elevation
- 3,694 ft (1,126 m)
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Road surface
- Paved
- Winter
- No seasonal closure is recorded for this road in our data. High roads can still close after snow, so check before you go.
- Coordinates
- 35.1199, -83.5483
- Sources
- OpenStreetMap
Elevation is the figure on the pass’s OpenStreetMap entry or its source page; the point is the summit on the road itself.
Ride a loop over Winding Stair Gap
The web route planner opens with Winding Stair Gap as the start point. Choose a direction, how long you want to ride and how twisty the roads should be, and it draws up to three round trips that come back to the pass. Send the one you like to your phone with a QR code and ride it in Motoseyir.
Passes near Winding Stair Gap
- Stecoah Gap 19 mi NW · 3,166 ft
- Cowee Gap 23 mi E · 4,199 ft
- Tesnatee Gap 32 mi SW · 3,143 ft
- Deals Gap 32 mi NW · 1,988 ft
- Neels Gap 34 mi SW · 3,120 ft
- Soco Gap 34 mi NE · 4,341 ft
Winding Stair Gap in the Motoseyir app
Winding Stair Gap is on Motoseyir’s pass map with its altitude and exact location, along with 1,600+ passes in 36 countries. Add it to your tour and go.
If your route crosses a pass that may be closed this month, the app tells you before you set off, and Generate a tour skips closed passes. Passes you ride over are ticked off from your ride log automatically.
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Pass data: Motoseyir’s pass list, compiled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and the source page linked above.