This route follows the Ring of Scott until Highlands, NC, then it travels on SR106 to the south of Franklin, NC near the NC/GA state line. You travel north on Hwy 441, where there is a wide shoulder, then turning right on Otto, NC. You follow several back roads until connecting back onto Elijay for the final climb. There are a few gas stations in Highlands and one near the bridge (turn right for a few hundred yards instead of left across the bridge) on Hwy 64 after that. The distance is about 83 miles from campus an the elevation gain is approximately 8,400’.

Cue Sheet (PDF)