Pinnacle - SCAR Alternate

Total Miles 20.4
Technical Rating
2 Easy
Best Time Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Trail Type Full-Width Road
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Trail Overview

This trail might suit you if you're looking for a scenic side trip on the South Carolina Adventure Route. It runs along the outskirts of the Dupont State Forest and provides ridgetop views. The trail is dirt and will include some steep and rutted grades. About the SCAR: The South Carolina Adventure Route loops through approximately 1,000 miles of rural South Carolina. Along this route, you'll enjoy the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Atlantic Ocean, diverse forests, cotton fields, state parks, historical sites, and quaint towns. The SCAR also connects to the Smokey Mountains 500, the Georgia Traverse, and the Trans-America Trail (TAT), providing riders on those trails with a scenic route to the Atlantic coast at Edisto Beach. The roads along the SCAR are a mix of pavement and dirt, 60% and 40%, respectively, with the surface alternating between gravel, dirt, clay, and sand. The route is not exceptionally technical, but dry conditions can leave the sandy roads loose, while wet conditions can leave the mud and clay roads slick and rutted. Travelers should expect to encounter deep sand and sizable mud holes in the worst conditions.

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Difficulty

Largely a graded dirt road

Technical Rating

2

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Ben Gray
May 16, 2026
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Great trail with tons of obstacles to the sides if you want to try out your traction or clearance etc. most of the trail is pretty smooth but about halfway in you have embedded rock sections and large mud holes to either side of the trail as well as some easily level 7 roads branching off that are insane. Did all of it in 2 wheel drive except the mud pits.
Alan Farris
Nov 23, 2025
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Double your check coordinates and GPS before going. Provided navigation drops you on Green River road (opposite side) instead of Pinicale Mtn.
Joe Robinson
Nov 01, 2025
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Trail was in great shape, nothing technically challenging, but there are a few small technical branches right off the trail thst connect right back to it.
Ethan Copleston
Sep 02, 2025
Open
Trail is good, nothing blocking path on main road, checked out some of the chutes and they seemed clear, just some good mud holes.
Tom Watson
Jul 11, 2025
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Brayden Bramlett
May 03, 2025
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Thomas Meyer
Apr 03, 2025
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Main road is freshly scrapped. Side trails are rough and rutted. Super fun trail!!! Lots of turkeys, a grouse, and some deer!!
Rob Lilley
Jun 28, 2024
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The vast majority of the road surface has been resurfaced recently. Sadly, most of the features have been filled in with 1-2" rock. Many of the side mud features have had drains installed so they were all bone dry, but it has also been extremely dry lately so perhaps they'll still be at least a little fun after rain. Hopefully after some heavy rains and more traffic the rock will settle and expose some of the dirt again, for the meantime this is more than easily traversed by any 2WD vehicle. Still a scenic ride, just don't expect anything technical.
ChefsJL13 .
Apr 25, 2024
Open
pretty basic trail, some mudholes scattered throughout the trail. 2 or 3 sections on the left for some extra little climbs with a little bit of flexing. pretty relaxing and beautiful scenery along the way
David Bagwell
Apr 20, 2024
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It was a beautiful day! There were a lot of motorcycles, and we slowed down so they could pass. It was the only negative of the trip. We will go back.
Tim Heatley
Sep 24, 2023
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OneFear Adventures
Sep 04, 2023
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Josh Rowell
Aug 19, 2023
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Jeremy Franz
Jun 14, 2023
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Pinnacle - SCAR Alternate Trail can be accessed by the following ride types:

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