NC Route 197 Northern Portion - By texasrider

Northern part of this road coming from Burleson is really nice. Country scenery along a river and not very challenging in terms of steep curves and altitude climb. The latter part gets really steep with some awesome swithchbacks, had to take several in first gear. Should be very careful as there were several spots with gravel in the road from the steep driveways along the way. I would highly recommend the ride. You will have to turn around at the top of the mountain as the other side is a gravel road, unless you want to crawl down the other side. It is shorter and gets you back to Ashville a lot quicker, but is gravel.