 For the first , it marginally increases in elevation, yet curvy, as it follows westerly along the banks of the Armstrong Creek then Three Mile Creek.At Holifield Cemetery (on right), NC 226A begins to quickly climb in elevation with a sensational amount of curves, as it climbs Grassy Mountain.Reaching Chestnut Grove Road, in Little Switzerland, the worst of the climb and curves is over, rising over from its start.