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| NavySeabee | Route Climbed: Black Mountain Crest Trail to Mt. Mitchell, Mt. Craig, Big Tom, Balsams Cone, Cattail Peak and Potato Hill  Date Climbed: Mar 10, 2007 | |
| Peak 4 of 6 in my Southern Sixer Six Pack. Check out my trip report on the Mount Mitchell Page. | |
| Posted Mar 12, 2007 2:17 pm | ||
| GAHikerGirl | Another Nice Easy Summit... Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2005 | |
| These are nice and easy along the Summit Trail...until you start heading north beyond Deep Gap...more bushwacking! | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2006 10:00 pm | ||
| TomSellick | Route Climbed: BMCT Date Climbed: September 2003 | |
| Love that trail...good views to the east | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2005 6:40 pm | ||
| Cortez | Route Climbed: Black Mountain Crest Trail Date Climbed: June 4, 2005 | |
| My wife Jennifer and I hiked Balsam Cone early in the summer on our traverse of the Black Mountain Crest Trail which begins at the Mt. Mitchell picnic area. This continuously rolling, steep and slippery trail (especially past Deep Gap) hits 7 named Southern Sixers (Mt. Mitchell, Mt. Craig, Balsam Cone, Cattail Peak/Potato Knob, Winter Star Mountain, Gibbs Mt. & Celo Knob). The views on this were some of the best on the east coast. Late spring & early summer are good times to attempt a traverse of the North Carolina Blacks. The wildflowers at this time are showing their colors, the ferns are unrolling & the Balsam forests are alive with all kinds of wildlife. Also, the brutal heat and humidity that characterize summer in the South usually does not set in, in earnest until mid-June. | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2005 10:21 am | ||
| Tbacon251 | Route Climbed: Deep Gap Date Climbed: 08-20-05 | |
| It was raining and I had no view. Good climb though. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2005 10:20 pm | ||
| gwave47 | Route Climbed: 19 mile loop, from the Black Mountain Campground up the Mt. Mitchell trail to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, then Deep Gap Trail to Summits of Mt. Craig, Big Tom, Balsams Cone, and Cattails Peak, down Colbert Ridge Trail, hike back through to | |
| The 4th Summit on our trip, Balsams Cone did not have many great views. This is a good hike for peakbaggers, but I wouldn't reccomend it for sightseers. Check out my trip report on the Mt. Mitchell page. | |
| Posted May 31, 2005 5:00 pm | ||
| petersbike | Route Climbed: black mtn crest Date Climbed: 1996 | |
| good hike! | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2005 5:39 pm | ||
| Steve Gruhn | Route Climbed: From Mitchell Date Climbed: March 1988 | |
| Nice walk. | ||
| Posted Jan 26, 2005 11:06 pm | ||
| BobSmith | Route Climbed: Deep Gap Trail. Date Climbed: 11-10-2004 | |
| I summited Balsam Cone via the Deep Gap Trail on a cool, November day. Conditions were pretty much perfect, with relatively mild temperatures and excellent visibility. | |
| Posted Nov 12, 2004 12:13 am | ||
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