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| sprosseda | Along crest trail  Date Climbed: Jun 1, 1997 | |
| Passed by along crest trail. Some great rock outcrops and views. Amazing sub-alpine area for the South. | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2009 7:18 am | ||
| Theonestar | deep gap Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2007 | |
| Mount Mitchell to Deep Gap-and back. | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2007 12:38 pm | ||
| StarMan | Good! Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2006 | |
| and tough | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2007 8:13 pm | ||
| 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 6 of 6 (last but certainly not least) of my Southern Sixer Six Pack. Check out my trip report on the Mount Mitchell page. | |
| Posted Mar 12, 2007 2:22 pm | ||
| gwave47 | Summitted with Mount Mitchell, Big Tom, Balsams Cone, Cattail Peak, and Mt. Craig, then down the Colbert Ridge Trail Date Climbed: May 31, 2005 | |
| Lot of Bushwhacking | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2006 4:11 am | ||
| GAHikerGirl | Truly Spectacular Views... Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2005 | |
| Heading up north to Deep Gap. | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2006 10:10 pm | ||
| thljr922 | Route Climbed: Crest Trail Date Climbed: January 8th, 2005 | |
| I summited this mountain as part of my hike of the crest trail in early January. There was about 6in. of snow with a lot of ice on the trail. Very cold. Wind chill was bellow zero. Great hike though. | |
| Posted Feb 1, 2006 7:51 pm | ||
| TomSellick | Route Climbed: BMCT Date Climbed: September 2003 | |
| Very cool mountain. Really sucks to climb from Deep Gap, but it's worth it. Not much going on up top though. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2005 6:46 pm | ||
| Cortez | Route Climbed: Deep Gap/ Black Mt. Crest Trail Date Climbed: June 4, 2005 | |
| My wife Jennifer and I hiked Potato Hill/Cattail Peak 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 10:33 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 10:19 pm | ||
| BobSmith | Route Climbed: Deep Gap Trai/Bushwhack. Date Climbed: 11-10-2004 | |
| Getting to the summit of Potato Hill is a bit of a chore. Unless someone else knows of another route, you have to just bull your way through some really thick undergrowth to get to the true summit. There's not much to see up at the very top--more brush, basically. Leave you pack on the Deep Gap Trail. Even my daypack was too much to try to carry through the bushes and limbs. | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2004 1:37 pm | ||
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