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| Koonsy | Deep Gap  | |
| No views but still a nice little hike in some great mountains. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2009 1:06 am | ||
| peakrat76 | Deep Gap to Cattail and back to Mitchell Date Climbed: May 29, 2009 | |
| Rain & fog most of the way. Some great views through the clouds later in the day. Wildlife: 1 snake 0 mammals (!) | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2009 4:39 pm | ||
| sarah.simon | Via Deep Gap Trail Date Climbed: May 12, 2009 | |
| What a wonderful day. We saw only one other person on the trail from Mt. Mitchell to Cattail Peak and back. Really enjoyed this outing. We loved the quiet, the scenery, the moist forest, all of it. Partner: Husband. | |
| Posted May 12, 2009 7:29 pm | ||
| cgwalters | Visiting Old Friends Date Climbed: Apr 11, 2009 | |
| Crossed (rain, mist and sleet) on my loop---12 hrs. 1 hr to Horse Rock trail, then up, over to the Bowlen's Creek end of Ridge Crest Trail, turned and went to Mitchell, before coming back to Deep Gap, down most of Colbert's Ridge, and then 'bushwack' to Locust Creek and White Oak Creek. | |
| Posted Apr 12, 2009 1:08 pm | ||
| Theonestar | deep gap Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2007 | |
| Mount Mitchell to Deep Gap-and back. | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2007 12:39 pm | ||
| StarMan | Good! Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2006 | |
| and tough! | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2007 8:14 pm | ||
| pingzingr | Deep Gap Trail Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2007 | |
| As part of a day trip out to Deep Gap and back from Mt Mitchell parking lot. | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2007 10:37 pm | ||
| Jerry L | Deep Gap Trail Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2007 | |
| Done. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2007 7:20 am | ||
| chugach mtn boy | via Deep Gap Date Climbed: Sep 10, 1978 | |
| with Lionel Kennedy in a traverse of the range to Mitchell. This peak is not much on views but has lots of atmosphere. | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2007 1:05 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 5 of 6 in my Southern Sixer Six Pack. Check out my trip report on the Mount Mitchell page. | |
| Posted Mar 12, 2007 2:19 pm | ||
| GAHikerGirl | A Bit of A Trick to Find the Summit.... Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2005 | |
| but it's there. Just some easy bushwacking to the top. | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2006 10:02 pm | ||
| TomSellick | Route Climbed: BMCT Date Climbed: September 2003 | |
| On the way to Deep Gap | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2005 6:41 pm | ||
| Cortez | Route Climbed: Black Mountain Crest Trail Date Climbed: June 4, 2005 | |
| My wife Jennifer and I hiked Catail Peak/Potato Knob 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 10:30 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 5th and worst of the five summits hiked that day, Cattails Peak offered absolutley no views. It was a good resting place, but once again I would only reccomend this hike to peakbaggers. Check out my trip report on the Mt. Mitchell page. | |
| Posted May 31, 2005 5:02 pm | ||
| BobSmith | Route Climbed: Deep Gap Trail. Date Climbed: 11-10-2004 | |
| I hit Cattail Peak on my day hike of the Black Mountain Crest Trail, aka Deep Gap Trail. A really nice peak. The summit had some quite level areas and some very tempting campsites, although the park service does request that no one camp on the crest of the Black Mountains. Indeed, all one has to do is climb over Potato Hill and descend into Deep Gap to find nice and varied campsites which are closer to a water source. | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2004 10:23 pm | ||
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