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| sprosseda | Did along crest trail  Date Climbed: Sep 1, 1999 | |
| Did the crest trail from Mt Mitchell to near Mt Gibbs. Very rugged trail, my knees were giving me problems that day. I had just got back from doing several mountains in Colorado. | |
| Posted Oct 7, 2009 12:22 pm | ||
| cgwalters | My Old Friend 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. Winter Star is where I stop to call my wife during long walks. During the winter, the cold is terrible. Within a minute one can lose use of your fingers. I have found no cell reception of the Mitchell side of the Ridge Crest Trail, or I would not stop. Winter Star also seems to define two weather micro-climates. The Mitchell side is the colder, icier during the winter. | |
| Posted Apr 12, 2009 1:11 pm | ||
| montanachris | Up Colbert Ridge Date Climbed: Mar 23, 2008 | |
| I've climbed this mountain twice prior to my posted summit day. This one has what it takes to keep bringing me back; relative solitude, a steady uphill climb, and virgin spruce/fir forest in the higher elevations! | |
| Posted Dec 16, 2008 10:15 am | ||
| StarMan | done! Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2005 | |
| via Colbert Ridge Trail. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2007 8:17 pm | ||
| mlandau3 | What A Day Hike Date Climbed: May 27, 2006 | |
| A great summit with beautiful views toward Celo Knob. The wildflowers were really out in profusion: bluets between Mitchell parking lot and Mt. Craig and trilliums everywhere. The BMCT is rough, but it's one of my favorite hikes. | |
| Posted May 28, 2006 6:43 pm | ||
| GAHikerGirl | Some Pretty Tough Sloggin'... Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2005 | |
| coming north from Deep Gap. But it's a whole lotta fun!! | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2006 10:17 pm | ||
| e-doc | Route Climbed: Woody Ridge and Crest trails Date Climbed: multiple but last was Sept 21, 2004 | |
| Parked car at gas station in Hamrick and looped around on NC 80; Woody Ridge, Crest, and Colbert Ridge trails. Met a group of backpackers from Ohio on the summit of Winter Star who were completely befuddled as to their location. (They thought they had camped at Deep Gap when they actually overnighted at Horse Rock.) We got out their topos and I offered some suggestions for their remaining 3 days. Beautiful weather. Great day to hike in the Blacks! | |
| Posted Jan 1, 2006 12:55 pm | ||
| TomSellick | Route Climbed: BMCT Date Climbed: September 2003 | |
| The trail kind of vanishes after Deep Gap heading north. We found our way to the top though. Not much to see from the summit of this one. Beyond Winter Star the trail really gets, ahem, interesting (difficult) | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2005 6:48 pm | ||
| Cortez | Route Climbed: Deep Gap Date Climbed: June 4, 2005 | |
| My wife Jennifer and I hiked Winter Star Mountain 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 10:35 am | ||
| BobSmith | Route Climbed: Deep Gap Trail. Date Climbed: 11-10-2004 | |
| I climbed Winter Star using the Deep Gap, Bolens Creek Trail (aka Black Mountain Crest Trail). The views along the hike to the summit of Winter Star from Deep Gap are so striking and so numerous that hiking the peak is something of an overwhelming experience. You have to stop every few steps to enjoy the vistas. | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2004 11:13 pm | ||
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