Made my third and perhaps final trek up Cold Mountain yesterday. Decided to do it different this time, via a long-distance traverse I'd been pondering for a while. Trail started at the Daniel Boone Scout camp and ended where the Art Loeb crosses Black Balsam Mountain Road, solving the age old hiker's question when it comes to climbing Cold Mountain -- do you take the long very hard route or the very long hard route? -- by combining both options into one day-long death march.
Here's Cold Mountain from The Narrows:
And here's the view south from the summit of Cold Mountain (6,030 feet):
And here's a photo of the Middle Prong I managed to snap as I stumbled through Ivestor Gap:
A pretty day, with a hard freeze in the morning and bright sunny skies in the afternoon. Finished the day with a 20-mile (mostly) downhill bike ride back to the truck.
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