The panorama south and west from the summit rocks. The Black Mountains are in the center distance while the Roan Highlands are to the distant right...
The summit is narrow but very long so I spent quite a while wandering around. This super-pano looks off the northern end of the ridge. The Black Mountains are to the far left while Linville Gorge sits just off-center with the Roan Highlands rising beyond. Pointed, rocky, Hawksbill Mountain marks the east edge of the gorge with a dark Grandfather Mountain just to its right. The North Carolina piedmont stretches off to the horizon on the left...
East from the summit the terrain drops off nearly 3,000 feet to the hills of the piedmont...
