Enjoyed a nice hike of Mitchell from the Campground. Started out at 10 am under blue skies, calm winds and 50 degrees. The trail up is rooty in the beginning and gets rockier as you climb. Although the grade is constant it is very gentle and we found the hike to be much easier than anticipated. The lower elevations are treed in with the views starting around 5300' at various switchbacks. Nice woods, some dense rhododendron covered trails (very different from the Adirondacks and Whites that we are used to). We ascended via Mt. Mitchel trail but decided to check out the Higgins Bald trail on the way back down, only adds a little extra mileage. The Higgins Bald trail must bot be used very often, it was easy to follow but had considerable debris throughout the trail. Overall a very enjoyable climb of 11.5 miles, ~3000' of gain in ~6 hours including summit time.