"AT lash Day 1: Winding Stair Gap to Standing Indian Mountain, with side trips to nearby peaks along the way. Lots of Blowdowns in the Southern Nantahala Wilderness post-hurricane. There’s a clearcut path up to Pinnacle Mountain, no bushwhacking necessary, though there isn’t anything up there. Albert Mountain has great views despite the tower being locked. Easy bushwhack to Little Ridgepole. Made a half-hearted attempt at Little Bald, purely because it’s on the NC AT Peakery challenge. After a half mile of brutally thick bushwhacking through face-height pricker bushes and wall-to-wall laurels, with no end of the mess in sight, I turned around. Not sure why this one is on the list given its distance away from the trail, difficult approach for the average thru-hiker, and seemingly zero redeemable qualities. Won’t be going back for this one. Spent the night atop Standing Indian, which IS a wonderful blue blaze from the AT." — wacbravo • Oct 9, 2024

"Further & Yonder's 2021 Appalachian Trail Journal Day 10 First Previous Next Last Tuesday, April 06, 2021 Destination: Carter Gap ShelterToday's Miles: 11.70 Start Location: White Oak StampTrip Miles: 94.60 Standing Yonder on Standing Indian When we reached the top of Standing Indian Mt we could see a small bit of smoke off in the distance. By the time we left about an hour later the whole sky was filled with haze from a nearby forest fire. Spent night tenting near a shelter glad that the crowds have started to die down. It seems that some of the other hikers have either slowed down or already given up on their thru hikes. ~Further We were able to spread out our tent footprint to sit on the grass and talked with thru-hiker Mike McKay who was videotaping the view and the smoke. He'll be posting his videos when he finishes his hike at "Head North". -Yonder" — SteveG • Apr 6, 2021

"Rained about 1/2 hr from the summit. Continued to rain until about 1 hr before we made it back to the car. Would have been lovely. The rhododendrons were as tall as trees and so we sought shelter under them during the downpours. " — leanne.merrill • Jun 24, 2014