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Cougar Mountain gateless and the Hamlet 3-fer | April 2025

Summit: 
W7O/NC-046

Bill's writeup for Cougar might instill fear to those activators who refuse to drive through open gates. Fortunately, there is a gateless route that makes this a pretty easy-to-access peak, and it deserves some more activations.

The gate-free route also applies to nc122 and Cole nc056; all 3 are easily accomplished in a day, and are Prius-able if you are willing to drive about 30 miles of gravel total.