Carolina Mountain Club - South Beyond 6000 Challenge

The South Beyond 6000 Challenge requires hiking forty 6,000 foot peaks in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. It was inspired by the White Mountain 4000 footers challenge and the Adirondack 46ers challenge. These mountains are in North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. Each hike must be at least 5 miles and have at least 500' elevation gain.

Black Mountains

1. Blackstop Knob
2. Mount Mitchell
3. Mount Hallback
4. Mount Gibbes
5. Mount Craig
6. Balsam Cone
7. Cattail Peak
8. Winter Star Mountain
9. Gibbs Mountain
10. Celo Knob

Craggies

1. Craggy Dome
2. Great Balsams
3. Cold Mountain 5/18/2022
4. Shining Rock 10/17/2021 (Lynn only)
5. Grassy Cove Top
6. Tennent Mountain 10/22/2021 (Lynn only), 11/6/2022
7. Black Balsam Knob 10/22/2021 (Lynn only), 11/6/2022
8. Chestnut Knob
9. Sam Knob 6/22/2022
10. Mt. Hardy 4/18/2024
11. Reinhart Knob
12. Richland Balsam

Plott Balsams

1. Yellow Face
2. Waterrock Knob
3. Lyn Lowry
4. Plott Balsam

Roan Highlands

1. Grassy Ridge 9/24 (Lynn only)
2. Roan High Knob
3. Roan High Bluff

Smokies

1. Clingmans Dome 4/20/2022
2. Mt. Collins
3. Mt. LeConte 8/13/2022 - 8/14/2022 (Lynn only)
4. Mt. Kephart
5. Mt. Sequoyah
6. Mt. Chapman
7. Mt. Yonaguska
8. Marks Knob
9. Mt. Guyot
10. Old Black
11. Luftee Knob
12. Big Cataloochee