We were in Lake Lure, NC two weeks ago and went to Mt. Mitchell for some hiking. Google Maps took us up Curtis Creek Road from the town of Old Fort to the Blue Ridge Parkway. 11 miles of loose gravel, mud, and switchbacks. I didn’t think to have my wife take a video as we had another couple in the Cruiser with us, but I found a video of someone on a motorcycle descending (we went up). The “road” conditions in the video are much better than we experienced. We had low cloud (fog) cover, and once we got to the parkway, visibility was about 20 feet all the way to Mt. Mitchell.