Question: In which state's mountain region lay the famous peak that inspired the bestselling novel "Cold Mountain?"
Context: Cold Mountain is the soundtrack for the Civil War film "Cold Mountain" (2003) starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renée Zellweger.  The album was nominated for two Grammy Awards and was produced by T Bone Burnett.  Two songs were nominated for Academy Awards: "You Will Be My Ain True Love", written by Sting, and "The Scarlet Tide", written by Burnett and Elvis Costello.  Both songs were sung by Alison Krauss. Demirkazık Peak (Turkish: "Demirkazık Dağı" ) is a summit in Aladağlar a portion of Toros Mountains, Turkey.  ("Demirkazık", literally "iron post" is the name of several summits in Turkey) Administratively, it is a part of Çamardı ilçe (district) of Niğde Province at .  Turkish Geography Atlas gives its altitude as 3756 m .  Being a conical mountain, it is a famous peak among the mountaineers.  However, it may not be the highest point of the mountain range. Mount Pieter Botte, also known as Ngalba-bulal, Alpaboolal (meaning big top), or Barbar (meaning elder sister) is a mountain in the tableland region behind Cape Tribulation in Far North Queensland, Australia.  It was named in 1848 by Captain Owen Stanley of the survey ship HMS "Rattlesnake" .  The name was chosen by those on board the "Rattlesnake".  (from Voyage of Rattlesnake page 104) because of its resemblance to Peter Botte Mountain, a famous peak on the island of Mauritius.  The mountain is part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site. The Great Balsam Mountains, or Balsam Mountains, are in the mountain region of western North Carolina, United States.  The Great Balsams are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which in turn are a part of the Appalachian Mountains.  The most famous peak in the Great Balsam range is Cold Mountain, which is the centerpiece of author Charles Frazier's bestselling novel "Cold Mountain". Cold Mountain (Slovene: "Mrzla gora" ) is a 2203 m mountain in the Kamnik Alps.  Cold Mountain rises over three valleys: the Logar Valley, the Matk Combe (Slovene: "Matkov kot" ), and the Vellach Combe (German: "Vellacher Kotschna" , Slovene: "Belska kočna" ).  It is rarely visited because it is relatively difficult to ascend with many exposed areas.  The border with Austria runs along the northern and western side, and until 1967 it was difficult to access because of political problems.  Its first climbers had problems scaling it.  In 1876, Robert von Lendenfeld and a guide named Matijevec from Luče reached the western peak and they descended, thinking they had reached the highest peak.  In 1877, Karl Blodig (the first to climb every peak over 4000 m in Europe) tried two times, but quit due to weather well below the top.  In the same year Johannes Frischauf, Piskernik, and Matek finally conquered the top.  The Frischauf Lodge on Okrešelj is named after him. Cold Mountain is a 2003 American epic war drama film written and directed by Anthony Minghella.  The film is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Charles Frazier.  It stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renée Zellweger in leading roles as well as Natalie Portman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Melora Walters, Jena Malone, Donald Sutherland, Brendan Gleeson, Ray Winstone, Eileen Atkins, Jack White, Kathy Baker, Cillian Murphy and Giovanni Ribisi in supporting roles. Ghost Dragon of Cold Mountain (Traditional Chinese: 寒山潛龍; literally "Cold Mountain, Hidden Dragon") () is a 2014 Hong Kong period drama produced by TVB, starring Kenneth Ma and Selena Li as the main leads, with Pierre Ngo, Power Chan, Raymond Cho, Lin Xiawei, Candy Chang as the rest of the main supporting cast.  The drama marks the fourth time that Kenneth Ma and Selena Li has been paired up to play a couple.  Filming began on May 2013 and finished in October 2013.  Indoor scenes were filmed at TVB studios in Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong.  Outdoor scenes were filmed on location in Mainland China at Xiangshan Film and Television City and Tiantai Mountain.  The series began airing June 30.  2014 and will be broadcast weekly from Monday to Friday at 8:30 PM. Western North Carolina (often abbreviated as WNC) is the region of North Carolina which includes the Appalachian Mountains, thus it is often known geographically as the state's Mountain Region.  It contains the highest mountains in the Eastern United States.  Western North Carolina is sometimes included with upstate South Carolina as the "Western Carolinas", which is also counted as a single media market.  The region covers an area of about 11000 sqmi , and is roughly the size of the state of Massachusetts.  The population of the region, as measured by the 2010 U.S. Census, is 1,473,241, which is approximately 15% of North Carolina's total population. Cold Mountain falls in the mountain region of western North Carolina, United States.  The mountain is one of the Great Balsam Mountains which are a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains within the Appalachian Mountains.  Cold Mountain and the Shining Rock Wilderness surrounding it are part of Pisgah National Forest. Back Roads to Cold Mountain is a 2004 compilation album released by Smithsonian Folkways.  The album was released in the wake of the award winning soundtrack to the film Cold Mountain, and is composed of Appalachian folk music recordings compiled by musicologist John Cohen in Appalachia.
Answer: North Carolina