4,430 ft | Carter | 0 routes
Feels like -12°F
Recent Precipitation
Rain: 0.01" (24h) · 0.02" (48h)
Snow: 0.1" (24h) · 0.2" (48h)
Below freezing at all elevations
~2.2°F drop per 1,000ft
Best Hiking Window
No window within the next 48 hours is recommended. Sunday conditions are dangerous and actively worsening as Arctic air builds throughout the day. Monday brings sub-zero temperatures with sustained high winds and extreme wind chills potentially reaching -60°F at higher elevations — conditions remain life-threatening. If this peak must be hiked, wait until the wind chill warning expires Tuesday and reassess conditions at that time. An early morning start on a clear, calmer day later in the week would be the safest approach.
Trail: Nineteen Mile Brook Trail, Carter Dome Trail, Carter-Moriah Trail, North Carter Trail, Imp Trail
Conditions: Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts
“Great day with plenty of blue skys and some wind. Started out with maybe an inch of new snow at the trailhead that became maybe five inches of new snow up higher. Wind blown snow including some knee high drifts sometimes made it hard to follow the trail and that slowed us down. Did not see another person until we got back to the trailhead. He had gone up behind us and done it as an out and back.”
Trail: Nineteen Mile Brook Trail, Carter Dome Trail, Carter Moriah Trail, North Carter Trail, Imp Trail, Camp Dodge Cutoff, NH 16
Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular
“Snowshoes went for a ride. Trail was well-packed and fine for spikes the entire loop.”
Trail: Camp Dodge Cutoff, Imp Trail, North Carter Trail, Carter-Moriah Trail, Carter Dome Trail, Nineteen Mile Brook Trail
Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder
“I found the trails in nice shape since Borealis was up yesterday. One bare booter came through in the opposite direction after him yesterday and churned up the trail in spots but I smoothed it back out with my snowshoes. The trails are all still pretty soft and unconsolidated up high so snowshoes are the best tool. 19MB was a packed superhighway but I still kept my snowshoes on the whole day but spikes could easily be used. It was just easier for me to not switch out and kept the trails in good shape. I saw only a handful of folks out today and most were wearing snowshoes which made my snowshoe loving heart so happy. Lovely to bump into Nicole FINALLY! I saw one hiker who had stayed at the hut and was headed to Moriah. He didn't realize the trail was unbroken from the North Carter junction but was going to give it a shot so that stretch to where Stony Brook joins may be broken out if he was successful. Impressive drifts up high that are taller than me. Being fun sized, pretty much all drifts are taller than me, but I was impressed.”
No routes available for this peak.
Southernmost peak of the Carter Range. Often done as part of a Carter traverse.
Elevation
4,430 ft
Range
Carter
Rank
#19 of 48
Difficulty
Difficult
Coordinates
44.2898, -71.1762
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