Carter Notch via Wildcat River Trail

TRIP DATE:      Oct. 5, 2013                           

TRIP LOCATION:  Carter Notch via Wildcat River Trail (from Jackson, NH)
             
MEETING TIME:  8:45 am                  

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 10       

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS):       app. 6 hours

LENGTH IN MILES:      app. 8.6 miles

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET):    app. 1, 550 ft

DIFFICULTY:         B                      (A=very strenuous; B=strenuous; C=average; D=easy)

LEADER NAME(S):   Paul Miller and Maureen Kelly 

CO-LEADER NAME(S):

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION:    Met at roadside parking area on Carter Notch Rd. on right soon after road turns to gravel.  Took three cars to gate at beginning of Forest Rd. to avoid water crossings on Bog Brook Trail to reach Wildcat River  Trail

WAS TRIP WITHING WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST?  Yes   

IF YES TO ABOVE, DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED:
Hiked Wildcat River Trail to Carter Notch Hut and Lakes.  Trail generally in very good condition, with a few easy water crossings

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: Partly sunny/partly cloudy but pleasant with temps in the upper 50s and lower 60s

OTHER COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.) Relatively easy uphill hike until we got close to the hut, at which point the trail steepened significantly.  Nice views from upper portions of trail up to Carter Dome.