Carter Notch Hut Winter Hiking Series

TRIP DATE:            3/2 & 3/3, 2013                   

TRIP LOCATION:            Carter Notch, NH      

WAS TRIP CANCELLED? (y/n):  N

MEETING TIME: 8:45 AM     

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS):            17       

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS):            app. 3.5 hours into hut/3 hours on return trip

LENGTH IN MILES:             3.8 mi. each way into and back from hut, plus additional hikes from hut

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): 1,900 ft. from 19 Mile Brook Trailhead on Rt. 16 in Pinkham Notch to Carter Notch Hut.    

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

LEADER NAME(S):             Leslie Carson and Wayne Anderson

CO-LEADER NAME(S):            Maureen Kelly and Paul Miller

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: Parked at Nineteen Mile Brook Triailhead off Rte. 16 in Pinkham Notch.  Lot was barely large enough to just accommodate our own group.

CAR SPOTTING REQUIRED?:    N                      TIME REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS:

WAS TRIP WITHING WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST?              Yes

IF YES TO ABOVE, DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED: Snow covered trails required microspikes at lower end of 19 Mile Brook Trail and switched over to snowshoes at higher elevations

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE:  Cloudy with mild temps in the 20s and light snow on and off.

OTHER COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.)  Beautiful winter hike into hut for overnight!