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Backpacker Magazine
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Activity:
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Backpacking
ActivitySearchBackpacking
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New Hampshire (NH)
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Distance:
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19.6 mi
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Difficulty:
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6 / 10
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Rating:
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Unrated
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Carter Notch Hut; sleeps 30. Rattle River Shelter; sleeps 8.
TO TRAILHEAD: Start: From Jackson, NH, take NH 16 north 9 miles to Pinkham Notch Visitor Center.
End: From Gorham, NH, take US 2 east 3.5 miles to parking just after N Rd.

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Pinkham Notch Visitor Center to Hogan Road
| Dist: 19.35 mi |
Points: 1968 |
Calories: none |
| Time: none |
Speed: 0.0 mph |
Pace: 0:00 / mi |
Pinkham Notch Visitor Center to Hogan Road
Trail to Carter Notch Hut
| Dist: 0.08 mi |
Points: 8 |
Calories: none |
| Time: none |
Speed: 0.0 mph |
Pace: 0:00 / mi |
Trail to Carter Notch Hut
Trail to Imp Campsite
| Dist: 0.17 mi |
Points: 17 |
Calories: none |
| Time: none |
Speed: 0.0 mph |
Pace: 0:00 / mi |
Trail to Imp Campsite
WPT001
Location: 44.249516°, -71.250267°
Lost Pond; can see reflections of Mt. Washington
WPT002
Location: 44.245800°, -71.251419°
AT turns W and follows the Wildcat Ridge Trail
WPT003
Location: 44.403515°, -71.114700°
Androscoggin River; Hydroelectric Plant
WPT003
Location: 44.246483°, -71.248230°
View of Pinkham Notch; Presidential Ridge; NH 16
WPT003
Location: 44.264252°, -71.185768°
Trail and sign to water
WPT003
Location: 44.331783°, -71.143570°
AT continues straight @ jct. with Stonybrook Trail & Moriah Brook Trail
WPT004
Location: 44.406502°, -71.116798°
AT turns W on Hogan Rd.
WPT004
Location: 44.246082°, -71.245399°
Fantastic view to valley carved by the Eilis river
WPT005
Location: 44.331516°, -71.142815°
Valley view
WPT005
Location: 44.247200°, -71.242348°
Ledge with view
WPT006
Location: 44.332851°, -71.137650°
View to the WSW of Imp Mtn
WPT007
Location: 44.267418°, -71.179283°
Top of Carter Dome; Old firetower base; Rainbow Trail
WPT007
Location: 44.333233°, -71.135849°
AT begins climbing a slab
WPT008
Location: 44.248066°, -71.237846°
Water
WPT009
Location: 44.340199°, -71.131485°
AT heads E on the Kenduskeag Tr. @ jct. with Carter Moriah Tr. going W; Mt. Moriah
WPT009
Location: 44.247799°, -71.233597°
View of Washington Ridge
WPT010
Location: 44.346149°, -71.122818°
Bog boardwalk
WPT010
Location: 44.271267°, -71.175537°
AT continues straight @ jct. with Black Angel Trail & Carter Dome Trail
WPT011
Location: 44.348549°, -71.116051°
AT becomes Rattle Rver Tr & Kenduskeag Tr
WPT012
Location: 44.352867°, -71.113770°
Stream
WPT012
Location: 44.275932°, -71.170219°
Mt. Hight; AT turns W downhill; look carefully for blazes
WPT013
Location: 44.249134°, -71.223969°
View to the S
WPT013
Location: 44.278934°, -71.173569°
AT turns E on Carter Moriah Tr.; Carter Dome Tr.
WPT014
Location: 44.360500°, -71.113968°
Cross Rattle River
WPT014
Location: 44.280884°, -71.173416°
Zeta Pass; Carter Dome Tr. jct.
WPT014
Location: 44.249367°, -71.223618°
Tower; platform
WPT015
Location: 44.289917°, -71.176201°
South Carter Mountain
WPT016
Location: 44.360615°, -71.113747°
End new trail section
WPT016
Location: 44.298965°, -71.172997°
Views to the SE & NW
WPT017
Location: 44.375149°, -71.108231°
Rattle River
WPT018
Location: 44.303051°, -71.167770°
Middle Carter Mountain
WPT019
Location: 44.377998°, -71.107666°
Rattle River
WPT019
Location: 44.258766°, -71.201630°
Wildcat Mountain
WPT019
Location: 44.303482°, -71.168098°
360-degree views; look for Mt. Washington
WPT020
Location: 44.258999°, -71.201515°
USFS Vista; look for Carter Notch Hut
WPT020
Location: 44.379951°, -71.107635°
Rattle River Shelter
WPT020
Location: 44.304966°, -71.168465°
Views
WPT021
Location: 44.310287°, -71.167793°
North Carter Trail
WPT021
Location: 44.261684°, -71.195686°
AT turns E along Nineteen-Mile Brook Tr.
WPT021
Location: 44.391815°, -71.106720°
Stream
WPT022
Location: 44.312698°, -71.165451°
Amazing views to the E
WPT022
Location: 44.400398°, -71.109917°
US 2; parking
WPT023
Location: 44.400600°, -71.111099°
AT follows US 2 west
WPT023
Location: 44.260849°, -71.194603°
First lake (larger of the two)
WPT023
Location: 44.313301°, -71.164948°
North Carter Mountain
WPT024
Location: 44.400257°, -71.112206°
AT turns N on North Road over Androscoggin River
WPT024
Location: 44.315468°, -71.163467°
View of AT to the N
WPT024
Location: 44.260296°, -71.194763°
AT turns W on Carter Moriah Trail @ jct. with trail to Carter Notch Hut
WPT025
Location: 44.315567°, -71.163170°
AT become steep
WPT026
Location: 44.323467°, -71.151886°
Stream
WPT026
Location: 44.259357°, -71.195396°
Carter Notch Hut
WPT027
Location: 44.324566°, -71.151070°
AT crosses a boardwalk made of bog boards
WPT028
Location: 44.326759°, -71.149170°
Trail to Imp Campsite
WPT029
Location: 44.328781°, -71.149796°
Imp Campsite
WPT030
Location: 44.257267°, -71.253136°
Pinkham Notch Visitor Center; parking
WPT031
Location: 44.256683°, -71.252380°
NH 16; Pinkham Notch
WPT034
Location: 44.253784°, -71.252098°
River access
DSCF8782
Location: 44.249050°, -71.224747°
DSCF8790
Location: 44.249115°, -71.224533°
DSCF8791
Location: 44.252518°, -71.204315°
DSCF8830
Location: 44.272701°, -71.175247°
DSCF8880
Location: 44.403435°, -71.114670°
DSCF8737
Location: 44.249569°, -71.250252°
DSCF8750
Location: 44.248001°, -71.237953°
DSCF8688
Location: 44.249264°, -71.250343°
DSCF8854
Location: 44.324635°, -71.151711°