Wednesday, October 1, 2025

September 30 - The Carters

 On a nice, dry, cool but sunny late September day, a hardy group of us OTHH took a long walk "through some woods," to bag three of the NH 4K peaks, the Carters, none of which give any "view" from the top. But we did take a nice little detour from the direct route up to Carter Dome to take in the 360-degree views from Mt Hight, a bump on the shoulder of Carter Dome. The view across Pinkham Notch is of Mt Washington and the northern presidentials. After retreating to Zeta pass for another refueling stop, we kept going northward through the trees along the Carter-Moriah trail. That took us over South Carter, again with no view, and eventually to Middle Carter, still with no view. But then, just a "few" yards past that peak (which is easily missed), we emerged from the trees to a sudden, wonderful view across the notch and eastward into Maine. That was a great place to stop, snack some more, and to celebrate Jane's milestone - her completion of the NH 48 four thousand footers! Our congratulations to her on this accomplishment! Below, with the presidential range in view to the west are Dick, Patsy, Andy, Deb, and Jane.