2. New England 4000+ ft Mountains

Mt. Wildcat "D" Peak & Mt. Wildcat 6.27.13 - 6.28.13

The plan for this hike was to climb up and over the Wildcats and spend the night at the AMC Carter Notch Hut. Then the next day, work up over the Carters and to Mt. Moriah then down to the car. Day two of the hike didn't go as planned due mainly to poor weather. The very humid day Thursday took more out of me than planned, and the poor weather forecast for Friday made hiking along the ridge a less than ideal plan. I took the safe way out and hiked back out Friday morning and got a ride back to the car.
The hike totaled 8.75 miles with 3,479 feet of elevation gain. It did get me up and over two 4,000 footers with Mt. Wildcat "D" Peak (4,062 ft) and Mt. Wildcat "A" Peak (4,422 ft). Weather Thursday was foggy to start, then cleared some, before getting cloudy again. All while staying very humid. Friday it rained most of the day getting quite heavy at times.
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Ready for a foggy start on the Lost Pond Trail
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Ready for a foggy start on the Lost Pond Trail

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  • Ready for a foggy start on the Lost Pond Trail
  • Looking back across route 16 to Pinkham Notch Visitor Center
  • Through the trees and over bog bridges on the Lost Pond Trail
  • The Ellis River running next to the trail
  • No wonder it's called Lost Pond... I'm right next to it and can hardly find it
  • The trail following the edge of the pond
  • At the intersection with the Wildcat Ridge Trail
  • The Wildcat Ridge Trail only stays this easy for about 100 feet
  • Early steep section of the Wildcat Ridge Trail
  • Another look up a typical steep rocky section of trail
  • At one point early on, the trail goes across a narrow open ledge area. At the bottom right of the picture, you can see the rock has been carved out to provide a safe place to step
  • A narrow passage over the base of an open ledge area
  • It's rocky and exposed, but just around the corner is a steep chimney of rock with few hand/foot holds
  • It keeps going up and up and up
  • The trees give some idea of how steep the trail is, but not fully
  • At one of the open ledge viewpoints, I was just above the fog in the valley with a nice view over to Mt. Washington
  • Boott Spur across the valley
  • The summit of Mt. Washington
  • Looking south down into the valley was just a solid bank of clouds
  • Just above the fog in the valley
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