South Carter (4,430)

South Carter (left) from Carter Dome

South Carter is a wooded viewless summit located on the Carter-Moriah Trail (AT).  If you continue on to Middle Cater there are some decent views of the Presidential Range from an open ledge that the trail runs through for a short section. The hike to and from the summit is probably only interesting to peak-baggers looking to knock off one of the 48 - 4,000 footers. The two ways to reach the summit of Middle Cater are both off Route 16 from the Nineteen-Mile Brook Trailhead via Nineteen-Mile Brook, Cater Dome, and Carter-Moriah Trails or the Imp Trailhead, via The Imp, North Carter, and Carter-Moriah Trails.

Trails I've Hiked

Nineteen-Mile Brook Trail / Carter Dome Trail / Carter-Moriah Trail: 4.6 miles, elevation gain of 3,000 feet.  Nineteen Mile Brook Trail is well defined, has easy grades and good footing while running along the Nineteen-Mile Brook. The Carter Dome Trail has good footing and moderate grades but has about five long boring switchbacks!  The Carter-Moriah Trail is part of the Appalachian Trail and is well blazed, easy to follow has ok footing with decent grades and a short steep section as you approach South Carter summit.

Trip Reports:

December 17th, 2016: Up and down Nineteen-Mile Brook, Carter Dome, Carter-Moriah trails

August 13th, 2016: MMD 50K 2016

April 17th, 2016: Up NH 16, Camp Dodge Cutoff, Imp Trail, North Carter Trail, across Carter-Moriah Trail and Wildcat Ridge Trail, down Polecat Ski Trail

January 31st, 2016: Up Nineteen-Mile Brook Trail, Carter Dome Trail, across Carter-Moriah Trail, down North Carter Trail, Imp Trail, and Camp Dodge Cutoff

December 20th, 2015: Up and down Nineteen-Mile Brook, Carter Dome, Carter-Moriah trails (RUN NH48)

October 4th, 2015: Up Stony Brook Trail, across Carter-Moriah Trail, down Carter Dome and Nineteen-Mile Brook Trail, NH 16 road walk

August 15th, 2015: Up Nineteen-Mile and Carter Dome trails, across Carter-Moriah Trail, down North Carter, Imp, Camp Dodge-Cutoff, and NH16

March 28th, 2015: Up Nineteen-Mile Brook Trail, across Carter-Moriah Trail, down North Carter, Imp, and Camp Dodge Cutoff

January 17th, 2015: Up Nineteen-Mile Brook Trail, across and down Carter-Moriah Trail, up and across Wildcat Ridge Trail, down polecat ski trail, road walk on Route 16

December 22nd, 2014: Up Polecat Ski Trail, across and down Wildcat Ridge Trail, up and across Carter-Moriah Trail, down Imp Trail, Camp Dodge Cutoff, and Route 16

November 10th, 2013: Up and down Nineteen-Mile Brook Trail, Carter Dome Trail, Carter Moriah Trail

June 22nd, 2013: Wildcat/Carter Traverse

May 5th, 2012: Wildcat/Carter Traverse

July 30th, 2011: MMD - More and More Difficult: "Pinkham Notch Loop" Dolly Copp Road, Route 16, Up North Branch of Imp Trail, across Carter-Moriah and Wildcat Ridge, down Polecat Ski Trail, up-over-down Lila's Ledge to Old Jackson Road, Up Tuckerman Ravine and Lion Head to Washington, across Clay, Jefferson, Adams, and Madison via Gulfside, Clay Loop, Jefferson Loop, Isreal Ridge/Lowe's Path, and Osgood Trail, down Daniel Webster-Scout Trail, road walk back to Barnes Field

May 29th, 2011: Moriah/Carter/Wildcat Traverse

September 5th, 2010: Wildcat/Carter Traverse

February 13th, 2010: Up Nineteen-Mile Brook, Carter Dome Trail, Carter-Moriah Trail (South & Middle Carter), on to Carter Dome, down to Carter Notch, up and across Wildcat Ridge Trail, down Polecat Ski Trail

July 17th, 2009: Up and down Nineteen-Mile Brook, Carter Dome Trail, and Carter-Moriah Trail