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Carter-Moriah Range, June 22-23, 2005

Two days of hiking in the White Mountains.
Parked at Nineteen-Mile Brook, hiked north from the Notch, spent the night at Imp Shelter, and climbed Moriah the next day.
Glorious weather.
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you should see an image here A small cascade along Nineteen Mile Brook.
you should see an image here Same stream, slightly higher.
you should see an image here Same falls, different angle.
you should see an image here A final close-up.
you should see an image here One of the lakes in Carter Notch, and Peak A of Wildcat Mountain behind it.
you should see an image here Another view of the lake.
you should see an image here Close-up of the far shore: the lake formed when falling boulders dammed the valley.
you should see an image here View down to Carter Notch Hut and the other lake, from up on the north side of Carter Notch a few minutes later.
you should see an image here View across the notch to Wildcat's Peak A.
you should see an image here Still in the same spot, a view showing Peak A, the hut, and one lake.
you should see an image here View northwestward: Mounts Jefferson and Adams.
you should see an image here View down into the notch, showing both lakes and the hut.
you should see an image here House-sized boulder waiting to roll downslope toward the hut.
you should see an image here View southward.
you should see an image here Summit of Carter Dome.
you should see an image here View of Mt Hight from Carter Dome.
you should see an image here From Carter Dome, view of South Carter, with Mt Moriah behind it on the right.
you should see an image here The north ridge of Carter Dome offers some views to the Presidential Range. Here are Mts Adams and Madison.
you should see an image here Mt Washington.
you should see an image here Washington & Mt Clay.
you should see an image here Mt Washington again, showing the Gulf of Slides, Tuckerman Ravine (with snow in the Bowl), and Huntington Ravine.
you should see an image here When I took this photo, I didn't realize that "beard lichen" and "spanish moss" were two different things (the latter is a bromeliad). We're way too far north for spanish moss, so this must be beard lichen.
you should see an image here View ahead to Mt Hight.
you should see an image here A view further ahead to Middle Carter.
you should see an image here Another view of the Presidential Range: Washington, Jefferson, Adams.
you should see an image here Washington again. You can make out Boott Spur and Slide Peak.
you should see an image here An Appalachian Trail through-hiker pauses on the summit of Mt Hight.
you should see an image here From Mt Hight, view back to Carter Dome.
you should see an image here Most of the trail is pretty easy, like this.
you should see an image here A glimpse of Middle Carter.
you should see an image here View back toward Carter Dome (center), with South Carter (right) and Mt Hight (left) in front of it.
you should see an image here Middle Carter again.
you should see an image here Mt Hight (center) and Carter Dome (behind it). South Carter is mostly hidden by trees on the right.
you should see an image here View southeast to the Baldface Range.
you should see an image here Closing in on Middle Carter.
you should see an image here Final approach to the summit of Middle Carter: the trail passes through some krummholz.
you should see an image here View northeast from the top of Middle Carter.
you should see an image here Mt Lethe stands just north of Middle Carter, but here I accidentally photographed a different, unnamed knob.
you should see an image here Mt Lethe seen from Middle Carter.
you should see an image here Over the shoulder of Mt Lethe, a fine view of Mt Moriah, with Shelburne Moriah behind it.
you should see an image here View northwest: the cliff at center is the Imp Face.
you should see an image here This is a great spot for views of Jefferson, Adams, and Madison, but the light wasn't very good for photography.
you should see an image here The panorama continues southward with Clay and Washington.
you should see an image here Last bit of the panorama: the southeastern slopes of Washington.
you should see an image here A shot of that knob I had mistaken for Mt Lethe, from the north this time.
you should see an image here A view toward Baldface from the ridge between Middle Carter and Mt Lethe.
you should see an image here A view of Mt Washington from Mt Lethe.
you should see an image here The trail from Mt Lethe to North Carter passes through a series of bogs high on the ridge.
you should see an image here View back to Mt Lethe from the slopes of North Carter.
you should see an image here The summit of North Carter.
you should see an image here From an overlook near the summit of North Carter, a view to Imp Mountain (foreground) and Mount Moriah.
you should see an image here Slightly more easterly view: the east slopes of Imp Mountain and of Mt Moriah.
you should see an image here Mt Moriah from the north slope of North Carter.
you should see an image here Same spot, different camera angle.
you should see an image here The next morning, a view north to the town of Gorham from the campsite on Imp Mountain.
you should see an image here From the campsite, view northwest. The cliff at center is Pine Mountain.
you should see an image here The water source at the campsite.
you should see an image here Summit of Imp Mountain seen from the trail to Mt Moriah (ie, from the north).
you should see an image here North Carter, with a bit of Mt Lethe behind it, seen from a little further along the trail.
you should see an image here Looking past Imp Mountain's eastern shoulder: that may be Mt Hight in the distance.
you should see an image here Cliffs on the south face of Mt Moriah.
you should see an image here Left to right: Mts Jefferson, Adams, and Madison.
you should see an image here The southeastern slope of Mt Moriah, seen from above those cliffs.
you should see an image here The Carters seen from Mt Moriah. North Carter at right, Mt Hight and Carter Dome in the distance.
you should see an image here Mt Washington peeks out from behind the slopes of North Carter.
you should see an image here A bit further uphill, and more of the Presidential Range is visible. A better shot of Washinton, Clay, and Jefferson.
you should see an image here Jefferson, Adams, and Madison.
you should see an image here Panorama overview.
you should see an image here Panorama left half.
you should see an image here Panorama right half.
you should see an image here Shelburne Moriah from Mt Moriah.
you should see an image here I descended via the Imp Trail. Didn't meet any imps, but I did see a couple of these guys.
you should see an image here I don't know what these orange flowers are called, but I like them.
you should see an image here And so did this eastern tiger swallowtail.
you should see an image here This White Admiral preferred to rest beside the highway. This photo taken half a second before a truck sped by and blew it away.
you should see an image here An ostrich fern (I think) with very prominent fruiting leaves.
you should see an image here Sure, they're cute at this age, but try housebreaking them.