Saturday, August 2, 2025 Start/Finish: Wildcat Ski Area parking lot Miles: 8.6 Elevation gain/loss: 3586′ My legs were quite tired after the big day in the Presidentials, but I kept a smooth pace moving forward. The AQI was making my lungs hurt – it started around 70 and was up to 120 before I got … Continue reading Gridding Wildcats – August
Sunday, July 14 Summits: Wildcat A-D, Carter Dome; South, Middle, North Carter; Moriah Start: Wildcat ski area Finish: Carter Moriah TH Miles: 17.88 Elevation gain/loss: 7077/8107′ I started from Wildcat ski area at 5:30am and enjoyed the cooler and less humid weather. After the wildcats, I dropped down to Carter Notch and went by the … Continue reading CCM Traverse – July
Sunday, April 14 Summits: Wildcat A & D, Carter Dome, South, Middle, and North Carter, Moriah Start: Wildcat Mountain parking lot C Finish: Carter-Moriah TH Miles: 17.02 Elevation gain/loss: 7644’/8770′ Eric and I started from the Wildcat trailhead at 7:30am with temps in the mid-30s with clearing into sunny skies. We climbed to the first … Continue reading Cats, Carters, Moriah Traverse – Apr
Sunday, January 21 Summits: Wildcat A, B, C, D; Carter Dome, South Carter, Middle Carter, Lethe Start: Wildcat ski area Finish: Joe Dodge Camp Miles: 12.96 Elevation gain/loss: 6562′ After arriving later at Barnes Field than I meant to and sleeping in temps down to a windy 5 degrees, I wasn’t eager to get out … Continue reading Cats/Carters – Jan
Saturday, December 23 Summits: Wildcat A-D; Carter Dome; South, Middle, and North Carter; Moriah Start: Wildcat ski area Finish: Carter-Moriah TH Miles: 17.84 (+9.41 bike ride) Elevation gain/loss: 7280′ (+1237′ bike ride) After dropping off my bike at the trailhead last night, I slept out in my car and was at the Wildcat ski area’s … Continue reading WCM Traverse – Dec
Sunday, Oct 29 Start/Finish: Wildcat Ski Area parking lot Miles: 8.67 Elevation gain/loss: 3658 My friend Justin and I headed out at 6am, after some puzzling over how to cross the creek that is normally bridged by the ski area – they’re in the midst of construction. However, they’d gated the entrance to Lot B … Continue reading Wildcats – Oct
Saturday, November 26, 2022 Start: Glen Ellis Falls TH End: Carter-Moriah TH Miles: 17.2 Elevation Gain/Loss: 8484′ Peaks: Wildcat A, B, C, D, E; Carter Dome; South Carter; Middle Carter; Lethe; North Carter; Moriah; Surprise. I took my time this morning, getting coffee and breakfast in Gorham before heading to the Moriah trailhead at 7:30am … Continue reading The Grid: Wildcats->Moriah traverse
Sunday September 4, 2022 Start: Carter-Moriah TH, Gorham End: Glen Ellis Falls TH Miles: 16.9 (+11.05 bike shuttle to close the loop) Elevation gain/loss: 8219’/7093 After a late night out on the Pemi, I looked at the Mt Washington weather and decided a Presi Traverse wasn’t in the cards. It was predicted to be socked … Continue reading The Grid: Moriah-Carters-Wildcat Traverse
February 19, 2022 Peaks: Wildcat A and D, Carter Dome, Middle and South Carter Start: Wildcat ski resort End: 19 Mile Brook trailhead Miles: 13.14 (+0.4mi road walk until hitch) Elevation gain: 6359′ GPS track I was up early to drive the 1.25 hours over to Wildcat and then had to hoof it hard to … Continue reading The Grid: Wildcats and Carters
Saturday, March 2, 2019 Start/End: Wildcat Mountain ski resort Mileage: 14.7 Elevation gain/loss: 5334′ GaiaGPS track Much to my frustration, I needed to wait to start snowshoeing up Wildcat until 8:30am when the ski slope opened and I could buy a trail ticket. They restrict access to business hours only, which meant burning 2 hours … Continue reading Winter 48: Wildcat D & A, Carter Dome, & S/M/N Carter
Transcending Mountains 