"Carter Notch Hut, the farthest east...

"...in AMC's chain of eight high mountain huts, is the oldest structure in the system."
-Appalachian Mountain Club in History of the Carter Notch Hut

July 15, 2001

Tonight I worked my stay at Carter Notch Hut by washing dishes for one hour.  The caretakers are Susan and Brian - very nice people.  Brian is a wildlife major and knows all about local plants, etc.  Susan has a degree in English but is trying to get a position on Mt. Washington observatory hoping for a future in geology.

Carter Notch Hut from above the "notch"

This is a beautiful and awesome hut.  I feel like I'm in town with a bunk bed and a kitchen.  It is nestled just between the Carters and Wildcats.  

Unknowing to me, this would be the beginning of a wonderful relationship between myself and AMC's hut system.

I had planned to stay in my tent along the way and avoid the high prices of staying in the huts, but found out here that I could work my stays.

And, eat lots of good food as part of the deal!

I would stay in five huts over the next seven days, and gain weight hiking through some of the roughest terrain on the East Coast.

Self-portrait on North Carter peak

The view from Carter Dome and the viewpoint on the ledge above Carter Hut had a nice view of the Presidentials.

Presidential Mountains off to the right behind Carter Dome