The Winter "Open Hut" Team Traverse Route

Carter Notch Hut to Zealand Hut to Lonesome Lake Hut

From Carter Notch Hut, descend Nineteen Mile Brook trail to a point where it's possible to cross the brook and access and a spur of the Aqueduct Ski Trail leading from the brook to Great Glen. This is directly across the highway from the Mount Washington Auto Road, which leads for slightly less than 2 miles to the Raymond Path, connecting to the Huntington Fire Road within a stone's throw of the Winter Lion's Head Route. The route continues up the Lion's Head to the Alpine Garden Trail, then left to the Tuckerman Ravine Trail and on to the Tuckerman Crossover Trail, which leads to the Crawford Path just above Lake of the Clouds Hut. From this point on to the finish at Lonesome Lake, the route follows the standard combination of the Crawford, Avalon and A-Z Trails, the Twinway, the Garfield Ridge Trail, the Old Bridle Path, and the Lonesome Lake Trail.

Overview:

Start Time: 12:00 am March 11th Carter Notch Hut
Finish Time: 11:41 pm March 11th Lonesome Lake Hut
Total Time: 23 hours 41 minutes
Total Mileage: 42.1 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 14,150 feet
Support: 3 self-support car/roadside caches. No support team was used.
Conditions: Most trails well packed, snowshoes required from Garfield to treeline on the North shoulder on Lafayette. 95%+ of the route was on snow and ice

Maps:

Map 1 - Carter Notch to Alpine Garden Trail
Map 2 - Alpine Garden Trail to Mizpah Cutoff
Map 3 - Mizpah Cutoff to Zealand Hut
Map 4 - Zealand Hut to below Garfield
Map 5 - Garfield to Old Bridle Path
Map 6 - Old Bridle Path to Lonesome Lake

Elevation Profiles:
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Carter Notch To Crawford Notch


Crawford Notch To Lonesome Lake

Wild Whites
Ultramarathon

The Foxtrot
Traverse

Twins to Garfield

Winter "Open Hut"
Solo Traverse

Winter "Open Hut"
Team Traverse

"Mooseraker"
(satire)

Homemade Alcohol
Stove Winter Test