Carter Notch Couloir

A very steep couloir off the east face of Wildcat B. There’s a couple approaches, depending on your style. One approach is skin 19 Mile Brook Trail to Wildcat River Trail and climb the route from below. Another is to reach the summit of Wildcat B either by hiking the trail from Carter Notch Hut, or by riding the lift at Wildcat and skinning along the Wildcat Ridge Trail. Either way your journey begins at Wildcat B. Drop into some glades that are inobvious from above, then follow these to the top of the slide. A short open section with an excellent view leads to a large ice bulge that can be skirted to skiers right. This is also a textbook avalanche trigger point, so be extremely cautious if you’re going top down. Enter this tight, steep, high walled chute and ski exciting turns down to the runout. Exit out to Wildcat River Trail and skin back to Carter Notch Hut. From here you can easily coast down 19 Mile Brook Trail back to Route 16.

Length

0.5 mi

Elevation gain

12 ft

Elevation loss

-1,431 ft

Average slope angle

30º

Max slope angle

48º

Aspect

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