Wildcat Mountain (New Hampshire)

Infobox Mountain
Name=Wildcat Mountain A
Photo=WildcatA.jpg
Caption=Wildcat A rises over Carter Notch
Elevation= 1,345 m (4,422 ft)
Prominence = 315 m (1,034 ft)
Location=New Hampshire, USA
Range=Carter-Moriah Range
Coordinates=coord|44|15|32|N|071|12|05|W|type:mountain_region:US |display=title,inline
Topographic
USGS Carter Dome
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First ascent=
Easiest route=
Listing = White Mountain 4,000-footersInfobox Mountain
Name=Wildcat Mountain D
Elevation= 1,238 m (4,062 ft)
Prominence = 87 m (287 ft)
Easiest route= Via Wildcat Mountain Ski Area gondola lift
Listing = nowrap| White Mountain 4,000-footers

Wildcat Mountain is a mountain located in Coos County, northern New Hampshire, United States. The mountain is part of the Carter-Moriah Range of the White Mountains, on the east side of Pinkham Notch. Wildcat Mountain faces Carter Dome across Carter Notch to the northeast, and Mount Washington across Pinkham Notch to the west.

Wildcat Mountain has five summits — A, B, C, D, and E — along Wildcat Ridge, which curves two miles to the south and west. Both A (4,422 ft) and D (4,062 ft) are considered "four-thousand footers". B (4,305 ft) and C (4,285 ft) lack the topographic prominence to be considered more than subpeaks of Wildcat A. Likewise, the E peak (4,046 ft) is considered to be a subpeak of the higher D peak (the E peak was formerly believed to be the higher of the two, and used to appear on the official list of four-thousand footers, but current topographic maps reveal the D peak to be the higher summit).

The Appalachian Trail, which extends over 2,150 miles (3,450 km) from Georgia to Maine, climbs up from the Appalachian Mountain Club's Joe Dodge Lodge in Pinkham Notch and traverses the summits of the Wildcat Ridge, continuing on to Carter Dome.

The Wildcat Mountain Ski Area is one of the best-known alpine skiing resorts in New England, with lifts from the base on NH Rt. 16 in Pinkham Notch 2,112 ft up to the D summit. The area has 47 trails on 225 acres, including Polecat Trail—the longest ski trail in New Hampshire. Also, the Wildcat Valley Trail, an ungroomed cross-country ski trail, leads from the summit down to Jackson, New Hampshire, dropping 3,240 ft in 11.1 miles (988 m in 17.8 km).

ee also

* List of mountains in New Hampshire
* Four-thousand footers
* White Mountain National Forest

External links

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* [http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6981 Peakbagger.com: Wildcat Mountain]
* [http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6985 Peakbagger.com: Wildcat “D”]
* [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/153832/wildcat-mountain.html Summitpost.org: Wildcat Mountain]
* [http://www.outdoors.org/recreation/tripplanner/plan/wildcat.cfm AMC: Wildcat Mountain]
* [http://hikethewhites.com/wildcat.html hikethewhites.com: Wildcat Mountain]
* [http://www.skiwildcat.com/ Wildcat Mountain Ski Area]
* [http://www.trailblazersne.com/Wildcat_Mountain_Ridge_Trail TrailBlazersNE Wildcat Mountain Trail Profile]