Mount Carter | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 10,590 ft (3,230 m) |
Prominence | 270 ft (82 m)[1] |
Parent peak | Mickey's Spire |
Coordinates | 44°08′23″N 115°01′06″W / 44.139835°N 115.018282°W |
Geography | |
Parent range | Sawtooth Range |
Topo map | USGS Stanley Lake |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Scramble, class 3 |
Mount Carter, at 10,590 feet (3,230 m) above sea level is the seventh highest peak in the Sawtooth Range of Idaho. The peak is located in the Sawtooth Wilderness of Sawtooth National Recreation Area on the border of Boise and Custer counties. The peak is located 0.32 mi (0.51 km) northwest of Mickey's Spire, its line parent, and 0.43 mi (0.69 km) west of Thompson Peak, the highest point in the range.[2][3][4]