Mount Carter (Idaho)

{{Short description|Mountain in the state of Idaho}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Carter

| photo = Mount Carter ID.JPG

| photo_caption = Mount Carter from Thompson Peak

| photo_alt = A photo of Mount Carter from Thompson Peak

| elevation_ft = 10590

| elevation_ref =

| prominence_ft = 270

| prominence_ref = {{cite peakbagger|5038|Mount Carter, Idaho|January 3, 2013}}

| parent_peak = Mickey's Spire

| location = Boise and Custer counties, Idaho, U.S.

| range = Sawtooth Range

| map = USA Idaho

| coordinates = {{coord|44.139835|N|115.018282|W|type:mountain_region:US-ID_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates =

| coordinates_ref =

| topo = USGS Stanley Lake

| easiest_route = Scramble, {{YDS|3}}

| first_ascent =

}}

Mount Carter, at {{convert|10590|ft|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 {{convert|0.32|mi|km|abbr=on}} northwest of Mickey's Spire, its line parent, and {{convert|0.43|mi|km|abbr=on}} west of Thompson Peak, the highest point in the range.{{cite summitpost|347956|Mount Carter|January 3, 2013}}{{cite web |title=Mount Carter |publisher=Lists of John |url=http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/Climbers.php?Id=33526 |access-date=January 3, 2013}}{{cite map |publisher=Sawtooth National Forest, U.S. Forest Service |title=Sawtooth National Forest |edition=1998}}