Talk:Ellis River (New Hampshire)

Ellis River vs. Cutler River
I am having second thoughts about the description of the river's course. The current description follows the depiction on the USGS map for the area, where the river rises on the eastern slopes of Mount Washington, east of Huntington Ravine and west of the Peabody River, descends to the southeast, is joined by the Cutler River coming out of Tuckerman Ravine, then drops over Crystal Cascade and enters the center of Pinkham Notch at the base lodge of the Appalachian Mountain Club. However, the AMC's own White Mountain Guide gives a different description. In their telling the Cutler River has the entire course down to the center of Pinkham Notch, and the Ellis River rises there in the notch as a wetland.

As the original author of the article, I went with the USGS depiction, because that is what I am used to doing. However, the AMC have been present in Pinkham Notch and Tuckerman Ravine for a century and a half, and have developed the trail system throughout the area of the two rivers. I feel they have a much better sense of which river is which, and I feel it would make sense to change the river's course description to match the AMC's. If anybody is watching this page, please chime in. I will change the course description in a week or so unless I hear otherwise. Ken Gallager (talk) 14:08, 16 May 2023 (UTC)


 * I have made the change. Ken Gallager (talk) 13:21, 22 May 2023 (UTC)