H. Adams Carter Literary Award
The H. Adams Carter Literary Award was established to recognize excellence in alpine literature by North American writers. Recipients of the award have contributed extensively and over many years to mountain literature. Recipients are not selected through a submission process.
- Bernadette McDonald Awarded: 2012
- Royal Robbins Awarded: 2011
- Doug Robinson Awarded: 2010
- Maria Coffey Awarded: 2009
- John E. Harlin III Awarded: 2008
- Alison Osius Awarded: 2007
- John Long Awarded: 2006
- John Sherman Awarded: 2005
- Mark Jenkins Awarded: 2004
- Bradford Washburn Awarded: 2003
- Galen Rowell Awarded: 2003
- Tami Knight Awarded: 2003
- Rick Ridgeway Awarded: 2002
- Audrey Salkeld Awarded: 1999
- Michael Kennedy Awarded: 1998
- Broughton Coburn Awarded: 1997
- Jonathan Waterman Awarded: 1996
- Allen Steck Awarded: 1995
- Steve Roper Awarded: 1995
- Elizabeth Hawley Awarded: 1994
- Jeff Long Awarded: 1993
- David S. Roberts Awarded: 1992
- Ed Webster Awarded: 1990
- H. Adams Carter Awarded: 1988
- Greg Child Awarded: 1987
- Jonathan Roblee Krakauer Awarded: 1986