The biggest difference about being in the whites - is that you can see what is coming up - and what you have just climbed. Here - looking back from North Kinsman (4,293') you can look back and see South Kinsman (4,358') and Wolf Mtn (3,478'). Ended up staying the night at Lonesome Lake Hut - my first "hut" experience of the Whites. There are 8 huts (basically four sided cabins - $80-$100 a night and includes breakfast and diner). They are off the grid - generating power from solar and wind - and composting all left over food scrapes to make new top soil. Thru hikers are allowed to do "work for stay". Basically we do the chores of the "croo". Sweeping, dishes, setting the tables, cleaning the bunk rooms after the guests leave - in exchange - we get to sleep on the floor - and get all left over food. Sometimes enough food for everyone, sometimes not. Good to be there around 5:00pm or so (too early and they ask you to keep hiking). Works out well for all.
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