While at Dartmouth, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, vice-president of Palaeopitus, vice-president of the Dartmouth Outing Club and member of Cabin and Trail, and the Casque and Gauntlet senior society.

In 1922 Carleton won the Beck trophy at Lake Placid,[4] and set two New England ski jumping records in N.H. and the Vermont state championship.

[7] In April 11, 1931 along with Charles Proctor, Carleton made the first ski descent of the headwall at Tuckerman Ravine.

[8] In 1932 he competed in the first Eastern Amateur Ski Association downhill race held on Mount Moosilauke.

He also worked as campaign manager for the unsuccessful Sherman Adams N.H. 1946 Gubernatorial race[12] and was an alternate delegate to the 1948 Republican National Convention from New Hampshire.