﻿Mount Cabot from "The Horn"
Mount Cabot Trail: 3.9 miles, elevation gain of 2,700 feet. Be advised the lower section of the Mount Cabot Trail has been closed by local landowners since the 1990's, if you are able to hike the trail it is becoming more and more overgrown and muddy. The Mount Cabot Trail has moderate grades the whole way but the trail below the Kilkenny Ridge is eroding, muddy, and usually a wet mess from a decade of backed up water bars. Once the Mount Cabot Trail joins the Kilkenny Ridge Trail it becomes a little steeper until passing by Bunnell Rock before gaining the ridge where it passes by Cabot Cabin and gradual makes it's way to the wooded summit. There is a summit sign posted, a hundred feet beyond the sign is the actual high point with a summit stick nailed to the back of a tree.
York Pond Trail / Bunnel Notch Trail / Kilkenny Ridge Trail: 4.8 miles, elevation gain of 2,900 feet. This is the main route to the summit of Mount Cabot. The trail has easy to moderate grades with decent footing and since it now gets more use it has been kept in good shape and is pretty easy to follow. The trails to the summit are very ho-hum but there is a lot of moose activity on the lower end along the old logging roads, so keep your eyes out for them early in the morning or late in the afternoon around dusk.