Friday, August 1, 2025 Summits: Cabot Start/Finish: Unknown Pond TH Miles: 9.4 Elevation gain/loss: 3300′ For my final hike up Cabot, I tried a new approach from Unknown Pond TH. It was a unique direction, and I enjoyed the variety. Seeing Unknown Pond was lovely. The trail was very quiet – I didn’t see anyone … Continue reading Gridding Cabot – August
Friday, July 11, 2025 Summits: Cabot Start/Finish: York Pond East TH Miles: 9.8 Elevation gain/loss: 3077′ After finishing work for the day, Eric and I headed to York Pond. We summited Cabot and then added some time and distance to bushwhack out to the talus field on the side of Cabot for some truly epic … Continue reading Cabot – July
Saturday, June 1 Summits: Cabot Start/Finish: York Pond East TH Miles: 9.12 Elevation gain/loss: 3012′ After sleeping out at a dispersed camping spot overnight, I started hiking just before 5:30am. It was magic to be on snow-free trails! It was 38 degrees at the start but the day heated up quickly. Near the summit, I … Continue reading Cabot – June
Saturday, January 13 Summits: Cabot Start/Finish: York Pond TH Miles: 9.88 Elevation gain/loss: ~3200′ I drove into York Pond on Friday night, knowing that the snow would start around 1am and not wanting to deal with unplowed roads before my hike. I went to bed early and started hiking at 4:45am in the dark and … Continue reading Cabot – Jan
Sunday, November 5 Start/Finish: York Pond TH Miles: 9.25 Elevation gain/loss: 3022 After sleeping at the dispersed camping area nearby the fish hatchery, I was up very early at 4am thanks to daylight savings ending, and hiking by 4:40am. The trail was drier than September and I made good time, despite doing the ascent in … Continue reading Cabot – Nov
Saturday, September 2 Start/Finish: York Pond TH Miles: 9.28 Elevation gain/loss: 2923 After a long drive from Lincoln with a stop for some food along the way, I started out for Cabot at 3:35pm. The climb started earlier than I had remembered and was pretty soggy, but I had a good time and was able … Continue reading Cabot – Sept
Sunday, April 30, 2023 Miles: 9.25 Start/End: York Pond East TH Elevation gain/loss: 3127′ Peaks: Cabot After a full day yesterday and very high winds (120 MPH on Washington) and rain forecast for the day, I decided to go with a great bad-weather hike. I drove out to York Pond trailhead in the rain. When … Continue reading Grid: Cabot
February 20, 2022 Start: Unknown Pond trailhead End: Starr King trailhead Miles: 21.04 Elevation gain: 8366′ GPS Track My friend and I met up at in Lincoln at 5am, drove to the Starr King winter trailhead, dropped a car, and then headed the hour drive over to Unknown Pond trailhead. When we started at 7:15am, … Continue reading Winter NE100: Horn, Bulge, Middle and South Weeks
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 Start: Percy Rd Lodge & Campground End: stealth site near Starr King summit Miles: 24.72 Elevation gain/loss: 8448’/5587′ Mountains Climbed: Rodger’s Ledge, The bulge, Cabot, Terrace, Weeks, Middle Weeks, South Weeks, Waumbek, Starr King After getting to bed around 8:45pm last night, I was awake at 5:45 and on trail by … Continue reading Cohos Trail day 5
Sunday, Oct 11, 2020Start/end: York East trailheadMileage: 10.6Elevation gain/loss: 2980′GaiaGPS track We got up early and went through Gorham, grabbing coffee drinks and breakfast sandwiches on the way to the Cabot trailhead. As we got close to to the York East trailhead, we encountered two bull moose next to the road, and they kindly wandered … Continue reading The Grid: Cabot
Transcending Mountains 