"Picking off the 'Wicked Wild' trails. Ascent by way of the West Face Trail. Lived up to it's reputation. Steep and dangerous in those spots with leaves and needles still wet from the day befores rain. Changed my plans and descended by the Connor Brook trail. Wise choice.." — goshen-bagger • Oct 14, 2025

"Walked the No. Ridge Tr. to just past the Hawk Watch area, then around the summit loop, dodging all the tourists. Wanted to see where the steep West Side trail connected with the So. Ridge Tr. so I went up and over the true summit trying to find it. My leg was hurting from yesterday's bushwhacks so I abandoned that plan when I came to the road by the west facing pkg area and just followed it back to my car. However I had forgotten to look for the USGS summit marker, so I trudged up the short trail behind the store once more and found BOTH summit markers (one is a benchmark)." — SteveM_StickMan • Sep 2, 2025

"Started with spikes, no spikes then switched to snowshoes. Off and on several times. Very warm - down to base layer for much of the hike. Snow was quite soft on the descent. Tiring to hike in soft snow. Hit Eagle’s Crag on the descent. " — NYMetz • Feb 26, 2025

"Camped and hiked with Olivia! We took the south ridge trail and Eagles Crag. Conditions were ideal; overcast, but good visibility. Temp hovered around 60F. Hike was so colorful <3" — meilijohnson • Sep 21, 2024

"Started on the Schiff Path and hiked up Dorr Mountain. Then hiked down and summited Cadillac Mountain. Continued on Cadillac South Ridge Trail bagging Dike Peak and Eagles Crag back to my campsite at Blackwoods campground. Distance was 7.1 miles with 1,649 feet of elevation gain." — Zardoz • Sep 9, 2022

"After Molly and I hiked Bar Island, we started doing some red-lining of the park. We parked at Sieur De Mont and hiked towards the Tarn. We then looped south of Dorr Mtn and up over Cadillac South Ridge. We kept going and went up the SE side of Pemetic Mtn and reached the summit. It was an overcast day. We then went off the NE side of Pemetic and up the NW Trail of Cadillac. That was a steep trail. We reached the summit of Cadillac, then headed over to Dorr. By the time we reached Dorr, some clouds had moved in and we were socked in. We came down the Emory Path back to the car. " — newenglandwarrior • May 20, 2022

"Climbed up the Gorge Path. Hardly anyone on it. Went down the North Ridge trail and walked 0.5 miles on the Loop Road to complete the circuit. Total distance of 5.6 miles in three and a half hours." — cv • Aug 18, 2021

"After summiting Dorr Mountain started down the Connector Trail. Refrozen melt water overwhelmed the trail. Way too icy and steep for a solo senior citizen hiker. Retreated back the way I came." — goshen-bagger • Dec 15, 2020

"Full day of hiking in Acadia. Local attempts at "hiking" definitely did not prepare me to do some real climbing. This hike was amazing in every way, even though my body was not physically prepared. It has been since last September when I attempted Katahdin with my son that my legs have done any real work. My knees were dying near the end. It really kicked the crap out of me. I was supposed to exit back over Kebo on the way out, but couldn't see myself doing it without being in some serious pain, so I navigated myself an easier way out that ended up taking me almost right back to my car. Kebo started the day, very easy and quick. Crossed over to Gorge Path, which was simply amazing. Got to the intersection above the gorge and decided to pull myself up over the boulders to summit Cadillac, something I've never done on foot. Got to the top and realized my legs were definitely feeling the rust. Went back down to the intersection and talked myself into summitting Dorr, even though I wasn't feeling it. After getting to the top of that, decided to go back down the North Ridge Trail, which probably ended up being harder than back down the gorge. The open ledges were slippery in many places..." — mikewilliamsjr • May 17, 2020

"Red eye overnight to Boston and the long drive north in order to hike the west ridge in time for sunset. Route was more scrambling than I expected although a bit sketchy in spots where the slabs were wet. " — Christopher • Oct 16, 2019