Mount Cabot

Mount Cabot is the highest peak of the Pilot Range of the White Mountains and the northernmost New Hampshire 4000 footer.
Tree-covered summit offers limited views via short spur trails.
Cabot is flanked to the northeast by The Bulge and to the south of Bunnell Notch by Terrace Mountain.

Routes

Bunnell Notch to Kilkenny Ridge

11 summits • 13.5 mi • 3,015 ft gain • 6 hr 32 min

Kilkenny Ridge Trail to Mount Cabot Trail

2 summits • 9.4 mi • 2,695 ft gain • 6 hr 29 min

Mount Cabot 9.9 mi route

1 summit • 9.9 mi • 2,915 ft gain • 6 hr 24 min

Latest summits

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"Molly needed Cabot, so that is where we went. We had to park about a mile before the trailhead because of logging operations. We went up, tagged the summit, and came back down. " — newenglandwarrior • Mar 15, 2020

"Busy day on Cabot. Around 20 degs. A little breeze at the top. Some sun but a lot of clouds. Was spitting snow half the way up. Lunch in the cabin. Felt like a refridgerator. But very good trail conditions, no ice, easy walk with spikes. Thought about looping over to Unknown Pond but that trail looked a little rough at the summit." — Alohabuffy • Dec 30, 2018

"Trail was packed out but still pretty soft in spots, especially after the turn from Bunnell Notch up the mountain on the Kilkenny Ridge Trail, so I stuck with snowshoes the whole way up and down. Stream crossing were mostly easy step/hop-overs, with a couple of the bigger crossings having well-trodden detours where the main ice bridges were looking pretty thin. A surprisingly sunny morning meant I got some views I didn't expect at Bunnell Rock and the Cabot Cabin. All in all, it was a tough day grinding the hike out in the snow, but a victorious one in knocking another 4000-footer off the list." — HikeLikeMike • Mar 24, 2018

"FREEZING COLD OUT THERE....Im guessing -10-20...so cold that I had to help dress my partner when it got too cold. We had hoped to loop and grab the bulge and horn but when we were as cold as we were on Cabot we decided to turn around. " — shay-shay • Jan 25, 2018

"Cabot take 2 and minus all of the snow... Great day, but navigating the moose poop was a difficult quest. I think the goal for the moose on the mountain was to poop on every square inch of trail....it was impressive. Great trip with views on one of the peaks and the bugs are still resting! " — shay-shay • May 21, 2017

"Winter conditions. Snowshoes from the lot. Second time hiking with Bitty. The cabin was cool, but the true summit was tough to get to because of the heavy drifting at the summit." — ne4kclimber • Mar 25, 2017

"Today was for Grid and also some red-lining of Cabot Spur Spring Tr and also the Kilkenny Ridge segment over Terrace. First person on the mountain and quick hike up. Managed to locate the Spring Tr. Didn't like how much altitude I lost in that 0.1 miles, but eventually reached the spring. Onwards to Terrace." — newenglandwarrior • Sep 24, 2016

"Beautiful day to hike in the Whites. I decided to do a loop of the horn, the bulge, and Cabot. When I pulled in their was a large group headed up Bunnell, so I decided to head up the unknown pond trail to start my loop. I had the horn all to myself and the views were phenomenal. With all the cars in the parking lot I found it strange that I made it over the bulge and past the summit of Cabot before seeing my first group of people. Nothing to say about the bulge, no views, just in the way, Cabot also had no views, so The Horn was the peak of the day. Ended up being an 11.1 mile loop from my car back to the car. Cabot: Stopped at the cabin and talked to a guy doing the loop the opposite direction. Also, stopped to check out the hatchery before leaving for the day, pretty cool." — LGH-Tom • Jun 18, 2016

"Cabot was the last peak that had a 2 on my Grid chart and it was bugging me. I went up and barebooted up a ways to start. As I gained elevation, I had to constantly put on and take off my microspikes. Just before the viewpoint ledge, there was sheets of ice, so I left my microspikes on. I was almost in the clouds near the summit, so I didn't stay long. Coming down on that ice was sketchy with just spikes on. Crampon's would have been better for the descent, but I managed to make it down." — newenglandwarrior • Apr 2, 2016

"Got the day off from work due to the cold, rainy, generally miserable weather, so I thought, "Hey, what better way to celebrate than to head up north and climb Cabot and Waumbek for the first two winter 48 peaks of the season?" This time was a simple out and back on Bunnell Notch trail to Kilkenny Ridge. Bunnell Notch was wet, like VERY wet. There was some old, wet snow and plenty of flowing water. I made it to the junction with Kilkenny in :50 and from there is was the familiar climb up to the cabin and then the summit. It was an enjoyable trip in which I managed to stay dry (mostly) and notched off my first peak on my way to the Winter 48!" — npweeks • Dec 22, 2015