"Pretty nice weather for the 11 mile loop. Lots of color now appearing. Been a few years since we've been up here, the cabin is freshly painted and looks good. Came down via Bulge, Horn and Unknown Pond. Lots of mud and water on the trail." — Alohabuffy • Sep 25, 2021

"Set up camp at Unknown Pond the night before and headed up to Cabot the next morning, grabbing The Horn and The Bulge on the way. Mostly in the clouds on The Horn, but we were able to catch a few glimpses of the nice foliage happening in the distance. Met a few folks on the trail too. " — ElectroSpecter • Sep 24, 2020

"Hiked into unknown pond with Electrospecter and Flyrdr to unknown pond tentsite. Set up for the night and then grabbed the summit in the morning on the way up to Cabot. Summit was in the clouds but had some small windows of some nice fall color! " — atwoheadedcat • Sep 24, 2020

"Solo. 19/48. Humid and in the 50’s, extremely overcast all day. Didn’t see a single other person all day long. Started out at 0745 and the gate to the fish hatchery was open. Decided on the Bunnell Notch trail to start, hoping that perhaps by the time I hit the Horn I would get some kind of view. I would say that probably 65-70% of the time I was hiking today I was being touched by some kind of plant- whether it was ferns or little fiddly tree branches or other greenery along the trail, it was near-constant. If you don’t like being touched by stuff while you hike maybe hit this in the winter. Lol. The Bunnell Notch Trail starts out nice and easy, very narrow & mostly dirt with some tiny steam crossings, and lots and lots of ferns. Tall ones! It was very quiet in the woods today, barely even a bird chirping- so around half a mile in when I heard something large moving off trail I was sure it was Bigfoot (probably a fat squirrel though.) I did see some moose signs on the trail in a few areas though which was exciting and a bit nerve wracking. The trail is a nice easy or moderate ascent all the way up to Cabot summit, steep in some areas with rocks or bedrock b..." — kellieirene • Sep 17, 2020

"Cool fall day with heavy clouds and mist once above 3000'. Unknown Pond was very beautiful with the fading fall foliage and the mist. Summit was enclosed in fog and clouds.. i.e. Robert DiNero in the Deerhunter. Felt good so pushed on further up the ridge to The Bulge." — goshen-bagger • Oct 14, 2017

"Wasn't sure if I had climbed this when I did Cabot 11 years ago (since it's about 0.3 mile from the Maine trail), so I went back just to be sure. Turns out, I had done it before. Oh well, good to get some exercise!" — robertocampo • Jun 4, 2017

"After doing Cabot, I hiked back and did the Horn, having lunch there. I then went back to Mill Brook Rd via Unknown Pond Tr, allowing me to count the entire Unknown Pond Tr for my red-lining. " — newenglandwarrior • Jun 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. " — LGH-Tom • Jun 18, 2016

"Did the loop of Cabot, the Bulge and the Horn from York Pond road. Leisurely lunch on top while taking in the views. Boogied down to Unkown pond and out to the road before they closed the gate---guess the fish go to sleep early!" — Nimblefoot • Sep 1, 2015

"I think its been 5 years since I was last up here. Forgot how the views were, but they are great. Worth coming back for, especially when you are scouting out nearby bushwacks. " — newenglandwarrior • Jul 3, 2015