After a breakfast feast at the Stark Village Inn I picked up the trail at the South Pond gate. This looked like a very civilized spot. The last I would see for a while.



I stopped at Unknown Pond for water and a late lunch.








Then it was all climbs up to the Horn, then on to Cabot. The crew working on the Cabot Cabin had all the spots so I pushed on with my heavy load of water from the spring.

I camped near a spot where I could see the next day’s work. Beautiful but scary heh.
Beautiful scenery
Glad you thought so too! The Kilkenny is full of great views, but being a ridge trail, a hard hike.
Looks like it’s definitely worth the hard hike 💫✨
I have never found that spring near Cabot
There is a noticeable cairn in the middle of the trail with a path leading over the edge. The water was quite a ways down and just a strong seep with a puddle.