This great 7.5 miles loop offers exposed ledges and wonderful views for a good part of the way. Park at the AMC Cardigan lodge. The first half of the hike is really straightforward: From the lodge, take the Manning trail up until you reach the Firescrew summit. From there, take the Mowglis trail W until you get to Mount Cardigan summit. Things get more complicated afterwards. From the summit, go down the Clark Trail. Take a slight left at the junction with the W Ridge Trail to stay on the Clark Trail. You&#8217;ll quickly get to a small cabin. From there, take a slight right to take the S Ridge Trail. A little later, at the junction with the Ranger Cabin trail, take left to stay on the S Ridge Trail. Finally, at the next fork take right to stay on the S Ridge Trail. You&#8217;ll soon reach the S Peak of Mount Cardigan. From there, go down the trail until you find a junction. Then take left on the Skyland trail. Stay on this trail until you reach the last peak of the loop, Orange mountain. From the summit, take a slight left to go down Vistamont trail. Pass the stream, and take right at the junction to go back to Clark trail. Stay on this trail for a while, and take left when you see a sign indicating the AMC lodge.

Mount Cardigan - United States

Mount Cardigan - Firescrew-Cardigan-Orange loop

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A website for USA with detailed information somewhat like c2c for Europe is MountainProject.org California has a detailed overview page here on c2c. There are some French-language route descriptions and reports. New York state has an the Gunks on c2c.