If you choose to make a loop hike by returning to your car via the highway, keep in mind that cars zoom along 28N at a fast pace. The level trail is found on the west side of Rt. 28N, south of the Boreas River bridge. The bridge is 8.7 miles north of Minerva and 5.7 miles south of the intersection of Rt. 28N and the Tahawus Rd.
Parking is located across the road from the trailhead.
This is a very easy climb, and takes the climber through forests of maple, birch and beech. Since it is such a popular mountain, there are always a good number of climbers on the trail and the summit. Cascade is not high enough to have a true alpine summit, but having been cleared by fire, the bare rocks afford incredible views of the surrounding peaks. The trailhead is marked clearly by a DEC sign, on Rt. 73, in the town of Keene.