[4] In 2016, Hartland resident Robert Hutchins petitioned the Board to change the official name to Kaskadenak, garnering the support of Chief Paul Bunnell of the Koasek Traditional Band of the Abenaki Nation among others.

In July 2018, the State of Vermont Board of Libraries, which has the statutory authority to name geographical features, heard arguments to officially rename the mountain to Mount Kaskadenak.

The Board also cited an email from Smithsonian linguist Ives Goddard, who proposed that the origin of the name "Ascutney" was the Abenaki word kskatena and wrote that"Ascutney […] and Cascadnac (from Western Abenaki kaskadenak) are both authentic names meaning 'wide mountain.'

"[9]Vermont Route 131 follows the south face of the mountain, and provides some good views of Ascutney.

Similarly, Vermont Routes 44 and 44-A follow the north face, and provide a number of views of that side of the mountain.

The north-south route of Interstate 91 runs just east of the mountain and provides extensive views of both the north and south faces.

Ascutney can be viewed from select locations on the Dartmouth College campus, among them the upper floors of Rauner Library and the Steele Chemistry Building.

Besides Augustus Saint-Gaudens, other artists built their homes specifically sited towards the mountain, and it became the focal point of many expansive gardens and Italianate villas.

[10] Maxfield Parrish, Charles Platt, Thomas Dewing, and Winston Churchill (the writer) all built homes to view the mountain.

The pluton emplacement is probably related to the formation of transform faults and/or fracture zones during (failed) Mesozoic rifting.

The mountain is a favorite area for viewing migrating birds, which use the Connecticut River as a navigation pathway.

The summit can also be reached via a short trail from the parking lot at the end of the only road up the mountain, the Mt.

Opening after the end of World War II, skiing facilities originally consisted of just one rope tow.