Hike Schedule

9:00 Cave Spring Witch Hunt

Hosting Club: Niagara

Location (Google Maps):

Parking lot Quarry Road Beamsville

Hike Leader(s): Bill Russell Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

Pace: Leisurely
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 6k

Description

Discover the history of the 19th Century Quarry Pioneers and the Cave Spring Witch.

9:00 International Hike

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Loop
Location (Google Maps): Park in the Dufferin Islands, south of the Falls, on the Niagara Parkway (near the bottom of Burning Springs Hill). Paid parking. Niagara Parks Parking passes suggested.

Hike Leader(s): Margaret Northfield Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 15km

Description

See Niagara Falls from several angles on this trek around both sides of the border.

Bring your passport/Nexus card as well as $1 to walk across the Rainbow Bridge.   You may have to present your vaccination status.

Urban Walk: 16 Mile Creek, Oakville

Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Urban Walk
Location (Google Maps): Starts and ends at Oakville GO Station

Hike Leader(s): Ginny Giraudi, Wayne Crockett Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Other (Refer to Description)
Distance: 15 km

Description

If you are planning to travel by GO train to Oakville please meet Wayne Crockett by the information desk with the clock over it in Union Station in the Great Hall (off Front Street). You will be taking the 8:44 am  westbound train, so please arrive 15 minutes prior to that.  Please use the bathroom while on the GO train as there is little time for it at the Oakville GO station. You can also drive to the Oakville Station and meet us there. Parking is free on the weekends.

We will all meet at 9:25 am at the Oakville Transit Bus Platform 27 at the Oakville GO Station (click here for station diagram.) From here we will board Bus 13 at 9:40 am and take a short bus ride to the start point of our hike. Oakville Transit buses accept Presto, and if you have paid for the GO train, the fare for the Oakville bus will register as zero. We will walk a 15 km looping trail through the 16-Mile Creek ravine (click here for route map), stopping at the halfway point for lunch (port-a-potties only; bring hand sanitizer and tp) and return to the Oakville GO Station. The trail is stone dust gravel or asphalt and mostly flat except for two steep declines and two long climbs. There is one long set of stairs to descend. The after-hike pub stop is at the Beertown Public House (click here for menu) near the Oakville GO Station.

#2/3 Toronto Bruce Trail Club 60th Anniversary Badge Hike - 22km

Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Car Hike
Location (Google Maps): Limehouse Conservation Area – west of km20.4 at the baseball diamond. Access from the Fifth Line, just southeast of the village of Limehouse.

Hike Leader(s): Alina Lin

Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Challenging, Hilly, Rocky, Variable
Distance: 22km

Description

Founded in 1962, Toronto Bruce Trail Club is 60 years young ! To celebrate its birth year and the first blaze painted on the Bruce Trail, the Club has launched the 60th Anniversary badge. We are going to do a series of three hikes for a total of 60+ km to earn this badge.  If you are a badge hunter, or simply just want to enjoy a long hike along  the Niagara Escarpment during this golden season, join us!

Depart 9:30 am. Please arrive a bit early to give yourself enough time to get ready.  Prepare to walk for around 7 hours with only a 15-minute lunch break. Hiking poles are highly recommended.

Terrain: hilly, rocky, variable and challenging
Difficulty – intermediate to advanced
Pace – 4km/hour
Bring lunch and at least 1.5L water
No dropouts
No dogs
Hiking boots

Car Hike: Hockley Valley There and Back

Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Car Hike
Location (Google Maps): Hockley Road Parking Area, located on the north side of Hockley Road at the Hockley Road Side Trail.

Hike Leader(s): Liz Hemmerick – Leader, Peter Leeney – Sweep Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Variable
Distance: 15 km

Description

Enjoy the rolling trails of the Hockley Valley passing babbling brooks.  We will walk to Dunby Road on the main trail and then take in the Cam Snell Side Trail on our return.  The pace will be moderate/brisk. Please bring a minimum of 2 litres of water and lunch.  Hiking boots are strongly recommended. You may find hiking poles helpful on the hilly sections.  Depending on the weather, there can be muddy/slippery sections.

Please arrive by 8:45 a.m. as we will be departing promptly at 9:00 a.m.