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- 18January 18, 2023
Niagara Winter End to End #3 Glen Road to Roland Road
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Category: Car Pool
Location (Google Maps): Short Hills Parking Lot at Roland Road. Car Pool to Glen RoadHike Leader(s): Sam Rutherford Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 13 kmsDescription
We will be car pooling, Bring Icers and poles. No dogs. To earn your Niagara Winter End to End badge, it must be completed between December 21, 2022 to March 21, 2023.
Because of the potential for bad winter trail conditions we have broken this e2e into 6 hikes rather than 5Fairmont Side Trail Loop
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Category: Register on-line or sign-in morning of hike
Location (Google Maps): Hike meets in the parking lot behind Tim Hortons on First St. in Collingwood.Hike Leader(s): David Little Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Brisk – 4 to 5 km/hr, Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr
Terrain: Moderate – Some hills and/or some poor footing, Strenuous – Hilly with steep climbs and some poor footing
Distance: 10kmDescription
Please be prepared with icers’s or snowshoes.We will park on Sideroad 22B east of Cty Rd 7. The hike will begin at the Fairmount Side Trail and form a loop taking in both the Siegerman Side Trail and the Allan Side Trail. This 3.5 hour hike has a relaxing start past magnificent Webwood Falls. Some road hiking turns into a steep descent to Joe Pye Weed stream. A couple of very long strenuous uphill climbs makes this a challenging hike. Bring lunch and water. Map 27 Ed. 30 - 19January 19, 2023
9:00 am Long Hike Jordan to Moyer / Louth
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Location (Google Maps):
Jordan Hollow Park 3039 King St Jordan
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
: 10kDescription
From Jordan Hollow Hike the main trail to Upper and Lower Balls Falls, Moyer Road or Louth and Return. You must register for each hike. Dress for the weatherBring Poles, snack a drink and icers
9:15 Short hike, Jordan Hollow
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Location (Google Maps): Jordan Hollow Park Jordan
Hike Leader(s): Bill Russell Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 6 kilometresDescription
Hike the main trail and side trails around Jordan and Balls Falls. Bring hiking boots, icers and water.
Down to the Hollow CANCELLED
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Category: Thursday Group
Location (Google Maps): City View Park, 2500 Kerns Rd.Hike Leader(s): Anne Armstrong Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Leisurely – 3km/hr or less
Terrain: Moderate – Some hills and/or some poor footing
Distance: 10-11 km.Description
Today’s hike will take us from City View Park to Smokey Hollow and back. Depending on conditions we may include the McNally and Norman Pearson Side Trails which will include a long climb up Grindstone Creek to Smokey Hollow. Meet at 9:45 am. for a 10:00 am. start in the first parking lot on your right in the most southerly parking lot of City View Park (not the one with the soccer fields and baseball diamonds on Kerns Rd). Bring water, a snack, icers and poles if using. If cancelling after 4:00 pm. on the day before please email leader or text.
Hike Leaders: Anne and Phill Armstrong 905 617 3937 hikingrandma@gmail.com
Car Hike: Winter Walk and Wonder - CANCELLED
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Category: Cancelled
Location (Google Maps): Meet at the (roadside) parking area at the end of 17 Sideroad, 730 m northeast of Halton Rd 25. Map 12.Hike Leader(s): Janet Patterson Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Leisurely
Terrain: Variable
Distance: approximately 2 kmDescription
Join us for a slow walk in the woods to observe and identify the impressive variety of trees in this area, without the benefit of examining their leaves! The distinctions found in twigs, buds and bark are just some of the clues we will be seeking, with the assistance of our guide, Adam Brylowski, an ecologist on staff at the BTC.Please dress for the weather, and along with your curiosity, I suggest a hot drink, water and lunch or snack. End time and distance we’ll travel are estimates, depending on weather snd trail conditions.
This hike is brought to you by the TBTC’s Biodiversity Team. We endeavour to promote the critical role we can all play in protecting and conserving the Niagara Escarpment.
Limit of 10
Inglis Falls and Smith Bush
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Category: Snowshoe Hike
Location (Google Maps): Meet in the parking lot behind the Grey-Sauble Conservation Authority head office.
237897 Inglis Falls Road, Owen SoundHike Leader(s): Franziska Edney Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium: 3 to 4 km/h
Terrain: Strenuous: Hilly with steep climbs and some poor footing., There might be icy and slippery sections.
Distance: 5 kmsDescription
We will do a loop hike, starting with the blue trail from the parking lot, crossing the river to the white trail, which takes us up to the Waterfall. We then cross the road and follow the trail through Smith Bush to the snowmobile trail, which takes us back to the parking lot. Hike approximately 2 hrs, poles advised. Map 32 - 20January 20, 2023
10:30 am Niagara-on-the-Lake Tour - FOLLOWED BY OUTDOOR SKATING
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Category: Urban
Location (Google Maps): Park on King St near Centre St at the entrance to Veteran’s Memorial ParkHike Leader(s): Margaret Northfield Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Easy
Distance: 6-8kmDescription
Note: Optional – We will go to the skating rink at Pillar & Post after the hike. Bring skates. Skate rentals available for $5.
Each Friday we will explore different neighbourhoods, trails and parkland throughout Historic Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Moderate pace with some weeks entirely on sidewalks and roads while others may include a mix of trails and paved pathways. Great way to build up endurance for longer more strenuous hikes.
Prepare for cooler windy conditions on open parkland and along Lake Ontario and Niagara River trails.
Plan to stay for conversation and a warm cup of coffee or tea at Sweets & Swirls, Community Centre, Niagara Stone Road, NOTL
- 21January 21, 2023
Winter Coach Trip: Arrowhead Provincial Park
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Departure Time: 08:00
Return to City Time: 18:30
Departure Point: York Mills Bus PickupTrip Activities
I would like to be picked-up at 10 York Mills Rd ($0.01)
I would like to be picked-up at the Major Mackenzie Dr and HWY 400 Park and Ride ($0.01)
Optional ItemsHosting Club: Toronto
Category: Coach Trips
Location (Google Maps): Arrowhead Provincial ParkHike Leader(s): Martina Furrer, David Royle, Brenda Menezes Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Description
Due to lack of snow at Scenic Caves, we will be going to Arrowhead Provincial Park. No trail fees at Arrowhead! Bus cost includes park admission. No après ski and shoe party.Bus departs 10 York Mills Rd at 8 AM and Major Mackenzie Dr and HWY 400 Park and Ride at 8:20 AM. If you wish to be picked up at the Major Mackenzie Dr and HWY 400 Park and Ride, select that option when you register. Please arrive 15 minutes before departure. The bus waits for no one.
Join us for an awesome day of skiing and snowshoeing at Arrowhead Provincial Park. For information about trail conditions visit: https://www.ontarioparks.com/skireport. For information about the park visit: https://www.ontarioparks.com/park/arrowhead. Snowshoers: Join David and Brenda for a guided snowshoe hike. The group will maintain a comfortable level II pace, through forest and moderate hills and cover about 10 KM. Prepare to be outside for four hours. If you prefer, you can explore the parks trails with a friend at your own pace. Skiers: Enjoy forests, fields, rolling hills, and Arrowhead Lake on trails groomed for classic and skate skiing. After skiing or snowshoeing spend some time snow tubing (if open) or ice skating in the forest (if open).
Ski and snowshoe rentals available.
There are no food services in the park. Pack water/tea and lunch.
Coach fares and park admission must be paid online when you register. Masks are mandatory on the bus.
Winter Rim2Rim #1 in a series of 3 hikes
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Category: Experienced hikers ONLY/STRENUOUS
Location (Google Maps): Hike meets in the parking lot behind Tim Hortons on First St. in Collingwood.Hike Leader(s): Hart Fischer Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Brisk – 4 to 5 km/hr, Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr
Terrain: Moderate – Some hills and/or some poor footing, Strenuous – Hilly with steep climbs and some poor footing
Distance: 19kmDescription
Log all three hikes to earn your Winter Rim badge!
After leaving the cars at the Gibraltar Sideroad 6 parking lot, we will follow the John Haigh Side Trail past the highest point on the Bruce Trail until it joins the white blazed trail. We will continue to follow the white blazed trail south across the Pretty River Road, across 30/31 Sideroad Nottawasaga and then up the hill to the Standing Rock and Caves Side Trail leading to the Singhampton Caves in the Nottawasaga Lookout Nature Reserve. After a scramble through the caves and a climb back up to the white blazed trail, we will loop back around and down on the white blazed trail. Bring lots of snacks, lunch and water. Please be prepared with icers’s or snowshoes.(Distance may vary for the winter.) FOR EXPERIENCED HIKERS ONLY! Map 23 Ed. 30. NO Sign-in morning of hike. Contact leader directly if on-line registration is closed.Car Hike: Rouge National Park Toronto
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Category: Car Hike
Location (Google Maps): Glen Rouge Campground, Kingston Road, Scarborough, ONHike Leader(s): Mohammad Aghamiri Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Hilly, Variable
Distance: 14-15KMDescription
It is winter time please bring your icers, hiking poles, proper closing and shoes and hot drinks,Please carefully read safety procedures during the hike:
1-Hikers must stay between the leader and the sweep.
2-Hikers must advise the leader or the sweep if they wish to leave the group.
3- Hikers must follow the whistle instructions: 1 blast- stay where you are; 2 blasts come to the leader; 3 blasts – come to the leader quickly.
4-Hike leader may request volunteers to stop at trail intersections, they need to help hikers to the direction the group walk and wait till they see the sweep .
5-Hikers have to make sure they can see the persons behind and in front of them.
Car Hike: Queen Elizabeth II WIldlands PP Exploration Hike
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Category: Car Hike
Location (Google Maps):Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands PP
Hike Leader(s): Glynn Richardson Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Challenging, Rocky, Variable
Distance: 14-18 kmDescription
Join me and the Toronto Bruce Trail Club for a hike on Sat, Jan 21, 2023, 8:30am!Looking for adventure and exploration? Let’s get off the trail and explore the area. Join me on this Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands PP exploratory hike.
This is an advanced hike!
MANDATORY EQUIPMENT: Hiking boots, trail crampons, snowshoes and headlamps. DO NOT show up without these items, you will NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE.
At the trailhead we will evaluate conditions and determine whether we will wear, carry or leave our snowshoes. Hiking poles and gaiters are highly recommended. They will come in handy when crossing over beaver dams.
Expect to spend 6-8 hrs hiking 14-18 km, depending upon the conditions and the groups ability, mostly off the trail over rugged topography, We’ll explore forests, rock barrens and views. Our feet may get a little wet as we navigate our way around and over ponds (beaver dam), creeks (rocks, logs), lakes (We will NOT be travelling on ice) and beaver dams. There will be lots of elevation change and challenges.
Bring snacks, lunch, water.
Check the weather in advance and dress accordingly in layers.
There will be no dropouts and no dogs.
Participants are to register with Glynn Richardson: g.rich2010@outlook.com.
Registered participants are to arrive 15 minutes prior to the hike for briefing
Space is limited. Maximum of 6.
8:30 Niagara Winter End to End #1 Grimsby to Kinsman Park
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Category: Car Pool
Location (Google Maps): Meet Kinsmen Park Frost Rd Beamsville. Carpool to Lions Pool Grimsby 43.193201 79.565301Hike Leader(s): Alan Laver Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 13.5Description
We will be car pooling, Bring Icers and poles. No dogs. To earn your Niagara Winter End to End badge, it must be completed between December 21, 2022 to March 21, 2023.
Because of the potential for bad winter trail conditions we have broken this e2e into 6 hikes rather than 5
Frosty Five Winter Blues Badge Series 2/5 Weekend
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Category: General
Location (Google Maps): Meet at the Hockley Road parking lot on the north side of Hockley Road at the Hockley Road Side Trail. 43.972857, -80.056330 (Map 18, Edition 30)Directions: From ON-10 turn east onto Hockley Rd/Dufferin County Rd 7. Drive for 5.1 kilometres.
Hike Leader(s): Sandy Green Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hour
Terrain: Strenuous – hilly with steep climbs and some poor footing
Distance: 11.5 kilometresDescription
Beat the winter blues! Register individually for one, a few, or all of our Frosty Five Winter Blues Weekend Badge hikes. Participants who complete all five hikes will be eligible to receive a CHBTC Winter badge and a Sideways badge on the final hike. Hike two explores parts of the main Trail and Glen Cross, Isabel East, and Tom East Side Trails in the Hockley Valley Provincial Nature Reserve. Bring your choice of hydration and snacks. Hiking boots and icers/crampons are required. See January 7, February 4, February 18, and March 4 for details pertaining to the other hikes in the series. (Note: If you wish to purchase badges, the cost of each badge is $10.00 for BTC members and $15.00 for non-members.)
Hilton Falls Side Trail
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Category: General Hike
Location (Google Maps): Hilton Falls Conservation Area main entrance, 4985 Campbellville Road, Milton, L7P 0G3.Hike Leader(s): Stuart Law Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr
Terrain: Moderate – Some hills and/or some poor footing
Distance: 14.5 kmDescription
Join us on a lovely walk in the Halton woods along a good portion of the Vanderleck Side Trail and all of the Hilton Falls Side Trail. The Falls themselves are in fantastic condition and will be a treat to see. Please meet at the Hilton Falls Conservation Area (reservations required) at 9:15 am and we will shuttle to the start point and hike back. Icers mandatory. Please bring a warm drink, water, a snack and a lunch along with an appreciation of nature and the people around you. Possible optional pub stop after.Dufferin Hi-Land Winter Badge Hike #2 of 4
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Category: General Hike
Location (Google Maps): Dufferin Hi-Land, Map 20. Meet at BTC Rock Hill parking lot on 1st Line EHS, Mulmur, 300 metres south of 10 Sideroad/County Rd 17.Hike Leader(s): Les Babbage; Helen Bailey Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Slippery and Steep Sections, Strenuous
Distance: 8 or 9.5 kmDescription
We will hike the Main Trail to the Oliver Creek Loop, returning by way of Moss Haven Side Trail and Main Trail. Option to continue across 1st Line to Rock Hill loop. Lots of hills, streams and crevices. Dress for winter conditions. Snowshoes and/or icers required. Hike leaders will contact registered hikers a day or two before the hike to advise on trail conditions and any weather alerts. Bring water, snacks and lunch.10:00am Decew House
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Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: In and Out
Location (Google Maps): Decew House. Decew Road West of Merritville Highway.Hike Leader(s): Sylvia Wheeler Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Leisurely, Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 5 kmDescription
Hike from Decew House on the main trail along Lake Moodie and visit Decew Falls at the Morningstar MillDress for the weather and bring ices, poles and a drink
Urban Walk: Waterfront Trail 3/8 - Long Branch
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Category: Urban Walk
Location (Google Maps): Etobicoke Waterfront TrailHike Leader(s): Brian Rideout Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Flat
Distance: 9 kmDescription
Please join me at Kipling Station by 9:15 am. We will take the 123 bus departing 9:30 am, arriving 9:53 am. If you want to meet us at the Long Branch loop, be there by 9:53 am. We start hiking at 10:00 am.We will hike to the lake and then east to Parklawn. There we can catch a bus to Old Mill Station or take the Lakeshore bus / streetcar. The estimated distance is 9 km. Here is an online map of our route – Long Branch to Parklawn
Bring a snack, at least 2 liters of water, and icers. Dress for cold weather.
Urban Walk: Scarborough History Hike, Birkdale Ravine/Thomson Memorial Park
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Category: Urban Walk
Location (Google Maps): Scarborough Centre RT Station – Meet in the TTC Bus area downstairs by the platform #21 Brimley Southbound to take the bus scheduled to depart at 10:26 AM.
If driving, you may park at the Birkdale Community Centre 1299 Ellesmere Road (south side of Ellesmere west of Brimley) and we will meet you at the doors at about 10:35 AM.Hike Leader(s): Tom Swales, George Lennon Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Flat
Distance: 12 kmDescription
Join us for a hike through serene Birkdale Ravine after which we will walk on St. Andrews Road, a street that time left behind, with historical buildings including an 1849 church, the sexton’s house, and Scarborough’s first public library. We’ll hike some more, distance depending on the conditions of the day, and return by way of the Scarborough Museum comprised of four heritage buildings moved to Thomson Memorial Park. The fire in the old hearth and hot drinks are welcoming at the end of a Winter’s Day hike on the park trails and adjacent heritage neighborhood. Admission to the museum is free