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March 5
  • 05
    March 5, 2023

    Car Hike: Greenwood Conservation Area: Learn about environment protection and wildlife

    8:30 AM-1:00 PM
    03/05/2023
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    Hosting Club: Toronto
    Category: Car Hike
    Location (Google Maps): Greenwood Conservation North Entrance, 5th Concession Rd, Pickering, ON. From Toronto, take Don Valley hwy 404 northbound and get on 401 hwy eastbound towards Pickering. Take exit 399 to hwy 1 Brock Road and head northbound. Take a right at 5th Concession road. If there is no parking in the parking lot, park on the north side of the street.

    Hike Leader(s): KJ Chong; Jacqueline Van Dyke Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

    Pace: Moderate
    Terrain: Variable
    Distance: 11 km (EDIT: distance may be lower eg. 8 km depending on conditions)

    Description

    An educational hike into Greenwood Conservation Area, a beautiful area with forests, creeks and a look outpoint. This hike will have multiple stops to share information about environmental protection, wildlife in the area and interesting plants and invasive species. We will also visit a barn ruins and see farm remnants along the way. It is expected to be icy but generally gentle slopes. There will be two times in which we cross over some (likely frozen) water with wooden logs and one area in which there will be a rope along a few feet of slope. Please note one section will be hiking around an off leash dog park to reach a look out point.

    Mandatory equipment: icers – if you do not have at trail head, you will be turned away.

    Please leave your dogs at home.

    Drop out at around 8 km.

    Mono Centre - Mono Cliffs

    9:30 AM-3:30 PM
    03/05/2023
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    Hosting Club: Dufferin Hi-Land
    Category: General Hike
    Location (Google Maps): Red P BTC parking lot at the Mono Community Centre (off 2nd Line EHS), 200 m south of Mono Centre.

    Hike Leader(s): Stuart Law Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

    Pace: Medium
    Terrain: Moderate, Slippery Sections Likely
    Distance: 13 kms

    Description

    Join us on a snowy Sunday hike on some new BTC trails just south of Mono Centre (Turnball and Springwater) together with the South Outlier and Laidlaw Side Trails and parts of the Main Trail connecting them all.  We will be exploring some land purchased by the BTC in 2022.  Our donor money in action!  Given all the snow we have had and the snow expected in the days before the hike, we could well be snow shoeing instead of hiking in which case we will shorten the length of our hike.  Please have your snow shoes in the car just in case.  Snow shoeing will be optional though so those not wishing to do so remain most welcome.  Icers mandatory.  Please pack a warm drink, some water, a snack, a lunch, an appreciation of nature and a smile.  Optional pub stop after.

    Dundas Valley Double Loop Cancelled

    10:00 AM-1:00 PM
    03/05/2023
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    Hosting Club: Iroquoia
    Category: General Hike
    Location (Google Maps): Dundas Valley Conservation Area, 650 Governor’s Rd. Dundas

    Hike Leader(s): Anne Armstrong Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

    Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr
    Terrain: Moderate – Some hills and/or some poor footing
    Distance: Approx. 10 km.

    Description

    Join us to hike the lovely trails and hills of the Dundas Valley Conservation Area with its many hills and ravines. Park in the last parking lot of the Governor’s Rd. entrance and make your way up to the trail centre which has bathrooms. The hike starts at 10:00 am. so try to arrive by 9:45 am. Bring water, a snack/lunch, icers and poles if using. Parking fee or Conservation Area pass.
    Leader: Anne Armstrong 905 617 3937 hikingrandma@gmail.com

    Urban Walk: Waterfront Trail 8/8 - Beechgrove to Pickering!

    10:45 AM-2:15 PM
    03/05/2023
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    Hosting Club: Toronto

    Location (Google Maps): Scarborough/Durham Waterfront Trail

    Hike Leader(s): Brian Rideout Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

    Pace: Moderate
    Terrain: Flat
    Distance: 11.9 km

    Description

    This hike is cancelled due to snow accumulation.

    Please meet me at Kennedy Station by 10:05 am.  We will take the 86 Scarborough bus departing 10:19 am, arriving 10:54 am.  We start hiking 11:00 am.

    Due to a trail closure the hike will start at Port Union.  We will hike along the Waterfront Trail through Port Union and Rouge Hill to Pickering GO. The estimated distance is 9.8 km.  Here is an online map of our route – Port Union to Pickering

    Bring a snack, at least 2 liters of water, and icers.  Dress for cold weather.

    Snowshoe Cottonwood Side Trail

    1:30 PM
    03/05/2023
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    Hosting Club: Sydenham
    Category: Snowshoe Hike
    Location (Google Maps): Meet in the north-east corner of the parking lot at Home Depot on Highway 26 on the east side of Owen Sound.

    Hike Leader(s): Maureen McFarland Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

    Pace: Leisurely: 3 km/h or less
    Terrain: Easy: Mostly flat and good footing.
    Distance: 2.1 kms

    Description

    Come out and explore Sydenham Bruce Trail Club’s newest side trail.  This is an easy snowshoe on flat terrain.  Great for beginners and families.  There is a beautiful, huge cottonwood tree on the property.  Fun fact – Cottonwoods are the fastest growing trees in North America and can grow as much as 6’ per year.  In spring the female cottonwood trees produce a cottony substance that helps with seed dispersal.  We will also visit a waterfall.

    If you don’t have snowshoes, they can be borrowed for free from the Owen Sound library. If you are unable to register, please call or text Maureen at 647-918-4180.

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