Hike Schedule

Beaver Valley End to End Event (participants hike independently, no hike leader)

Hosting Club: Beaver Valley

Location (Google Maps): Meet in the Kolapore Uplands skiers parking lot on Grey County Road 2, 650 m south of where the trail crosses the road at km 23.8, Map 24, Edition 30 N44.422919, W80.405597. Plan to be there at 7:30 a.m. for sign in and bus loading. The bus will leave promptly at 8:00 a.m.

Hike Leader(s): Glenda Collings Click here to contact the hike leader.

Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate, Strenuous, Some steep sections, Some rocky footing
Length of Hike: The 5 hikes range from approx. 22 km 26 km. You set your own pace but medium will get the job done in a timely fashion.

Description

Beaver Valley 2025 End-to-End
August 23, 24, 30, 31 and September 1
Please note that the event will be subject to current COVID protocols.  

Registration will be through the Bruce Trail Conservancy Online Calendar and will open at 8:30 a.m. on March 3, 2025. Registration is limited to 50 people because of parking area availability.  Once registration is full, names will be added to a wait list by the Online Calendar software. The registration fee of $120.00 includes the online registration fee, bus shuttle, checkpoint refreshments and the End-to-End badge. Hikers should have experience with hiking 20+ km in a day on challenging terrain.

Complete details of the event will be emailed to participants once registration is received. For more information contact beavervalleytrailactivities@gmail.com

School Bus Hike: Rama Powwow and the Ganaraska Trail

Trip Information
Departure Time: 08:00
Return to City Time: 19:00
Departure Point: York Mills Bus Pickup

Optional Items

Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Bus Hike
Location (Google Maps): Orillia

Hike Leader(s): Nijole Mockevicius, George Lennon Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

Pace: Leisurely (2-3 km/hr)
Terrain: Level 1 (Easy – mostly on flat, well maintained trails with hard-packed surface)
Distance: 8.5 km

Description

Rama PowWow is one of the biggest and best in Ontario. We have planned this hike to take in the Grand Entry at 1 pm when all the contestants will be dressed and dancing in their finest. Our morning hike takes place in the Scout Valley Park along part of the Ganaraska Trail. We will provide a shorter hike of 3 km for naturalists and photographers to observe the flowers and vegetation and birdlife in its woodlands of pine and hardwood with scattered wetlands. There is an option as well for a longer hike of 5.5 km. After a short noon-hour bus ride to the nearby Rama Reserve, we will have a couple of hours to watch the festivities and shop in the market stalls. We will then return to Orillia to begin our hiking again at the site of the remains of 5000-year-old Mnjikaning fish weirs. A late-afternoon 3 km hike along the Ganaraska Trail will take us past the Gordon Lightfoot sculpture park to a stop for ice cream before we head back to Toronto.