Goal: To hike the next 22km of the Niagara section of the Bruce
Trail. The Niagara section is a total of 79.5km in
length.
This is the 6th Bruce Trail hike in this series of BT events. We
plan to continue with the Niagara section. The total distance of
the Niagara section is 79.5km long and we plan to hike this section
in 4 parts.
For future hikes, see the schedule linked at the end of the
listing. We plan on doing about 4 hikes a year in order to complete
my goal of finishing the entire Bruce Trail on my 50th
birthday.
I estimate that the entire hike will take about 6.5 hours to
complete, so we should be done around 4:00pm. This is at a moderate
3.5km\h pace.
If you can't make the entire hike, maybe join us for part of it
atleast. You can always drop out along the way if you feel it's too
difficult or too long.
Meet at 9:00am at the posted coordinates, which
is the 22.8km mark of the Niagara section of the Bruce Trail which
is near the Merritt Trail parking area on the north side of
Glendale Avenue. We plan to start hiking around 9:15-9:30am. We
will be starting the hike from the SE Corner of Glendale
Avenue.
Destination is the 42.4km mark (Edition 25 of Bruce Trail
guide) of the Niagara section of the Bruce Trail which is by the
Rockway Community Centre. (N43 06.662 W79 19.353)
Parking: There should
be more than enough parking at both the beginning and end
(Park only on the east side of the building) points of the
hike. Hopefully some people will park at the end and carpool
back to the starting point both before and after the hike. I
plan on parking at the end so I will need a ride to the
beginning before the hike.
It might be wise to stash some supplies at certain locations of
your choice along the trail so that you don't have to carry
everything with you.
What you should bring: Water and other drinks. Food for
lunch, dinner and snacks. GPS. Maps. Camera. Cell Phone. First Aid
Kit. Advil/Tylenol.
Track our progress as we hike the trail. Don't feel up
for the hike, then join us by watching our progress as we go along.
Screen will update couple of minutes, but our progress will be
updated every hour or so. Thanks to northerpenguin for setting this
up.
Yahoo Maps - http://www.torontogeocaching.com/bthike/
Badges: Those of us that complete this hike along with
the other 3 planned hikes in the Niagara section will qualify for
the Niagara End To End badge for hiking the entire Niagara Section
of the Bruce Trail. For more information and to obtain a badge, see
this Niagara Bruce
Trail Club link.
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List of people who
took part in the hike
(48
Total) |
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res2100
Dr. House
northernpenguin
Fababoo
jeff-trex
Brook22
hikerT
Buttons and Beaux
need2seek
GuelphHiker
geocite (3x)
TochiHunt
outsiders2 (2x)
Zoeker Bill (2x)
Dreadnaught
hubcap33
sxrxnrr (2x)
P.E.Z.
Ham-sters (2x)
Rayman
Andy Too
Cayuga Crew
ElectroQTed
Nozzletime
akela_31
TuF_RyDa (2x)
Team Goju (2x)
Kit_Kat_Bar
Crystal Dawns (2x)
MaddieP
Rainbow's Connections (3x)
TOMTEC
SpikeB
vp-cv (2x)
Avernar
nucleophilic-steve |
Previous Bruce Trail hike events:
4/6/2007
BT Hike Event - Toronto Section (52.3km)
11/24/2007
BT Hike Event - Caledon Hills Section: Part 1
(38.8km)
4/26/2008
BT Hike Event - Caledon Hills Section: Part 2
(31.8km)
10/25/2008
BT Hike Event - Dufferin Hi-Land Section (53.8km)
4/10/2009
BT Hike Event - Niagara Section: Part 1 (22.8km)
Total distance hiked to date: 199.5km
Total distance remaining to hike: 699.4km
% of trail completed: 22.2%
Proposed Bruce Trail Hike Schedule and Information