BT Hike Event - Niagara Section: Part 3 Event Cache

Event is on
Saturday

Goal: To hike the last 34.7km of the Niagara section of the Bruce Trail. The Niagara section is a total of 79.5km in length.

This is the 7th 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 will be hiking the last 34.7km of it to complete this section of the Bruce Trail.

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 11 hours to complete, so we should be done around 8:00pm. This is at a moderate 3km\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 42.4km mark of the Niagara section of the Bruce Trail which is by the Rockway Community Centre. We plan to start hiking around 9:15am.

Destination is the 76.9km mark (Edition 25 of Bruce Trail guide) of the Niagara section of the Bruce Trail on the west side of the pedestrian bridge over Forty Mile Creek. (N43° 11.481 W79° 33.866)

Parking: There should be more than enough parking at the beginning (Park only on the east side of the building). I am unsure of parking near the end (Bruce Trail map indicates some road side parking near the end and also 5-6 cars on Ridge Road, at the end of the Beamer Falls Acccess Trail which is about 1.3km past the end point 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 beginning so I will need a ride back to my car after the hike.

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.
Google Maps - http://www.torontogeocaching.com/bthike/

Badges: Those of us that complete this hike along with the other 2 previous 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.