Event is on
Saturday
Goal: To hike the last 20.8km of the Beaver Valley section of the Bruce Trail. The Beaver Valley section is a total of 113.7km in length.
This is the 17th Bruce Trail hike in this series of BT events. The total distance of the Beaver Valley section is 113.7km long and we will be hiking the last 20.8km of it to complete this section of the Bruce Trail.
We plan on doing about 2 or 3 hikes a year in order to complete my goal of finishing the entire Bruce Trail on my 50th birthday. This year there will be 4 hikes so that we are able to complete the Beaver Valley section this year.
If you can't make the entire hike, maybe join us for part of it. You can always drop out along the way if you feel it's too difficult or too long.
Meet at 10:00am at the posted coordinates, which is the 93km mark (Edition 27 of Bruce Trail guide) of the Beaver Valley section of the Bruce Trail which is where the trail meets County Rd 7. We plan to start hiking around 10:15am.
Destination is the 113.8km mark (Edition 27 of Bruce Trail guide) of the Beaver Valley section of the Bruce Trail which where the trail crosses County Rd 12 (N44 29.998 W80 37.976).
Parking: Beginning: Parking lot at John Muir Epping Lookout off of County Rd 7, about 100m south of the start point of this hike (N44 27.689 W80 33.296). End: Off road parking on the east side of County Rd 12 at 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 end point so I will need a ride to the beginning before the hike. It's about a 10 minute drive from the end point to the start point.
What you should bring: Water and other drinks. Food for lunch, dinner and snacks. GPS. Maps. Camera. Cell Phone. First Aid Kit. Advil/Tylenol.
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.
*** There will be no live tracking for this hike. ***
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/
Latitude - bthike@gmail.com <--add this email as a 'friend'
Badges: Those of us that complete this hike along with the other hikes in the Beaver Valley section will qualify for the Beaver Valley End To End badge for hiking the entire Beaver Valley Section of the Bruce Trail. For more information and to obtain a badge, see this Beaver Valley Bruce Trail Club link.
List of people who attended
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res2100
RickOnTheRange
Micd
emmieo (x2)
0 psoup
jeff-trex
Fababoo
speedy54
TOMTEC (x2)
LU Forester
TochiHunt (x5)
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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)
5/2/2009 BT Hike Event - Niagara Section: Part 2 (22km)
10/24/2009 BT Hike Event - Niagara Section: Part 3 (34.7km)
11/21/2009 BT Hike Event - Iroquoia Section: Part 1 (28.6km)
4/2/2010 BT Hike Event - Iroquoia Section: Part 2 (32.1km)
11/6/2010 BT Hike Event - Iroquoia Section: Part 3 (37.9km)
11/13/2010 BT Hike Event - Iroquoia Section: Part 4 (23km)
4/22/2011 BT Hike Event - Blue Mountains: Part 1 (36km)
10/1/2011 BT Hike Event - Blue Mountains: Part 2 (30km)
4/28/2012 BT Hike Event - Beaver Valley: Part 1 (33.4km)
5/19/2012 BT Hike Event - Beaver Valley: Part 2 (30km)
10/20/2012 BT Hike Event - Beaver Valley: Part 3 (29.6km)
Total distance hiked to date: 536.7km
Total distance remaining to hike: 355.2km
% of trail completed: 60.2%