Event is on
Saturday
Meet, greet, prepare: 10am - 10:30am
Hike: 10:30am - 7pm
As per Groundspeak guidelines the main part of the event takes place from 10:00am-10:30am at the posted coordinates. The hike activity portion of the event will start at 10:30am for those that are interested.
Goal: To hike the last 22.7km of the Sydenham section of the Bruce Trail. The Sydenham section is a total of 168.4km in length.
This is the 22nd Bruce Trail hike in this series of BT events. The total distance of the Sydenham section is 168.4km long and we will be hiking the last 22.7km of it to complete this section of the Bruce Trail.
My plan is to complete my goal of finishing the entire Bruce Trail on my 50th birthday (last hike will be a Thursday in August, 2017).
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 145.7km mark (Edition 28 of Bruce Trail guide) of the Sydenham section of the Bruce Trail which is the corner of Grahams Hill Rd and Big Bay Sideroad (N44 45.892 W80 56.970). We plan to start hiking around 10:30am.
Destination is the 168.4km mark (Edition 28 of Bruce Trail guide) of the Sydenham section of the Bruce Trail which is in the parking lot of Bluewater Park (N44 44.530 W81 08.083). This point marks the end of the Sydenham section of the Bruce Trail.
Parking: Beginning: Roadside parking along Grahams Hill Rd, east of the intersection. End: Plenty of parking in the parking lot of Bluewater Park.
Hopefully some people will park at the end and carpool back to the starting point both before and after the hike. It's about a 20 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. Pain Killers. Flashlight. Extra Batteries.
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.
Badges: Those of us that complete this hike along with the other hikes in the Sydenham section will qualify for the Sydenham End To End badge for hiking the entire Sydenham Section of the Bruce Trail. For more information and to obtain a badge, see this Sydenham Bruce Trail Club link.
List of people who attended
(19 total) |
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res2100
RickOnTheRange
Mississauga Misfits
jeff-trex
Fababoo
Brook22
Ellesche2100
TK2100
TochiHunt (3)
LU Forester
northernpenguin
Jake39
Micd
Yogi Mamma N Geo Baby Jess
hubcap33
Nozzletime
sharky&sheba
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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)
11/17/2012 BT Hike Event - Beaver Valley: Part 4 (20.8km)
4/27/2013 BT Hike Event - Sydenham Section: Part 1 (29.7km)
11/2/2013 BT Hike Event - Sydenham Section: Part 2 (44.6km)
5/3/2014 BT Hike Event - Sydenham Section: Part 3 (36km)
11/1/2014 BT Hike Event - Sydenham Section: Part 4 (35.5km)
Total distance hiked to date: 703.4km
Total distance remaining to hike: 188.7km
% of trail completed: 78.8%