BT Hike Event - Toronto Section Event Cache

Goal: To hike the entire 52.3km Toronto section of the Bruce Trail.

Since many of us have found numerous caches along the Bruce Trail and hence hiked on many parts of it, I figure it's time to hike a complete section of the Bruce Trail. I have picked April 6th as it's a holiday (Good Friday) and we'll have the nice long weekend to recover from the event. Let's hope that the temperature will be between 5° and 10°C and no rain to make it a perfect day.

I estimate that the entire hike will take about 13 hours to complete, so we should be done around 9pm. This is at a moderate 4km\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 8am at the posted coordinates, which is along Applyby Line just on the outside of the west end of Kelso Conservation Area, about 100m north of the railroad tracks and about 600m south of the 401 underpass.

Destination is the end point of the Toronto section of the Bruce Trail which is at the corner of Creditview Rd and Boston Mills Rd in Caledon. (N43 45.835 W79 56.251)

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 every minute, but Keith will be updating our progress every 30 minutes and also when we meet and leave roads. Thanks to Keith Watson for setting this up.
Google Maps - http://www.ghcaching.com/maps/aprs_gm_map.php?calls=VA3UPL-G
Google Earth - http://www.ghcaching.com/maps/aprs_ge_start.php?calls=VA3UPL-G

Parking: It's probably best to park your car near the end point and get someone to drop you off at the beginning location of the hike. According to the Bruce Trail guide there is roadside parking on Boston Mills Rd east of Mississauga Rd which is 1.3km west of the ending point of the hike. I have also talked with the Toronto BTA and they have said that you could probably squeeze one or two cars in on Creditview Rd just north of Boston Mills Rd.
Note that there is no roadside parking anywhere near the beginning of the hike. You could pay and park at either Kelso or Hilton Falls, but neither one opens until 8:30am and they both close well before the end of our hike, so your cars would be locked in overnight.

My wonderful wife has kindly volunteered to meet us somewhere along the route and bring us a fresh supply of water for our journey and retrieve any garbage that we have. She will meet us at the 22.4km mark in the lower parking lot of the Limehouse School off of 22nd Sideroad. If anyone has any other supplies that they don't want to take along on the whole hike, you can give them to my wife at the start of the hike as she will be dropping me off at the starting location and watching us as we start our journey. You can give her your stuff or retrieve anything that you dropped off to her when she meets up with us later in the day. You could also stash some supplied at a certain locations of your choice along the trail so that you don't have to carry everything with you.

What your should bring : Water and other drinks. Food for lunch, dinner and snacks. GPS. Maps. Camera. Cell Phone. First Aid Kit.

Badges: Those of us that complete this hike will qualify for the Toronto Club End To End badge for hiking the entire Toronto Section of the Bruce Trail. For more information and to obtain a badge, see this Toronto Club Badges link.

Geocaches: There are 40 geocaches along the main trail of the Toronto section of the Bruce Trail and many more very close by too. I have created a list of the geocaches below which we will be hiking past. If I have missed any, please let me know. It is your choice if you want to stop and find any of these geocaches (I will probably stop to find On the Way BACK from the BAT CAVE, as that is the only geocache on the list that I have not found yet). Those who stop to find geocaches can certainly catch up to the rest of the hikers. If the whole group stops for every single geocache, it'll take too long to complete the hike.

Miscellaneous Facts: We will be hiking about 10km more than the distance of a marathon.
The Toronto section of the Bruce Trail is now 3.8 km longer than what it was in 1990.

Geocaches along the Route
Type	ID	Name	Cache Placer	Coordinates
	GCN268	Kelso 1000	dex4	N43 30.469 W79 57.388
	GCRDC1	Hilton Falls Loop	Nozzletime
	GCWEJ7	On the Way BACK from the BAT CAVE	dex4	N43 31.370 W79 57.415
	GCJ4BH	On the Way to the Bat Cave	dex4	N43 31.717 W79 57.398
	GCG8PE	The Bat Cave	Dogs Breath	N43 31.934 W79 57.348
	GCMG9E	Virtual GeoPoker Tour 2005 - Discard & Final Draw	res2100
	GCM6D4	Dave's Cave at the Crack	Dave + Jen	N43 32.729 W79 57.265
	GCG3Y4	BT4: Where Did This Water Come From?	res2100	N43 33.348 W79 57.555
	GCVC58	Species 448788	1701eh
	GCHA0D	Greystone Easy Cache	dex4	N43 33.955 W79 57.642
	GCYQ2P	BFL Boot Camp – Dyslexia	Keith Watson
	GCMNHR	Bells, Whistles and a bit of Space	The RidgeRunners
	GCG6H2	BT Final - 1: Enter My Lair	res2100
	GCVCDW	Away Mission - Speyside	1701eh
	GCKR8Y	Halton Hills Cryptic: LONG	charliezulu	N43 36.606 W79 58.701
	GCG3Y5	BT5: River Crossing	res2100	N43 36.702 W79 58.653
	GCVGZE	Pioneer Double #4	The RidgeRunners
	GCVCDV	Away Mission - Limehouse	1701eh
	GCZ68E	Trade DOWN	res2100	N43 37.950 W79 58.118
	GC4BD0	Ridgerunner's Cache of Many Trails	The Ridgerunners
	GCJMVN	The Gathering	res2100	N43 38.047 W79 58.487
	GCZ6EZ	Where's Bouncy Bunny 2: Playing in Grassy Fields	res2100
	GC6650	Ridgerunner's Cache of Many Pins	The Ridgerunners
	GCJ4BB	Georgetown Walkway Cache	dex4	N43 39.110 W79 59.577
	GCKR94	Halton Hills Cryptic: The Final Watch	charliezulu
	GCT04X	Ont. Amateur Radio Repeater Tour #1 - Halton	northernpenguin	N43 40.539 W79 59.430
	GCVMC4	Pioneer Double #5	The Ridgerunners
	GCG0WC	Ridgerunner’s Individual Multi-Cache – Red Bucket	The Ridgerunners
	GCG6H3	BT Final - 2: Lost Road	res2100
	GCR6QH	GEST 6: Plains Of Existence	res2100
	GCG7V2	BT Bonus: Fallbrook Trail	res2100
	GC11RJP	Sleepy Hollow	Hooligan14	N43 41.380 W79 57.991
	GCEBD4	You Must have Rocks In Your Head	res2100	N43 42.589 W79 57.967
	GCM1DN	20 Tonnes Falls	res2100	N43 42.676 W79 57.663
	GCM1DV	Terra Cotta Badlands	res2100	N43 42.735 W79 57.562
	GCRZ9H	Crazy Cat Cache: Crazy Cats Kill For Sudokus	Tylor2100
	GCRGAE	Walking in a Winter Wonderland	res2100	N43 43.841 W79 57.395
	GCG09W	BT1: 3 Bridges	res2100	N43 44.144 W79 56.360
	GCTZZF	Some Disassembly Required	charliezulu
	GCZZZ1	I just hiked 52.3km, did you?	res2100	N43 45.840 W79 56.250