Blue Mountains

Woodford Escarpment Side Trail and Crevice Spring

Hosting Club: Blue Mountains
Category: Register on-line or sign-in morning of hike
Location (Google Maps): Hike meets in the parking lot behind Tim Hortons on First St. in Collingwood.

Hike Leader(s): Frank Huggins Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

Pace: Brisk – 4 to 5 km/hr
Terrain: Moderate – Some hills and/or some poor footing
Distance: 6km

Description

Please be prepared with icers’s or snowshoes.Parking at the Woodford community center (just north of km 41.7 in the Sydenham section), we will cross to the south side of Hwy 26. We will hike through some crevices, see a giant pothole converted into a lime kiln and other signs of an old pioneer settlement (church foundation) and continue on to the Escarpment edge. We will then loop back to pick up the start of Crevice Springs Side Trail, exploring crevices formed when dolostone loosened from the face of the Escarpment. Ultimately we will descend before beginning the ascent through an interesting crevice called the “hole-in-the-wall”.