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May	1	2	3 Art and Tree Trail Hike Art and Tree Trail Hike 9:30 AM-12:00 PM 06/03/2026 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/art-and-tree-trail-hike/2026-06-03/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Blue Mountains Category: Organized Hike Location (Google Maps): Duntroon Highlands Resort, 1226 North, Nottawasaga Concession 10, Clearview Hike Leader(s): Linda Finley Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Leisurely – 3 km/hr. or less Terrain: Easy – Mostly flat and usually good footing Distance: 2 km loop Description Come and join a small group for a leisurely summer hike on the unique “Art and Tree Trail” located on Duntroon Highlands Resort property. It was created by the not-for-profit HealthWithNature.org The 2 km loop meanders through open fields and wooded areas. It has several spots where one can pause and reflect on outdoor installations and features designed by local artists. You will come away feeling inspired and revitalized. A fee of $10 is to be paid at the start of the hike. This goes towards paying the artists and maintaining the trail. Meet at Duntroon Highlands. For those that have time to socialize after the hike, food and refreshments are available at the on-site Clubhouse Cafe.	4	5	6 Blue Mountains End to End Fundraiser for the Stained Glass Badge June 6,7,8, 2026 Blue Mountains End to End Fundraiser for the Stained Glass Badge June 6,7,8, 2026 7:30 AM-2:00 AM 06/06/2026 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/blue-mountains-end-to-end-fundraiser-for-the-stained-glass-badge-june-678-2026/2026-06-06/ This is a Multi-Day Hike You are signing up for the following dates and times: 2026-06-06 at 07:30 2026-06-07 at 2026-06-08 at Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Iroquoia, Blue Mountains Category: Stained Glass Badge End to End Fundraiser Hike Location (Google Maps): Registered participants will receive a WhatsApp invitation (optional)which can be used for photo share and other pertinent information. This is a three day fundraiser ETE for the stained glass badge. You must be able to hike at least 4km an hour with hills and rough terrain. June 6 – Day 1 – Meet in the parking lot parking lot area located 380 m north of the main trail crossing Pretty River Road (40 car capacity) 44.430927, -80.275390 Shuttle to Maple Lane in Ravenna. Park only on the north side 44.504973, -80.331780 (4 car capacity) 20km June 7 – Day 2 – Meet in the parking lot parking lot area located 380 m north of the main trail crossing Pretty River Road (40 car capacity) 44.430927, -80.275390 Shuttle to $paid parking lot off of 15/16 Sideroad – accessible only from Concession 10 South. 44.342784, -80.210628 (car capacity 7) 24km June 8 Day 3 – Meet in front of the Lavender Cemetery on Mulmar Nottawasaga Townline 550 meters east of Lavender Hill Road – do not block cemetery gate. 44.268777, -80.156810 (Car capacity 10) and shuttle to $paid parking lot on 15/16 Sideroad 44.342784, -80.210628 (Car capacity 7) 22.50km. Parking fees are shared by everyone except the drivers. Hike Leader(s): Ruth Moffatt Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Brisk – 4 to 5 km/hr Terrain: Moderate – Some hills and/or some poor footing, Slippery and Steep Sections, Strenuous – Hilly with steep climbs and some poor footing Distance: 67.50km spread over three days Description Everyone who is registered for this hike series will be invited to join an optional WhatsApp which can be used to share photos and other information. Distances will be spread over 3 days as equally as possible depending on the parking. Please bring enough food and snacks for a 20km + day of hiking and 2l of water minimum. Everyone must have a first aid kit in their backpack as well as all the other items you require for a long day hike (poles, rain gear etc) The registration fee includes the badge, guidance and organization. The fee supports the club’s infrastructure and the mission of “Preserving a ribbon of wilderness for everyone, forever.” There are no refunds. This series of hikes is intended for hikers who are used to a multi-day distance of 20+km at a steady pace. We will have a short break around 10am and a lunch break. Afternoon break is dependent on expected finishing time. Please do not over estimate your hiking ability. Participants can make up one of the three days on their own if you have a scheduling conflict. Please try to do this before we get started. You must be willing to share in the car shuttle to the start of the hike or driving the drivers back at the end of the day. Please have a minimum 4 useable seats including driver’s. This is a group hike and it is intended that everyone be present on each day. Please cancel your registration if your plans change so that someone else who may be on the waitlist can take your place. Paid parking on two days to be shared by non-drivers. All registered hikers will be invited to join a WhatsApp group. This can be used for sharing photos and other items of interest. Refunds: https://brucetrail.org/paid-hike-refund-policy/
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14	15	16	17 2026 CAKE WALK HIKE 2026 CAKE WALK HIKE 9:30 AM 06/17/2026 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/2026-cake-walk-hike/2026-06-17/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Blue Mountains Category: Organized Hike Location (Google Maps): Tim Horton’s, First Street, Collingwood Hike Leader(s): Hart Fisher Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Leisurely – 3 km/hr. or less Terrain: Easy – Mostly flat and usually good footing Distance: See hike description Description 2026 CAKE WALK HIKE A decade ago, our club initiated an annual hike to remember members who have passed on and to celebrate the summer hiking season. Join us for this year’s picnic party. Two groups will meet at the picnic table for celebratory cake and fellowship. LONGER HIKE 8 KM Depart 9:00 . We will drive to km 11.9 on con 10 and hike to the picnic table at km 16 for cake before returning to the cars. Bring lunch and water. We supply the cake. Leader Hart Fischer Pace – medium , Terrain – easy , Distance – 8 km Rosie’s Cakewalk Rosie’s Cakewalk 9:45 AM-12:30 PM 06/17/2026 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/rosies-cakewalk/2026-06-17/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Blue Mountains Category: Organized Hike Location (Google Maps): Tim Horton’s, First Street, Collingwood Hike Leader(s): Flo Kusiak Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr Terrain: Moderate – Some hills and/or some poor footing Distance: 4km Description This is a 2-hike day. You can choose between the two hikes. This is the easier, shorter hike. We will drive to km 14.1 to park on the 9/10 Sideroad and begin hiking. We will hike north to km 16 and meet the faster, longer hikers at the picnic table. After Cake and a visit, we will retrace our steps and return to our cars. Please bring water and a snack. The Club provides the cake! Hike registration is preferred but all are welcome to meet at Tim’s.	18	19	20 Six Pack at Blue – Lavender to Nottawasaga 9/10 Sideroad Six Pack at Blue – Lavender to Nottawasaga 9/10 Sideroad 8:00 AM-1:30 PM 06/20/2026 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/six-pack-at-blue-lavender-to-nottawasaga-9-10-sideroad/2026-06-20/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Blue Mountains Category: Organized Hike Location (Google Maps): Tim Hortons, First street, Collingwood, or 8667 Nottawasaga Sideroad 9, Glen Huron Hike Leader(s): Murray Morrison Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr Terrain: Moderate – Some hills and/or some poor footing Distance: 14.7 kilometers Description We will be hiking the Bruce Trail from Lavender Cemetery to Nottawasaga 9/10 Sideroad. At the moderate pace of 3 to 4 Km per hour the 14.7-kilometer hike should take about 5 hours with nutrition breaks. There are two strenuous climbs out of valleys, varied terrain, rolling escarpment views and peaceful meadows on this hike. Please bring lunch or snacks for a nutritional break. Bug protection is advised. We will need to car jockey from 9/10 Sideroad to Lavender. We can carpool from Tim Horton’s at 8:00 a.m. or meet at Concession 9/10 Sideroad at 8:30 a.m. Dates for six-pack hikes are as follows; 20 June 2026 27 June 2026 12 Sept 2026 19 Sept 2026 26 Sept 2026 17 Oct 2026 Stargazing and Evening Hike Stargazing and Evening Hike 7:45 PM-11:00 PM 06/20/2026 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/stargazing-and-evening-hike/2026-06-20/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Blue Mountains Category: Organized Hike Location (Google Maps): Hike meets in the parking lot behind Tim Hortons on First St. in Collingwood. Hike Leader(s): Robert Johnston Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Leisurely – 3 km/hr. or less Terrain: Moderate – Some hills and/or some poor footing Distance: 5Km Description RESCHEDULED FROM 28 MARCH 2026. Join us this spring for our first Blue Mountains Bruce Trail Club Stargazing hike event. This is a evening hike followed by viewing of night sky features at the E.C. Carr Astronomical Observatory. We will meet behind Tim Hortons on First Street in Collingwood and carpool to the Observatory off Blue Mountains 6th Sideroad in Loree. LEAVING TIM’S AT 7:45PM. Should get us to observatory by 8:15. There we will hike a loop around the Margaret Paull Sidetrail returning to the observatory approximately 9:30 for light refreshments and viewing of night sky objects. There will be a host astronomer on site from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada to direct this activity. Note sunset is at 9:10 PM so our hike will be in low light conditions. There is a $25 fee ($30 for non-members) to cover the observatory rental cost and refreshments. This hike is weather dependent and in overcast or rainy conditions may be cancelled and rescheduled for a future date.
21	22	23	24 Tiny Marsh Tiny Marsh 10:00 AM-12:00 PM 06/24/2026 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/tiny-marsh/2026-06-24/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Blue Mountains Category: Organized Hike Location (Google Maps): 500 Tiny Flos Townline, Elmvale, ON L0L 1P0 Hike Leader(s): Arie van Walraven Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr Terrain: Easy – Mostly flat and usually good footing Distance: 7.5 KM Description Please join me on a hike at the Tiny Marsh Provincial Wildlife Area. We will follow the trails through the marsh and return through the forested trails. This is s prime site for viewing waterfowl, including a variety of ducks, geese and swans. We should be able to see turtle eggs. The forest trails are cool and offer great shade. The trails are flat, with no roots or rocks. There may be some mud, depending on the weather. We will meet at the main parking lot by on the Tiny Floss Townline.	25	26 Pretty River Valley Forest Bathing Hike Pretty River Valley Forest Bathing Hike 10:00 AM-12:30 PM 06/26/2026 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/37475/2026-06-26/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Blue Mountains Category: Organized Hike Location (Google Maps): Tim Horton’s, First Street, Collingwood Hike Leader(s): Annette Sandberg, Peter Schiller Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Leisurely – 3 km/hr. or less Terrain: Easy – Mostly flat and usually good footing Distance: 3km Description Have you heard of Forest Bathing or Forest Therapy? Are you interested in a forest experience that may bring memories of childhood wonder and freedom? Perhaps then a slow, gentle time in nature for your wellbeing is what your heart is longing for. Join Peter Schiller – certified Forest Therapy Guide – from “Follow the Forest” www.followtheforest.ca, in an approximately two-and-a-half-hour guided experience that will offer you forest bathing, forest therapy, and teachings of presence where you’ll be invited to be still within your own consciousness and focus on your senses. This will not be a destination hike where we cover a certain amount of distance. Nor will it be an interpretive or exercise event. Rather, it will be a slow meander where you’ll be invited to breathe, to simply be, and focus on and be immersed in, all that is around you. Join us. The forest awaits. We willl meet at Tim Horton’s, First Street, Collingwood and carpool to snowmobilers parking lot in the Pretty River Valley. You can also go straight to the parking lot. 549949 Pretty River Road, Nottawa	27 Six Pack Of Blue – Hike 2 of 6 Six Pack Of Blue – Hike 2 of 6 8:30 AM-12:30 PM 06/27/2026 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/six-pack-of-blue-hike-2-of-6/2026-06-27/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Blue Mountains Category: End-to-End Location (Google Maps): Large parking lot behind Tim Hortons First Street Collingwood Hike Leader(s): Claire Pearson Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr Terrain: Moderate – Some hills and/or some poor footing Distance: 7.7km Description Please join us for the Six Pack Of Blue! This is an End-to-End of the Blue Mountains section of the Bruce Trail completed in 6 hikes – see below for dates. You can do as many of the six hikes as you wish. Hike distances in this six-hike series range from 7.7 km to 14.6 km. This is Hike #2. The route is from 9/10 Sideroad Nottawasaga to the Nottawasaga Bluffs Parking Lot, covering approximately 7.7 km. The pace will be 3–4 km/hour, and all hikers must be able to maintain this speed. The terrain is hilly with uneven, rocky footing. Sturdy hiking footwear is required, and hiking poles are recommended. Please bring water and a snack. Due to limited parking at trailheads, this hike will involve a car shuttle. All hikers are expected to carpool and share the associated costs. Arrive at the meeting location by 8:15 a.m. The car shuttle will depart promptly at 8:30 a.m. Further details will be provided to registered hikers a few days before the hike. Please refer to each individual hike date as outlined below for specific details of that hike. Register for each hike you plan to attend. The hikes are on the following dates: 20 June 2026 27 June 2026 12 Sept 2026 19 Sept 2026 26 Sept 2026 17 Oct 2026
28	29 Blue Mountains End-to-End in 5 – Hike 3 Make-Up Blue Mountains End-to-End in 5 – Hike 3 Make-Up 8:30 AM-1:30 PM 06/29/2026 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/blue-mountains-end-to-end-in-5-hike-3/2026-06-29/ Hike open to BTC Members only. Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Iroquoia, Blue Mountains Category: General Hike Location (Google Maps): Roadside Parking on north end of Osprey-Clearview Townline Hike Leader(s): Pati Greenwood, Jeff Dowsett Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr Terrain: Dependent on Conditions, Moderate – Some hills and/or some poor footing Distance: 12.9 km Description NOTE: This is a make-up hike for the 3rd in the Blue Mountains E2E series that was cancelled due to weather. This is an End-to-End hike series to complete the Blue Mountains section of the Bruce Trail in 5 hikes. Join for all or as many hikes as desired – you will need to register for each hike in the series which will take place on the following dates in April: 17, 18, 19, 24 and 25. Since this is a group hike, please consider your fitness level before registering. We will be walking at a pace of 3km – 4km per hour and hikers will need to keep up with the person in front of them for the duration of the hike. The hike series will also involve car shuttles and every hiker is expected to participate as drivers. Weather conditions in the spring can be changeable, so it’s best to dress in layers and come prepared for varying conditions throughout the day. Hiking boots are required and hiking poles are strongly recommended. Bring plenty of fluids and a snack. This third hike of the series will be 12.9 km long. Plan to arrive at the meeting place by 8:15 a.m. as we will start the car shuffle to the hike starting point at 8:30 a.m. sharp. Further details will be provided to registered hikers a few days prior to the hike.	30	July	July	July	July

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