Caledon Hills

Frosty Five Winter Blues Badge Series 1/5 Weekday

Hosting Club: Caledon Hills
Category: Tuesday Hikers
Location (Google Maps): Meet at roadside parking, km 6.6 on the east side of Creditview Road, immediately north of the Grange Sideroad intersection. 43.791491, -79.975229 (Map 14, Edition 30)

Directions: From Hwy#10, head west on Old Base Line Road to Mississauga Road. Turn right and head north to the Grange Sideroad. Turn right and head east to Creditview Road.

Hike Leader(s): Sandy Green Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hour
Terrain: Strenuous – hilly with steep climbs and some poor footing
Distance: 10.0 kilometres

Description

Beat the winter blues! Register individually for one, a few, or all of our Frosty Five Winter Blues Badge weekday hikes. Participants who complete all five hikes will be eligible to receive a CHBTC Winter badge and a Sideways badge on the final hike. Hike one explores parts of the main Trail and Trimble, Crow’s Nest, and Ring Kiln Side Trails. Bring your choice of hydration and snacks. Hiking boots and icers/crampons are required. See January 17, January 31, February 14, and February 28 for details pertaining to the other hikes in the series. (Note:  If you wish to purchase badges, the cost of each badge is $10.00 for BTC members and $15.00 for non-members.)

Frosty Five Winter Blues Badge Series 1/5 Weekend

Hosting Club: Caledon Hills
Category: General
Location (Google Maps): Meet at roadside parking, km 6.6 on the east side of Creditview Road, immediately north of the Grange Sideroad intersection. 43.791491, -79.975229 (Map 14, Edition 30)

Directions: From Hwy#10, head west on Old Base Line Road to Mississauga Road. Turn right and head north to the Grange Sideroad. Turn right and head east to Creditview Road.

Hike Leader(s): Sandy Green Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hour
Terrain: Strenuous – hilly with steep climbs and some poor footing
Distance: 11 kilometres

Description

Beat the winter blues! Register individually for one, a few, or all of our Frosty Five Winter Blues Weekend Badge hikes. Participants who complete all five hikes will be eligible to receive a CHBTC Winter badge and a Sideways badge on the final hike. Hike one explores parts of the main Trail and Trimble, Crow’s Nest, and Ring Kiln Side Trails. Bring your choice of hydration and snacks. Hiking boots and icers/crampons are required. See January 21, February 4, February 18, and March 4 for details pertaining to the other hikes in the series. (Note:  If you wish to purchase badges, the cost of each badge is $10.00 for BTC members and $15.00 for non-members.)

Mimico Creek Trail, Part 2 - Wayne Crockett's Frustrating Pre-hike from May 23, 2020

Hosting Club: Toronto, Caledon Hills
Category: Urban Walk
Location (Google Maps): Bloor Islington Place, just inside the Islington Ave. exit in front of Urban Fresh. Take the tunnel from Islington Subway Stn and turn left into Bloor Islington Place. Washrooms beyond Urban Fresh.

Hike Leader(s): Andrew Proczek, Tom Swales

Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Flat, Variable
Distance: 12.5 km

Description

In November we lost one of the most dedicated and personable hike leaders our club has ever seen in Wayne Crockett. As well as his impeccable leadership skills and knowledge of Canadian history, Wayne was known for his dry-wit humor. Attempting the Mimico Creek Trail, south of Bloor Street, on an early morning in Spring, during another Covid lockdown, Wayne posted on his Facebook page, “…based on someone once telling me that with a little perseverance, you can find a path along the Mimico Creek from Bloor to the lake shore (about 4 km in a straight line). They lied or I misremembered. I did find some nice stretches of natural path running within a metre or two of the creek but they always dead ended and I had to retrace and do some road walking to find another point of access… Not going to be added to my repertoire, there would be a mutiny for sure.” And commenting on his own picture of some ducks lounging in the creek he wrote, “They were laughing. Ha, this Hooman just walked by here going the other way five minutes ago….” I plan to keep a few of Wayne’s frustrations as part of the hike, with the group not knowing if we are passing through or having to double back. Let the ducks laugh! Little did you know, Wayne, that we would follow you anywhere.

Come join Tom Swales and I as we complete the Mimico Creek trail that we started on December 18th at Eglington Avenue hiking as far as Van Dusen Blvd. just south of Bloor St. In Part two we will pick up the trail from the Subway bridge at Tom Riley park retracing Wayne’s hike in its entirety to the mouth of Mimico Creek at Lake Ontario. From there we will do a circuit of both Humber Bay East* and West Parks and work our way west to Amos Waites Park at Lake Shore Blvd & Mimico Avenue finishing at Birds & Beans Cafe, an organic & eco-friendly coffee house.

*Humber Bay Park East is in fact closed due to construction and not due to reopen until early 2024. In its place will do a section of Palace Pier Park going east and then loop back.

From our end point you can catch either the #76 bus to Royal York Subway Stn or the #501 going west to Long Branch and Mississauga Transit or east into downtown.

Please arrive 15 minutes early and remember to bring your icers.

The up-to-date route : https://onthegomap.com/s/238dfts9

Frosty Five Winter Blues Badge Series 2/5 Weekday

Hosting Club: Caledon Hills
Category: Tuesday Hikers
Location (Google Maps): Meet at the Hockley Road parking lot on the north side of Hockley Road at the Hockley Road Side Trail. 43.972857, -80.056330 (Map 18, Edition 30)

Directions: From ON-10 turn east onto Hockley Rd/Dufferin County Rd 7. Drive for 5.1 kilometres.

Hike Leader(s): Sandy Green Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hour
Terrain: Strenuous – hilly with steep climbs and some poor footing
Distance: 11.5 kilometres

Description

Beat the winter blues! Register individually for one, a few, or all of our Frosty Five Winter Blues Weekday Badge hikes. Participants who complete all five hikes will be eligible to receive a CHBTC Winter badge and a Sideways badge on the final hike. Hike two explores parts of the main Trail and Glen Cross, Isabel East, and Tom East Side Trails in the Hockley Valley Provincial Nature Reserve. Bring your choice of hydration and snacks. Hiking boots and icers/crampons are required. See January 3, January 31, February 14, and February 28  for details pertaining to the other hikes in the series. (Note:  If you wish to purchase badges, the cost of each badge is $10.00 for BTC members and $15.00 for non-members.)