3 Rim-2-Rim's in One Day!

Hosting Club: Blue Mountains
Category: Register online ONLY
Location (Google Maps): See Hike Description

Hike Leader(s): Hart Fischer Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr
Terrain: Strenuous – Hilly with steep climbs and some poor footing
Distance: 38 km

Description

Please refer to the written description of the Spring/Summer/Fall Rim2Rim Badge on the BMBTC website.
All three RIM hikes MUST be completed on the same day. The 3R2Rs in a DAY Challenge badge will be red, orange and yellow to reflect the level of difficulty.
Currently, this hike badge is only available by registering on-line. The cost of the badge is $15 for members and $20 for non-members.
You must have a vehicle to drive yourself to each RIM.
You are encouraged to have a partner hiker with similar pace to complete the challenge as this will not be a traditional hike led by a leader, everyone’s pace differs. You MUST have a cell phone since there are no leaders/sweeps or drop out spots with volunteers. If you use the designated parking spots you will never be more than 6 kms away from your vehicle. You determine your rest stop frequency, and snack or meal needs as well as refreshments. You can decide what items to leave in the car (extra water and snacks) that don’t need to be carried for each “leg of the challenge”. You can plan to have lunch breaks at your car if desired. You must ensure you have plenty of water in your pack for each RIM.
As this hike requires a significant amount of driving from one RIM to the next, we have included an outline below of the approximate time involved. Car travel times [according to Google Maps] from Bruce Trail Parking on 33/34 Sideroad [44.428118, -80.276849] to Devil’s Glen Provincial Park parking [44.36161, -80.20824] = 14 min for 14 km Car travel times [according to Google Maps] from Devil’s Glen Provincial Park parking [44.36161, -80.20824] to Noisy River Nature Preserve parking [44.27499, -80.20731] =
12 min for 15 km
You and your partner should plan to set a pace between 4-6 km/hr
●Approximate time needed to finish about 40 km @ 6 km/hr = 6 hrs + 40 min + half an hour travel/resting/eating/drinking time = just over 7 hrs
●Approximate time needed to finish about 40 km @ 5 km/hr = 8 hrs + half an hour travel/resting/eating/drinking time = 8 and 1/2 hrs
●Approximate time needed to finish about 40 km @ 4 km/hr = 10 hrs + half an hour travel/resting/eating/drinking time = 10 and 1/2 hrs
(The distance as measured by GPS is actually closer to 38km)

Car Hike: Boyd Conservation Park Vaughan

Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Urban Walk
Location (Google Maps): Boyd Conservation Park, Islington Avenue, Vaughan, ON free parking at the entrance of the park,

There are different public transit routes to this parking lot please check transit maps/google map

Hike Leader(s): Mohammad Aghamiri Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

Pace: Moderate
Terrain: Variable
Distance: 14-17 km

Description

Explore the trails that wind through the beautiful  valley at Boyd Conservation Area and the William Grainger Greenway. We will have lunch/snack in shelter with seated area,

Please bring  hiking poles,  proper closing and shoes and lots of water,

Please carefully read  safety procedures during the hike:

1-Hikers must stay between the leader and the sweep.

2-Hikers must advise the leader or the sweep if they wish to leave the group.

3- Hikers must follow the whistle instructions: 1 blast- stay where you are; 2 blasts come to the leader; 3 blasts – come to the leader quickly.

4-Hike leader may request volunteers to stop at trail intersections, they need to help hikers to the direction the group walk and wait till they see the sweep .

5-Hikers have to make sure they can  see the persons behind and in front of

Pacific Slope Friendship Trail -Top Down & Back UP

Hike open to BTC Members only.

Hosting Club: Blue Mountains
Category: Register online ONLY
Location (Google Maps): Hike meets in the parking lot behind Tim Hortons on First St. in Collingwood.

Hike Leader(s): Hart Fischer 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 km

Description

Experienced hikers only! Very challenging. We will start the Pacific Slope Trail (Sendero Pacífico) Friendship Trail at the Johnston’s Sideroad parking area at km74.3. We will head south through a high meadow that has magnificent views west across the Cuckoo Valley (you might even see the Penn stocks) and the high edges of the Escarpment. Continuing to km 73.6 we will take the Stew Hilts Side Trail to see the splendiferous waterfall! Check out the exposed Queenston Shale formation, red- gray, and gray-green shales. We are never too far from the sound of falling water as we make steep descents and ascents all the way to km 68.3 (East Back Line). We will then turn around and make our way back UP to the cars! Keeping in mind, this hike is challenging and strenuous as the descents are at the beginning of the hike and the steep and continuous ascents are at the end. **The Pacific Slope Trail (Sendero Pacífico, Costa Rica) section is twinned with the Bruce Trail. It begins in San Luis in the famous Monteverde Cloud Forest conservation region, and leads into the Children’s Eternal Rainforest Bring a snack or lunch and water.

Easy Does It Hike, Merritt Island Park

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Hike
Location (Google Maps): Merritt island

Hike Leader(s): Diane Marlatt Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

Pace: Leisurely
Terrain: Easy
Distance: 5 Km

Description

Hoggs Falls

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

Hike Leader(s): Michael Treuman Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)

Pace: Leisurely – 3 km/hr. or less
Terrain: Moderate – Some hills and/or some poor footing
Distance: 5 km

Description

We will park at km 67.5 on the Lower Valley Road in the Beaver Valley section. We will hike on the Hoggs Falls Lower Side Trail, join up with the white blazed trail and continue north. Meeting up with the Hoggs Falls Upper Side Trail, we will hike west to form a loop back to the cars. The trail leads through forests, climbs out of the creek valley and follows along the edge of an open field before dropping down again onto an old logging road and into the beginning of a wide valley. Bring a snack or lunch and water.