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January | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 - Credit River Mississauga
9:30 AM-12:45 PM 02/04/2021 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/credit-river-mississauga/2021-02-04/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Iroquoia Category: Thursday Group Location (Google Maps): Meet at Erindale Park Mississauga Hike Leader(s): Norman Young Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr Terrain: Easy – Mostly flat and usually good footing Distance: 13km -/+ Description An “in and out” hike along the Credit River. The Remember COVID guide lines Dress according to the weather and footing conditions Bring water, snack etc Norman Young mny176@outlook.com 905 845 0939 cell 905 330 6605
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7 | 8 | 9 | 10 - Town Trails from Shell Park
9:00 AM-12:30 PM 02/10/2021 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/town-trails-from-shell-park/2021-02-10/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Iroquoia Category: Hikers R Us Location (Google Maps): Meet in the front parking lot of Shell Park Oakville Hike Leader(s): Norman Young Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr Terrain: Easy – Mostly flat and usually good footing Distance: 13km -/+ Description Remember the COVID guide line Dress according to the weather and trail conditions Bring water, snack etc Norman Young mny176@outlook.com 905 845 0939 cell 905 330 6605
- Good Companions – Hidden Valley Park to the Valley Inn Bridge – there and back CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19
10:00 AM-12:00 PM 02/10/2021 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/good-companions-hidden-valley-park-to-the-valley-inn-bridge-there-and-back/2021-02-10/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Iroquoia Category: Good Companions Location (Google Maps): Hidden Valley Park – Burlington (parking lot on Hidden Valley Road- just off Lemonville Rd) Hike Leader(s): Ted Bossence 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 km. Description Starting at Hidden Valley Park we will follow the Hidden Valley Multi-use Trail along Grindstone Creek. We will then enter the Hendrie Valley Sanctuary of the Royal Botanical Gardens and follow various trails as a far as the blocked Valley Inn bridge, have a snack and returning mostly the way we came. Unless the ground is frozen, there is likely to be one very muddy section, but all the birds we should see, will hopefully make up for it. Distance about 7.0 km. Bring icers , snack and water. Please note, this hike is available to BTC members only and you are required to pre-register on line. When you register you will be sent a list of things to bring and protocols to follow. Please arrive 15 minutes before start time. Out of courtesy to others in the club, please notify me of any cancellations up until the night before the hike by email at tedbossence@sympatico.ca Please note: Due to high rates of community transmission, hikers on now strongly recommended to wear masks at all times on club hikes. Social Distancing is also in effect.
- Good Companions Bayfront Park
10:00 AM-1:00 PM 02/10/2021 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/good-companions-bayfront-park/2021-02-10/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Iroquoia Category: Good Companions Location (Google Maps): Hike begins at the parking lot closest to the boat launch, of Bayfront Park, Hamilton. Bayfront Park can be reached from Bay Street N. Turn onto Harbour Front Drive from Bay Street N Hike Leader(s): Janina Vanderpost Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr Terrain: Easy – Mostly flat and usually good footing Distance: 10 km Description Beginning at Bayfront Park we will begin this loop hike heading for Princess Point via the Waterfront Trail, Kay Drage Park, past Christ the King Basilica, to Dundurn Castle, along Burlington Heights back to the Waterfront Trail and return to Bayfront park. Hiking boots and possibly icers, snack, water.
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14 | 15 | 16 | 17 - CANCELLED Hilton Falls SIDE TRAIL loop, Milton
9:00 AM-2:30 PM 02/17/2021 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/hilton-falls-side-trail-loop-milton/2021-02-17/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Iroquoia Category: Hikers R Us Location (Google Maps): Meet at parking on Sixth Line by Hilton Falls ST km 7.3 Hike Leader(s): Steven White 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, Slippery Sections Likely Distance: 23.5 km Description Meet at parking on Sixth Line, and head north on Hilton Falls ST approx 6 kms to the Al Shaw Side Trail to the Main Trail, then heading south picking up on the Kythera Friendship Trail and following down over the Dufferin Quarry Bridge to the beginning of the Hilton Falls ST, up through the conservation area to our cars. (Opportunity to shorten the hike by approx 6kms if weather turns or run out of time). Bring water, snacks, lunch, hiking boots, icers, mask, sanitizer, personal first aid kit. No Dogs please. Register on-line. Contact Steven White at stevenwhite901@gmail.com or text 289-242-9415 to cancel or on day of hike. Possible pub or coffee stop afterwards for those interested, dependent on Covid protocols in place.
- Good Companions – Smokey Hollow Loop Hike #3 of 50 CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
10:00 AM-1:00 PM 02/17/2021 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/smokey-hollow-loop-hike-3-of-50/2021-02-17/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Iroquoia Category: Good Companions Location (Google Maps): City View Park, Kerns Rd., South Entrance Pace: Leisurely – 3km/hr or less Terrain: Moderate – Some hills and/or some poor footing Distance: Approx. 10 km. Description A favourite hike, this goes to Smokey Hollow and back. We will include the Upper Grindstone Creek Side Trail. Meet in the south parking lot of City View Park on Kerns Rd. for a 10:00 am. start. This hike is open to BTC members only. Once registered you will receive a confirmation with a list of items to bring and Covid protocols. Bring water, a snack/lunch, icers and poles (if using). Leaders: Anne and Phill Armstrong 905 617 3937 hikingrandma@gmail.com
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21 | 22 | 23 | 24 - CANCELLED Terra Cotta
9:00 AM-2:00 PM 02/24/2021 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/terra-cotta-2/2021-02-24/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Iroquoia Category: Hikers R Us Location (Google Maps): Meet at parking on Heritage Rd (km 44.5) Hike Leader(s): Steven White Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr Terrain: Moderate – Some hills and/or some poor footing, Slippery Sections Likely Distance: 14 km Description We will follow Main Trail from parking, taking Rockside ST to the Main Trail, and take it down t the Terra Cotta ST, down on to Heritage Rd and along the Caledon Trailway into the Terra Cotta Conservation Area. We will pick up the Main Trail again and follow it back to our cars. Bring water, snack, lunch, hiking boots, icers, masks, sanitizer, personal first aid kit. No dogs please. Must register on-line. Contact Steven White at stevenwhite901@gmail.com or text 289-242-9415 to cancel or on day of hike.
- Good Companions – Gage Park/Escarpment Loop CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19
10:00 AM-12:45 PM 02/24/2021 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/good-companions-gage-park-escarpment-loop-2/2021-02-24/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Iroquoia Category: Good Companions Location (Google Maps): Gage Park parking lot in the south end of the park off of Lawrence Road in Hamilton Hike Leader(s): Ted Bossence Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr Terrain: Easy – Mostly flat and usually good footing, Slippery Sections Likely Distance: 9 km Description Following city streets, the rail trail and Kenilworth stairs we will do a loop returning to Gage Park. Bring icers, a snack and water. Please register online. When you register you will be sent a list of things to bring and protocols to follow. Please arrive 15 minutes before start time. Please note: Due to high rates of community transmission, hikers on now strongly recommended to wear masks at all times on club hikes.
| 25 - Joshua Creek south Oakville
9:30 AM-12:00 PM 02/25/2021 https://hikes.brucetrail.org/event/joshua-creek-south-oakville/2021-02-25/ Click here for more information or to register Hosting Club: Iroquoia Category: Thursday Group Location (Google Maps): Meet in the NW corner of the shopping plaza Hike Leader(s): Norman Young Click here to contact Hike Leader(s) Pace: Medium – 3 to 4 km/hr Terrain: Easy – Mostly flat and usually good footing Distance: 12km Description Remember COVID guidelines Dress according to weather and footing conditions (icers might be needed) Bring water, snack etc If not arriving please be sure to tell me at least a day in advance so that somebody else might come Norman Young mny176@outlook.com 905 845 0939 cell 905 330 6605
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