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February

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Car Pool
Location (Google Maps):

Meet- pkg lot, Quarry Rd., Beamsville. (Map 4, km 65.0) Carpool

Hike Leader(s): Jacques Boilard Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 14.8 km

Description

We will be car pooling, Bring Icers and poles. No dogs. To earn your Niagara Winter End to End badge, it must be completed between December 21, 2019  to  March 19, 2020. Bring $5 for badge if you’ve done all 5  End to End hikes.

Sat Feb 0 1

Botanical Gardens

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

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

Meet at Queenston Hgts Pkg Lot, near cairn. (Map 1, km 0)

Hike Leader(s): Audrey Lopez Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 8 km

Description

Sun Feb 0 2

Woodend Conservation Area Loop

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Loop
Location (Google Maps): Meet at the parking lot near the Education Centre, Woodend Conservation, Taylor Rd., Niagara-on-the-Lake (Map 2, km
12.5)
Hike Leader(s): Bill French Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 7 km

Description

Mon Feb 0 3

Iroquoia Winter End to End 2019, 2020 #6

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Car Pool
Location (Google Maps): Meet at Millen Rd Access Trail (km 16.9) at the south end of Millen Rd /Access along Maple Dr N 43.210114⁰ W 79.727058⁰ Carpool to Sam Lawrence Park.
Hike Leader(s): Lauren Doig Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 17.2km

Description

Sam Lawrence Park to Millen Rd. Bring Icers and Poles

 

Wed Feb 0 5

Merritt Trail Loop

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Loop
Location (Google Maps):

Meet-12 Mile Creek parking lot on Glendale Ave near Pelham Road St. Catharines.

Hike Leader(s): Larry Lloyd Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 7 km

Description

Sat Feb 0 8

Short Hills - Long Hike

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Hike
Location (Google Maps): Meet at Roland Rd car park GPS 43.090176,-79.305133
Hike Leader(s): Vince Zvonar Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 17 km

Description

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Car Pool
Location (Google Maps):

Meet at entrance to Woodend Conservation Area on Taylor Rd. NOTL (Map 2, km 15.2) Carpool.

Hike Leader(s): Jacques Boilard Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 14.6 km

Description

We will be car pooling, Bring Icers and poles. No dogs. To earn your Niagara Winter End to End badge, it must be completed between December 21, 2019  to  March 19, 2020. Bring $5 for badge if you have completed all 5 hikes.

Sat Feb 0 8

Kinsmen Park to Cave Springs Loop

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Loop
Location (Google Maps):

Meet at Kinsmen Park, Beamsville. (Map 4, km 66.9)

Hike Leader(s): Alan Laver Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 8 km

Description

Hike on the Bruce Trail to Cave Spring Vineyard’ s and return on the side trails.

 

Sun Feb 0 9

Fonthill Loop

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Urban
Location (Google Maps):

Meet-pkg lot Harold Black Park, Haist Rd., Fonthill.

Hike Leader(s): Sylvia Wheeler Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Leisurely
Terrain: Easy
Distance: 7 km

Description

Mon Feb 1 0

Iroquoia Winter End to End 2019, 2020 #7

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Car Pool
Location (Google Maps): Meet at Lions Pool in Grimsby, 1 Elm St at the south end of Coronation Park N 43.193201 W 79.565301⁰. Carpool to Millen Rd Access Trail.
Hike Leader(s): Lauren Doig Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 16.9km

Description

Millen Road to Lions Pool in Grimsby. Bring $5 for badge if you have completed all 7 hikes. Bring Icers and Poles

 

Mon Feb 1 0

Rotary Park - Monthly Hike

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

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

Meet at Rotary Park, Pelham Road, St.Catharines.

Hike Leader(s): Sheila Massey
Pace: Leisurely
Terrain: Moderate
6 km

Description

Mon Feb 1 0

Rim of Africa - Night Hike

8:00 PM-10:00 PM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Night
Location (Google Maps):

Meet at Wiley Road parking lot.

Hike Leader(s): Alan Laver Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 7 km

Description

Bring headlamp/flashlight, hiking poles and ice grips.

Wed Feb 1 2

12 Mile Creek

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Hike
Location (Google Maps): Meet at Rotary Park parking lot, Pelham Road.
Hike Leader(s): Karen Couch Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 6 km

Description

Sat Feb 1 5

International Hike

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Event Hikes
Location (Google Maps):

Meet in Dufferin Islands parking lot, Niagara Parkway, Niagara Falls, south of the Falls. Park in angled parking spots at the base of Burning Springs Hill.

Hike Leader(s): Bruce Manion Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 15 km

Description

See the Falls from every angle and hike the parks on both sides of the Niagara River. Bring a passport or equivalent and $1 to cross the Rainbow Bridge to USA.

Sat Feb 1 5

Rotary Park Loop

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Hike
Location (Google Maps): Meet at Rotary Park, Pelham Road, St.Catharines (Map 3).
Hike Leader(s): Alicia Aitchison Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 7 km

Description

Sun Feb 1 6

Rim of Africa Loop

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Loop
Location (Google Maps): Meet at Wiley Road parking lot.
Hike Leader(s): Debbie Demizio Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 5.3 km

Description

Hosting Club: Niagara, Iroquoia, Caledon Hills, Dufferin Hi-Land, Blue Mountains, Beaver Valley, Sydenham, Peninsula
Category: Special Event
Location (Google Maps): Caledon
Hike Leader(s): Ruth Moffatt Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Brisk – 4 to 5 km/hr
Terrain: Strenuous – Hilly with steep climbs and some poor footing
Distance: 21 km

Description

Day 1/3 – Approx 21km

http://caledonbrucetrail.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Caledon-Hills-Historical-Hike-Series-Badge-2019-03-25.pdf

 

Meet at Roadside Parking -On Innis Lake Road, north of Finnerty Sideroad (31.6km – 5 cars) N 43.918917, W79.909387

Shuttle to Mono Side Road (44.3km – 5 cars) north side of the road where the trail crosses N 43.974055, W79.984988

Please register for this hike as it will be postponed and rescheduled in the event of inclement weather.

Limited to 10 people.

Day 2/3 Feb 18

Day3/3 Feb 20

Hosting Club: Niagara, Iroquoia, Caledon Hills, Dufferin Hi-Land, Blue Mountains, Beaver Valley, Sydenham, Peninsula

Location (Google Maps): Caledon
Hike Leader(s): Ruth Moffatt Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Brisk – 4 to 5 km/hr
Terrain: Strenuous – Hilly with steep climbs and some poor footing
Distance: Approx 23km

Description

Day 2/3 – Approx 23km

http://caledonbrucetrail.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Caledon-Hills-Historical-Hike-Series-Badge-2019-03-25.pdf

Meet on the Forks of the Credit Rd between Chisholm and Dominion Streets. (8.8km – 5 cars) N 43.803809, W79.993002

Please register for this hike as it will be postponed and rescheduled in the event of inclement weather.

Limited to 10 people.

Day3/3 Feb 20

Wed Feb 1 9

Malcolmson Park

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

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

Meet in Malcolmson Park at end of Niagara St & Lakeshore Rd, St.Catharines.

Hike Leader(s): Gary & Donna Sands Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 6 km

Description

Hosting Club: Niagara, Iroquoia, Caledon Hills, Dufferin Hi-Land, Blue Mountains, Beaver Valley, Sydenham, Peninsula
Category: Special Event
Location (Google Maps): Caledon
Hike Leader(s): Ruth Moffatt Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Brisk – 4 to 5 km/hr
Terrain: Strenuous – Hilly with steep climbs and some poor footing
Distance: 10km

Description

Day 3/3 – Approx 10km

http://caledonbrucetrail.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Caledon-Hills-Historical-Hike-Series-Badge-2019-03-25.pdf

Meet on north side of Hockley Rd at Hockley Side Trail (60.1km) N 43.972857, W 80.056330

Please register for this hike as it will be postponed and rescheduled in the event of inclement weather.

Limited to 10 people.

 

 

Sat Feb 2 2

Dump to Dump

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Car Pool
Location (Google Maps): Meet at Glenridge Quarry parking lot, St.David’s Rd, St. Catharines. Carpool to dump at Fireman’s park.
Hike Leader(s): Lauren Doig Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 18 km

Description

Sat Feb 2 2

St Catharines CNR and WC Route

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Hike
Location (Google Maps): Meet at Lock 1 Parking lot St. Catharines. (Map 2 18.2k)
Hike Leader(s): Audrey Lopez Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate

Description

Sun Feb 2 3

Caledon Discovery Hike Series Day 2 of 3

9:00 AM-3:00 PM

Hosting Club: Niagara, Iroquoia, Caledon Hills, Dufferin Hi-Land, Blue Mountains, Beaver Valley, Sydenham, Peninsula
Category: Special Event
Location (Google Maps): Caledon Hills
Hike Leader(s): Ruth Moffatt Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Brisk – 4 to 5 km/hr
Terrain: Strenuous – Hilly with steep climbs and some poor footing
Distance: Approx 25km and possibly 2 car shuttles.

Description

This is Day 2 of the Discovery Hike Series of hikes in Caledon Hills. Please contact hike leader if you’d like to join this hike.

http://caledonbrucetrail.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CHBTC-Discovery-Badge-Hikes-2019-05-18.pdf

Please register for these hikes as we will cancel/postpone in the event of inclement weather. Limited to 10 participants. 

Sun Feb 2 3

George Nicholson Memorial Trail

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Leisurely
Location (Google Maps):

Meet at Happy Rolfs parking lot. 650 Read Rd.

Hike Leader(s): Gary & Donna Sands Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Leisurely
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 7 km

Description

Mon Feb 2 4

Caledon Discovery Hike Series Day 3 of 3

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

Hosting Club: Niagara, Iroquoia, Caledon Hills, Dufferin Hi-Land, Blue Mountains, Beaver Valley, Sydenham, Peninsula
Category: Special Event
Location (Google Maps): Caledon Hills
Hike Leader(s): Ruth Moffatt Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Brisk – 4 to 5 km/hr
Terrain: Strenuous – Hilly with steep climbs and some poor footing
Distance: Approx 25km and possibly two car shuttles

Description

This is Day 3 of the Discovery Hike Series of hikes in Caledon Hills.

Please contact hike leader if you’d like to join this hike. Details will be provided as to where to meet.

http://caledonbrucetrail.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CHBTC-Discovery-Badge-Hikes-2019-05-18.pdf

Please register for these hikes as we will cancel/postpone in the event of inclement weather. Limited to 10 participants. 

Wed Feb 2 6

Niagara-On-the-Lake Loop

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Urban
Location (Google Maps):

Meet at Veteran’s Lane & King Street NOTL

Hike Leader(s): Karen Couch Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Easy
Distance: 6 km

Description

A Black history walking tour to commemorate Black History Month. Learn how Black Canadians shaped NOTL and our nation.

Sat Feb 2 9

Woodend St Pauls Loop

9:00 AM-12:30 PM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Loop
Location (Google Maps): Entrance (15.2 km Map 2) Woodend Conservation Area off Taylor Rd
Hike Leader(s): Margaret Northfield Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Medium
Terrain: Moderate
Distance: 15 k

Description

Hike a loop from Woodend Conservation through hilly terrain to St Paul Ave, Niagara Falls. We will pass through the Screaming Tunnel and Fireman’s Park.

Sat Feb 2 9

Decew House to Morningstar Mill

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Hosting Club: Niagara
Category: Leisurely
Location (Google Maps): DeCew House, DeCew Rd, Thorold (Map 3, km 29.8)
Hike Leader(s): Larry Lloyd Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Leisurely
Terrain: Easy
Distance: 5.3 k

Description

This hike follows the main trail along Moody lake to the Morningstar Mill side trail, past the DeCew Falls to Morningstar Mill.