Hiking with Friends

  Niagara Section - #5 Glen Rd to Kinsmen Park - March 20,2025.  This week HWF hiked 13km on the Niagara Section main trail from Glen Road (km 55.5) to Kinsmen Park (km 68.5) Joining the hike were Ivan, FrankC, Frances, Rita, Andrea, CatherineV, Renu, Barbara(HC), Grace, Annette, Doug(Sweep), Donna, Faryde, Brian and Ron. The weather forecast was calling for a little rain but it was more than a little rain and a good test for the rain gear. We descend the steep valley of Twenty Mile Creek and who knows what the trail conditions will be today.  Mud, ice, leaves all make for an interesting hike. Balls Falls  The trail was sloshy in places Balls Falls Conservation area Steep climbs and long descents are the theme of this hike. Enjoying elevensies break!  Bridge photo of the week! Almost there!  One final steep climb up the last set of steps and back to the car park at Kinsmen Park.   Great hike everyone! See you on the trail next week

  Iroquoia Section - Crawford Lake (104.5 km) to Mount Nemo (91.0 km) - March 13, 2025. After over a month off the trail due to a seemingly endless stretch of inclement weather on consecutive Thursdays having caused frustrating cancellations, Hiking With Friends were finally rewarded with a classic late winter day to get out and enjoy our favourite walking path...and we took on a 15 km route from Crawford Lake southward to Mount Nemo with all our pent up energy (which, it turned out, was well needed to complete the journey)...and there was a nice celebration at the end to cap off a glorious outing!.. While hiking the Bruce Trail is our passion and we are seemingly quite proficient at it, our logistical organization can often be "a work in progress"...fortunately, with an experienced hike coordinator in charge, we eventually got sorted out and successfully assembled our group of 20 hikers in the parking lot at Crawford Lake to get our morning selfie shot on record...today'...