Thursday, April 18, 2024
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
SURVEY LAKE THURSDAY 18, 2024
Survey Lake, here we come! This hike is in Mississaugi Park and is approximately 11 km. Our winter snowshoeing adventure took us halfway there and hopefully we will make it to the lake on Thursday. I do not have the time to check it out so wet conditions are possible.
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RED PINE TRAIL 2024 04 16
Nineteen hikers enjoyed sun and mild temperatures on our trek through the Red Pine Trail
We heard Sandhill cranes as soon as we left the cars. The trails through the red pines are well defined. Mosses of different types covered the ground.
In the trail portion that went through the hardwoods had much leaf litter...homes for salamanders and red efts, perhaps? There was abundant turkey tail fungus of various vintage, as well. The Serpent River Rapids did not disappoint. We could hear the rushing water well before we arrived there.
A sharp eyed hiker noticed an old car that had been left to rust out its days on the bush. No success at identifying the make or model.
Some moose tracks were also spotted.
Our lunch spot was further along the Serpent River before the next set of Rapids near the road.
All in all a great day for a hike. Conversations were filled with talk of summer plans and winter clean up.
Thanks to Camilla for being Sweep.
Monday, April 15, 2024
BOOM CAMP 2024 04 15
Today 18 lovely folks hiked along the Boom Camp Trails in Blind River. Was an awesome day to be in the bush - lots of chitchat along the way. Highlight was seeing a bedraggled looking porcupine at the start of the hike - first wildlife sighting this year - lol! We hiked to the beach and then backtracked to the main trail. From there we hiked to the lookout - site of an old lighthouse. Onward we trekked back to our vehicles - 4.7 kms. All the hikers stopped at the A&W on the way home for well deserved drinks and snacks! It was great to see all the friendly faces today.
Sunday, April 14, 2024
RETRACTION
Retraction
The minutes
of our last general meeting on March 19th with reference to
hiking on mine property that I stated that it was ok to hike around the Sherriff
Lake area as long as we stayed off of the berms. It was not my intention to say
this. Please bear in mind that we are not insured as a group or individually if
we hike on any property that is posted as private without written permission. I
cannot give anyone permission to hike on mine property, only BHP has the
authority to do that.
The City of
Elliot lake and BHP are working on an agreement that will allow us to hike Sherriff
Lake. Hopefully that will be coming in the near future. As such, I ask that we
all be good Community Stewards and stay off of the mine property until the
agreement between BHP and the city is signed.
I apologize
for any inconvenience or confusion this may have caused.
Heber Davis
Saturday, April 13, 2024
SATURDAY MORNING RAMBLE 2024 04 13
13 hikers enjoyed a windy, kind of cold day when we started our hike, but the clouds cleared, the sun shone brightly and soon we were feeling the warmth. The exciting part of the hike was crossing the quickly running stream, but no one fell in or got soakers. The rain from the last two days defintely affected the trail and we had to navigate around lots of water and muddy sections, but we all survived.
The Gaia app said it was 6.79 km in total with only 39 metres of elevation gain…therefore, nothing too strenuous.
Monday Afternoon Hike April 15
Monday afternoon's hike will be Boom Camp Trails in Blind River. NOTE CHANGE IN MEETING TIME!! 12:15 PM AT SCOTIA BANK. Hope to see you there. Fingers crossed for a sunny day.
Thursday, April 11, 2024
THURSDAY AFTERNOON HIKE 2024 04 11
Rain?? What rain?? Nine Weather Network skeptics enjoyed a 5km hike along the same trail as the Thursday morning crew. Leaving from the snowmobile staging area we followed the gravel road until just before the yellow gates where we spotted a side trail to the left and went exploring.
We returned full of the wonder of nature and a black garbage bag full of the crap that people insist on dumping on it.
ATV TRAIL FROM ESTON TO 108 2024 04 11
Eleven hikers defied the reports of a midday rainfall and set out on a through hike.
We drove to our trail's end at the Snobird Staging area north of the Airport and carpooled from there to our trail beginning point at Esten Lake Boat Launch.
We began our hike at 10 30 and finished at the Staging area at 1 10.
The ATV trail we used was in good condition with muddy spots and large puddles. There were sporadic moose and deer tracks amid the fresh 4 wheeler tracks. Vintage wolf droppings ( mostly hair) were also spotted. Grouse were heard drumming several times.
We heard Spring Peepers and Barking Toads as we walked by swampy areas near the Airport.
Our hike began and ended with sightings of majestic birds. A bald eagle was seen at Esten Boat Launch and Sandhill cranes were seen near the airport.
There were so many welcome signs of Spring !
Thanks to Tim, our sweep, and Rodd who scouted out the trail on Tuesday.
Our hike was about 7.25 km. A bit shorter than the 10 as had been estimated because we did not explore any side trails from the main trail.
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