2014 Snowshoe Hike series

Hike the Highlands is please to announce the 2014 Snowshoe Hike Series :


1)  Saturday, February 15th at 10:00 am.   Broad Cove Campground (CBHNP) out to the ocean and back 3-4 kms.
Please bring Snacks, water and a lunch.

2)  Sunday , February 23rd at 10:00 am.  Eagles Nest –  Park at Black brook (CBHNP) parking lot across from the ski trail entrance. 7 kms. Please bring Snacks, water and a lunch.

3)  Saturday, March 8th at 10:00 am.  Wilkies’s Gulch.  Park at Bell Aliant parking lot at Bay Road Valley before Bay St. Lawrence. This hike is expected to take close to 3 hours. Please bring Snacks, water and a lunch. We will climb to the ridge behind Sugar Loaf Mountain. From the ridge we will look down on Wilkie’s Gulch, Cabot Landing Beach, Aspy Bay and Bay St. Lawrence. The hike ascends the ridge via an old wood road and returns off trail through beautiful open hardwood. For more information call David Rasmussen at 383-2453.

Please bring snowshoes, poles and dress accordingly. You will require a daypack with snacks & water. There is no registration fee and no pre-registration. Snowshoe hikes will be guided. The three snowshoe hikes are being organized by Hike the Highlands Festival in partnership with Hike Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Highlands National Park.

Thanks to all those who participated in 2014 Snowshoe Series and to our partners Hike Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Another successful series thanks to an old fashion winter.