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Wed 18 Sep 2019 Tom Wilson 2019 Hike the Highlands Festival Comments Off on Day 5 – Cool & Windy / / / / / / /

Day 5 – Cool & Windy

                    It was cool and windy on Money Point Gulch peak but the best part it was not raining despite a weather forecast of 60% chance of Showers. Other hikes today included Roberts Mountain in Pleasant Bay and Gypsum Mine Trail outside...Read more

Mon 17 Sep 2018 Tom Wilson 2018 Hike the Highlands Festival / Money Point / Nature & Landscape Photography Comments Off on Money Point Light – Earn Your View / / / / / / /

Money Point Light – Earn Your View

             Horses at Money Point Light Trail                           Photo credit – Tom Wilson Incredible scenery, horses, breaking waves against rocks, mountains, best describes the...Read more

Mon 12 Sep 2011 Tom Wilson 2011 Hike the Highlands Festival / Hike the Highlands Festival / Hike the Highlands Guides / Hiking Festival / Meat Cove Mountain / Money Point Comments Off on Day 3 – Meat Cove Mountain and Money Point Gulch / / / / / /

Day 3 – Meat Cove Mountain and Money Point Gulch

It was a perfect day for hiking on Day 3 of the 2011 Hike the Highlands Festival- sunny and 18 degrees. Eight-one hikers enjoyed the day on the Meat Cove Mountain and Money Point Gulch hikes. At Meat Cove Mtn. hikers enjoyed outstanding views, zumba and picking blueberries. Guide Lori Taylor and...Read more

Sun 21 Feb 2010 Tom Wilson 2010 Hike the Highlands Festival / Acadien Hiking Trail / Cape Breton Highlands National Park / Cape Breton Island / Cape St. Lawrence Hike / CBHNP / Explore Magazine / Fishing Cove Hiking Trail / Franey Hiking Trail / Guided Wilderness Hiking Adventures / Hike the Highlands / Hike the Highlands Festival / Hiking / North River Big Falls / Photography / Sugarloaf Mountain Trail Comments Off on Hike the Highlands Festival Classics / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Hike the Highlands Festival Classics

The recent Explore March/April magazine talked about the old and new Canadian classics including Cycling the Cabot Trail, hiking West Coast Trail and much more.  So it was fitting to chat about the Hike the Highlands Festival Classics, Cape Breton Island. To make my classics list – a...Read more

Sun 08 Jun 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Money Point Hike – A New Hike in 2008 / / / / / / / /

Money Point Hike – A New Hike in 2008

I got a sneak preview this week of one of the new hikes in this year’s Hike the Highlands Festival – Money Point.  This will be one of those wow hikes with great ocean views and mountain scenery. David and Tamara Rasmussen guided me to one section of the trail that takes you to a...Read more