Hike the Highlands Festival » Hike the Highlands Guides & Sweeps http://www.hikethehighlands.com A ten day fall hiking festival along the Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Fri, 17 May 2013 17:52:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Thank-you Hikers – 5th Annual Hike the Highlands Festival http://www.hikethehighlands.com/uncategorized/thank-you-hikers-5th-annual-hike-the-highlands-festival/ http://www.hikethehighlands.com/uncategorized/thank-you-hikers-5th-annual-hike-the-highlands-festival/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:34:18 +0000 admin http://hikethehighlandsfestival.wordpress.com/?p=309

Wow… what an incredible 10 days of hiking. Great weather, an amazing camaradie & friendship among the hikers, interesting & challenging trails, and informative evening activities made the 5th Annual Hike the Highlands festival memorable. Thanks to you, our festival matched last year’s numbers in registration in a tough year but also increase by over 200 people, hiking more trails and staying longer.  You have given us the confidence to continue to be better and excel in next year’s festival.  Our team has enjoyed meeting all of you and developing lasting friendships.

I would also like like to thank our team – our organizing committee, the registration volunteers, guides & sweeps, evening presentors,  partners, sponsors and our friend Wally Hayes, NS Tourism great photographer, for your important contributions in making the 5th Annual Hike the Highlands festival successful.  An amazing team that can be very proud of its work.

Hikers in this year festival came from six provinces - Newfoundland & Labrador,  PEI,  New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario,  US ( Two states), and Scotland. A great bunch of people that I along with fellow hikers enjoyed meeting and sharing stories and experiences with during the ten days of the festival. Our veteran guide, Lisa Dixon said in today’s hike, I never have meet a hiker I didn’t like. 

Thanks again to all of you for making the 5th Annual Hike the Highlands Festival special.  Here are just a few of my favorite pictures pics to remember the 2008 Hike the Highlands Festival.

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]]> http://www.hikethehighlands.com/uncategorized/thank-you-hikers-5th-annual-hike-the-highlands-festival/feed/ 0 Guided Wilderness Hike -Full of Adventure http://www.hikethehighlands.com/uncategorized/guided-wilderness-hike-full-of-adventure/ http://www.hikethehighlands.com/uncategorized/guided-wilderness-hike-full-of-adventure/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:50:04 +0000 admin http://hikethehighlandsfestival.wordpress.com/?p=301 Seventy plus hikers enjoyed Friday’s hikes at Guide Wilderness Adventure Trail, Branch Pond and Middle Head. Another sunny day provided hikers with lots of great photo opportunities and of course adventure on the trails. Special thanks to our guides & sweeps today for an amazing day on the trails – Lawrence Barron, Lisa dixon and Shaune Warren at Guided Wilderness Hike, Jocelyne Quann, Sheldon Lambert,  Leona Stockley and Sharon Proctor at Branch Pond and Jocelyne Quann, Lydia Stepanovic and Brendan Twaig at Middle Head.

Adventure was the story at the Guided Wilderness Hike at Ingonish Harbour. For many it brought back our youth days where we did lots of exploring.  We walked over rocks, logs, planks to cross the river and used our walking sticks and poles for balance. Some were graceful and overs not but all of us have memories of doing this hike and of course seeing those incredible falls at the end.

Here a few pics of the Guided Wilderness Hike -

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