Posts Tagged ‘Tour the Cabot Trail’

Sat 13 Sep 2008 Tom Wilson Cape Breton Island / Hike the Highlands Guides Comments Off on Opening Night of the Hiking Festival – A Success / / / / / / / / / /

Opening Night of the Hiking Festival – A Success

The 5th annual Hike the Highlands Festival opening night started off well with over 30 hikers enjoying the evening hike at Freshwater Lake,  then almost a full house for the opening ceremonies back at Heather Room, Glenghorm Beach Resort and later off to Thirsty Hikers Pub to hear some Celtic...Read more

Sun 27 Jul 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Middle Head Trail – Full of Surprises / / / / / / /

Middle Head Trail – Full of Surprises

Recently, my wife and I along with our nephew and his girlfriend hiked to Middle Head. Middle Head is one of Cape Breton Highlands National Park’s favorite hiking trails and is located just behind the Keltic Lodge on the Middle Head pensiula at Ingonish Beach, on the Cabot Trail.  Despite an...Read more

Wed 23 Jul 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Registration for Hike the Highlands Festival is now open / / / / / / /

Registration for Hike the Highlands Festival is now open

The festival is now open for registration both online and offline. New in 2008 – Hikers will be able to : 1) purchase the combine pass –  Hike the Highlands Festival pass and the Cape Breton Highlands National Park entry pass from the Hike the Highlands Festival  2) hikers can...Read more

Fri 11 Jul 2008 Tom Wilson Cape Breton Highlands National Park / Cape Breton Island / CBHNP / Hike the Highlands / Hiking / Hiking Cape Breton / Hiking Festival / Hiking Tips / Victoria County Hiking Trails Comments Off on Hike the Highlands New Digitize 2008 Brochure / / / / / / / / / /

Hike the Highlands New Digitize 2008 Brochure

Brand new for 2008,  Hike the Highlands Festival now has a digitize brochure. Developed by NXTBook and sold by Dawson Communications, this digitize brochure allows you to turn the pages of our  brochure as well zoom in and to print one page at a time.  Instructions on how to use this technology...Read more

Mon 07 Jul 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Franey Hiking Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park / / / / / / / /

Franey Hiking Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park

Today, I enjoyed one of the classics, the Franey Hiking Trail located in the Cape Breton Highlands Park, along the Cabot Trail. It was my first hike on Franey this year and it did not disappoint. The temperature forecast today was around 28 degrees Celius. So I left early around 8:30 am to beat...Read more

Sat 14 Jun 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Daypacks – Deuter Futura 28 AC Pack / / / / / / / / / /

Daypacks – Deuter Futura 28 AC Pack

There are some great daypacks out there for hiking, one of them is the Deuter Futura 28 AC. It is available from Mountain Equipment Co-op but I sure you can purchase it from other outdoor stores. I was impressed by amount of space, the pockets and sections with this day pack. The bottom section of...Read more