Re: [90attendees] Hiking near Toronto

["Morteza Ansari (moransar)" <[e-mail]>]

I have done the two northern parts of Bruce trail and they are very
beautiful.  Highly recommended, though it is a good drive to get up there.

Kilarney provincial park is another favorite with outstanding landscape
and views and miles and miles of trail.
http://www.ontarioparks.com/park/killarney  Though again it is a good
drive away (~5 hours).  But the drive is also very pretty after you get
north of Barrie.  And there are lot of other off the beaten path trails
between Barrie and Sudbury.  There are plenty of snowmobiling trails that
are great summer hiking trails you can use. Go to (mec.ca), they have a
good selection of detailed maps if you want to give any of those a try.

You don¹t need to worry about steep climbs as the highest point in all of
ontario is nothing more than a little hill!  And you don¹t have to worry
about black bears, as long as you give them a way out and don¹t mess with
them you are fine.  However depending on how far north you go, if you see
moose, don¹t get close to them.  They are a lot more dangerous than black
bears.  Keep your distance.

Have fun and be safe!


Cheers,
Morteza

On 7/24/14, 3:52 PM, "Russell Sutherland" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

>The Bruce Trail is quite close (relative to Algonquin) and quite pleasant:
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>http://brucetrail.org/places
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>On 2014-07-24, 3:50 PM, "Tissa Senevirathne (tsenevir)"
><[e-mail]> wrote:
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>>If it is Saturday, day hike and returning Saturday evening, I would be
>>interested in joining.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: 90attendees [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of
>>Tomek Mrugalski
>>Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 12:45 PM
>>To: [e-mail]
>>Subject: [90attendees] Hiking near Toronto
>>
>>Hi,
>>I'm looking for a nice place to hike somewhere around Toronto. Will have
>>a car and a whole Saturday just for hiking. I was thinking about driving
>>somewhere on Friday evening, then hiking most of the Saturday and
>>returning to Toronto on Sunday.
>>
>>I was thinking about Algonquin park. It's beautiful, but I was there
>>already and it's rather on the far side. (I prefer to spend time hiking
>>rather than driving). Any closer alternatives?
>>
>>Any recommendations? I'm reasonably fit, I'm thinking about around
>>15-20km trail. I don't have my hiking boots with me (so no steep climbs
>>this time), but do have a flashlight, backpack, warm clothes, waterproof
>>jacket and will have ample supplies of water and food. Not sure if that
>>is relevant, but I ran out of bear repellent ointment ;)
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Tomek
>>
>>p.s.
>>Uh oh, I just checked and there *are* such things as bear repellents in
>>Canada. Do they really work or is it like making myself extra spicy for a
>>bear?
>>
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