Iroquoia Km 11.1 to Km 23.2 - 20 November 2014

Hikers: Helgy, Ann G. and Steve

Leaders:  Karen and Richard

Section and Distance:  Iroquoia Km 11.1 to Km 23.2

Weather: Sunny, Windy and Cold

Actual Distance hiked:  13.67 Km

Starting the hike

We initially intended to hike the Niagara section, but given the weather and road conditions we decided to hike a shorter hike in Iroquoia closer to home.  This was our first winter hike of the season.

After positioning the cars we started the hike at Falker's Falls, which was frozen over.

We crossed a steel bridge and had a great view of the Falls from the east side.

Felkers Falls

The trail had a few inches of snow on it and it was relatively slippery.  Most of us wore icers.  The weather was fabulous with sunshine.  We went under the Centennial Parkway beside the railway tracks and passed a Battlefield Monument for the war of 1812.

We proceeded to the lower waterfalls at the Devil's Punch Bowl.

Devil's Punch Bowl

From the Devil's Punch Bowl we proceeded up a diffucult flight of steps.

One km past the Devil's Punch Bowl we met the Thursday 8:00 hikers who were doing a loop hike.  It was at this time that we had our elevensies.  We did not stop too long because it was cold.

We continued crossing several more streams and access roads.  With 3 km's to go we had our lunch.

Lunch

When we reached the Lewis Access Trail we took it to reach the parked car.  The downhill for this access trail was very treacherous. The footing for this hiking had been difficult.

We retrieved the other car, went to Tim Horton's on Bronte Road and returned home.