Toronto Km 11.2 to Km 21.3 - 4 February, 2015

Hikers: Helgy, Case, Ann and Steve

Leader:  Karen

Section and Distance:  Toronto Km 11.2 to Km 21.3

Weather:  Cloudy and mild with some wind.

Actual Distance hiked: 10.87

 We left the pear tree parking lot and followed a fire access road before turning left into a field.  We continued hiking north following a series of rocky ridges through open woodland to Sideroad 17.  The trail was snow covered and very pretty but very difficult to hike.  At times the drifts were up to our waists.  

We crossed the road and passed through a regenerating field and climbed into mature woods to the Third Line road allowance.  

We continued through a mixed forest to reach Fourth Line.  We crossed Fourth Line and continued along a fence line to a farmer’s field.  We then crossed into a small woodlot and passed under two power lines and continued alongside more fields to Fifth Line.  The drifts on these fields were up to our waists at times and very tiring to hike.  The team took turns breaking trail.

We turned left and followed the road for 100 m before turning right and climbed a rock face into the Limehouse Conservation Area.  We crossed an abandoned roadway and hiked 400 m to the Limehouse Access Trail. We continued past a series of rock fissures before dropping through the Hole-in-the-wall on two ladders.  

We followed the bed of the old Toronto Suburban Radial Railway.  We then crossed Black Creek near the remains of an old mill and past lime kilns.

We continued onto Sideroad 22 where we had parked our car.

We picked up the car at the pear tree parking lot, stopped at Tim Horton’s and drove home.