Hikers: Case, Andy and Christine
Leader: Karen
Section and Distance: Niagara Km 70.6 to Km 80.4 (End of Niagara)
Weather:
Sunny and Warm with a little breeze
Actual Distance hiked: 10.68
This hike is a makeup hike for Christine, Andy and Case. It is also Andy's first hike since his accident last fall.
After positioning the cars, we started the hike at the Mountain View Conservation Area parking lot.
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| Starting the hike |
Christine and Andy led the way and set the pace for the hike. We
climbed steeply to the top of the escarpment through a mixed forest to
Walker Road. The trail was very rocky
with lots of crevices and several ups and downs. The floor of the forest was covered with wild flowers including trilliums, dutchmans breeches, dog tooth violets - also known as trout lillies, blood roots, violets, coltfoot and many others.
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| Dutchmans Breeches |
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| A hillside of Dutchmans Breeches |
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| Trillium | |
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| Violets |
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| Unknown |
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| Dog Tooth Violet (Trout Lilly) |
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| Blood root |
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| Coltfoot |
We hiked Walker Road to Thirty Road before descending into a wooded area crossing Thirty Mile Creek at a waterfall.
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| Thirty Mile Creek |
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| Thirty Mile Creek |
We continued along the escarpment through woods and clearings over stream beds to Park Road.
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| Elevensies |
We
climbed Park Road to Ridge Rd. East following Ridge Rd. East for 200
metres to a steep downhill through the woods. We followed the crest of
the escarpment back to Ridge Road which we followed for 500 metres.
After passing the intersection of Russ Road we entered a road allowance
and continued along the escarpment brow and steeply climbed to the
intersection of Mountain Road and Ridge Road.
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| Steep downhill |
We continued along Mountain Road for 50 metres before turning left onto
the Escarpment. We descended steeply to Mountain Road. After 100
metres we turned left onto Gibson Street and continued across the
pedestrian bridge over Forty Mile Creek, the end of the hike.
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| What is this? |
Welcome back Andy. It was good to have you and Christine back on the trail again.
We took the Forty Mile Creek Side Trail back to our car.
We retrieved the second car, met at Tim Hortons and went home.
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