Sydenham Km 115 to Km 131.4 - 13 July, 2015

Hikers: Steve, Helgy, Christine, Andy and Case
Guest Hikers:  Anne Giles and Carolyn

Leader:   Karen

Section and Distance: Sydenham Km 115 to Km 131.4

Weather:  Sunny, hot and muggy

Actual Distance hiked:  17.7 km

 
Today Carolyn and Ann joined us for the hike.  After positioning the cars we hiked the East Linton Access Trail to the main trail.  We dropped through a narrow crevice and for the next kilometre we followed a series of spectacular crevices.

Walking Fern

We then ascended to the top of the Escarpment for a fabulous view the passed through a mature forest where old stumps left by loggers a century ago are still scattered throughout the understorey.  This area is known at The Glen as it is like a bay of beautiful treetops.

 We continued hiking north along the Escarpment through mixed forest and cedar bush.

We turned west and headed down through a crevice to the bottom of the Escarpment.  We crossed a stream and reached a field before re-entering a forest to the left.   The trail was through high ferns. A short distance later we entered BTC-owned property by a large hay field and followed a fence line west for almost one km before turning sharply to the right along another fence line, before entering another hardwood forest.  We continued north and slowly emerged from the overlying glacial tilt before crossing Lindonwood Rd.

We crossed Lindonwood Road north along the top of the Escarpment  through a wooded section with views of Georgian Bay.

We headed north for 800 m and turned left along an old logging road.  After leaving the logging road, we followed the Escarpment and descended through a crevice into a field.  We followed a fence line and turned onto a cart path before reaching Lundy Lane which we followed to our car.

We drove to the Knights Inn.  After cleaning up we went out for supper before retiring for the night.