I arrived at the Alexander Murray Trail nice and early to take advantage of the morning light and the whole day.I was greeted with no parking at the trailhead, but the trail all to myself. I was able to park behind the town’s maintenance building, off to the side, where I put on my snowshoes and pack. I READ MORE
Trails
Hike This: Tipping’s Pond Trail
Whether you’re a looking for a stroll, a swimming spot or a place to paddle, the Tipping’s Pond Trail and pond itself, is the perfect place for a micro adventure within the town limits of Massey Drive.The trail, at just 2km, circumnavigates Tipping’s Pond. There is ample parking, a variety of picnic tables and benches, READ MORE
Hike This: Cape Blow Me Down Trail
One of the best trails in the Bay of Islands area, the Cape Blow Me Down Trail (formerly Copper mine to Cape) is always worth the climb – summer, fall, winter or spring! This trail take you up about 650m to the summit (Cape Blow Me Down) where you have an expansive 360 degree view of READ MORE
Snowshoe Adventure: Hummock Trail
An exploratory snowshoe adventure on the Hummock Trail into Blow Me Down brook was a success! I had not been in here for 6+ years, never in the winter, and had gone no further than the Hummock lookout. Thankfully, the trail was still pretty well flagged with IATNL neon pink (we added a few more) READ MORE
Hike This: Stanleyville
Stanleyville is an abandoned logging community in Gros Morne National Park and a great hike if you only have an hour or two. Alice and I were up in the park and around 1pm decided to take a hike before we drove back to Corner Brook. Knowing we only had about 3 hours until dark, READ MORE
Hike This: Tablelands
Last weekend, I adventured up to Gros Morne National Park to sneak in one more hike before the impending snowfall. I have hiked the 2km base trail umpteen times but never have I summited the Tablelands. The Tablelands were the last of the four ophiolites I needed to summit…so off we went! We drove up READ MORE
Maintenance Day on the Humber Valley Trail
A lot has happened in the last week around the Man in the Mountain trail, so I wanted to put up a post about the whole thing. The Back Story Leading up to this week, I had been told directly or saw posts on social media about people being lost on the Man in the READ MORE
Hike This: Indian Head Range
It called for rain…but we went anyways! Dave and I rendezvoused at the Noel’s Pond Trailhead off route 460 and decided to hike this linear route in one direction. We drove one vehicle over to the Seal Cove Road trail head via Stephenville Crossing [route 461 and 490] then right onto Seal Cove road, READ MORE
Hike This: Humber Valley Resort
Fall hiking is here! Fall is the best time of year for hiking; perfect temps, great colours, and NO bugs! The Humber Valley Trail is a beautiful trail to hike this time of year with trees on their way into full fall colour. I recently hiked up from Humber Valley Resort to the summit on READ MORE
Snowshoe Adventure: East Point Trail
Last weekend, Alice and I headed up to Gros Morne National Park to do some end of season snowshoeing. I am slightly embarrassed to say that I have never hiked or snowshoed the East Point Trail in Trout River. Well, was I in for a treat! It was a lovely warm day with low wind READ MORE