It's quite possible to thru-hike the Bruce Trail and many do just that.
You can do it all at once (It's over 800 kms so something above 40 days if you average at least 20 kms per day) or you can do it over a number of years. If you keep a log of your hikes and send it in to the Bruce Trail Consevancy you'll get a badge and recognition as a thru-hiker. Something kind of special. Many of those who have completed the whole trail have done so on group hikes organized through the Bruce Trail Clubs. It will still be those 40 odd days of hiking but they are done on one or two days or a long weekend as the hikes get farther out from say the Toronto Club. Just spotted this Toronto Club end-to-end of the Iroqouis section. There are 9 sections to the Bruce Trail. Do all nine sections and you've thru hiked the Trail. Here's a sample bit of info from that first of seven hikes for the Iroquois section (above and below Hamilton:
Tuesday, April 7 -- Iroquoia, Stoney Creek (Map 5/6) Level II/III Car hike - Length of Hike: 19 km, Pace: 4.5 km/hr, Terrain: Variable No dropouts, End to End #1 of 7, Hiking boots, No dogs, Bring lunch, Pre-registration by Email to Leader First of seven hikes to complete Iroquoia section. Make Tuesday your hiking day this Spring.
Details will be in Footnotes, the quarterly newsletter of The Toronto Bruce Trail Club By the way when you finish that Iroquois section you can apply for the Iroquois End-to End badge. Collect all 9 badges and turn in your log of your hikes and you'll get your full BTC end to end badge and a thru hike number Call the Bruce Trail conservancy for more details at 1-800-665-HIKE It would be great if you could docment your thru-hike here on Outdoorsica!
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Is it possible to thru-hike the Bruce trail?
ljs
January 30, 2009 at 1:02 p.m.
It's quite possible to thru-hike the Bruce Trail and many do just that.
You can do it all at once (It's over 800 kms so something above 40 days if you average at least 20 kms per day) or you can do it over a number of years.
If you keep a log of your hikes and send it in to the Bruce Trail Consevancy you'll get a badge and recognition as a thru-hiker. Something kind of special.
Many of those who have completed the whole trail have done so on group hikes organized through the Bruce Trail Clubs. It will still be those 40 odd days of hiking but they are done on one or two days or a long weekend as the hikes get farther out from say the Toronto Club.
Just spotted this Toronto Club end-to-end of the Iroqouis section. There are 9 sections to the Bruce Trail. Do all nine sections and you've thru hiked the Trail.
Here's a sample bit of info from that first of seven hikes for the Iroquois section (above and below Hamilton:
Tuesday, April 7 -- Iroquoia, Stoney Creek (Map 5/6)
Level II/III Car hike - Length of Hike: 19 km, Pace: 4.5 km/hr, Terrain: Variable
No dropouts, End to End #1 of 7, Hiking boots, No dogs, Bring lunch, Pre-registration by Email to Leader
First of seven hikes to complete Iroquoia section.
Make Tuesday your hiking day this Spring.
Details will be in Footnotes, the quarterly newsletter of The Toronto Bruce Trail Club
By the way when you finish that Iroquois section you can apply for the Iroquois End-to End badge. Collect all 9 badges and turn in your log of your hikes and you'll get your full BTC end to end badge and a thru hike number
Call the Bruce Trail conservancy for more details at 1-800-665-HIKE
It would be great if you could docment your thru-hike here on Outdoorsica!
Grant Leigh
February 7, 2009 at 10:19 p.m.
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