North River Big Falls

Fellow Hiker and Guide, Mary MacDonald, recently sent me some great pictures of the guided hike out to North River Big Falls during the Hike the Highlands Festival. It was a beautiful sunny day on Sept. 20 and a high of 26 degrees during their hike. Guide David Williams led the hike with sweep Derek [...]

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Thank-you Hikers

Over 460 hikers enjoyed 18 guided walks during the 10 days of Hike the Highlands Festival. Two hundred plus hikers went to seven evening presentations and over 100 to the opening & closing ceremonies. Your support for the 4th annual Hike the Highlands festival was overwhelming.  Thank-you for your continued support of this festival, your word [...]

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Thank-you to an Amazing Team of Volunteers, Partners & Sponsors

A ten-day festival takes a number of volunteers to put on and an organizing committee that is well versed, experienced and committed. Hike the Highlands was fortunate to have both, as well an amazing team of guides and sweeps to lead 18 guided hikes during the festival. My sincere thanks to all of you for a [...]

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Last Day of the 2007 Hike the Highlands Festival

It is a sad day in the Cape Breton Highlands today…this is the last day of the Hike the Highlands Festival.  It has been a wonderful ten days of hiking and making new friends. The weather cooperated throughout the festival and our meterologist, Bill Danielson, did a great job giving us sunny conditions for the most of the festival. 
Forty hikers [...]

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Red Island Guided Hike

Day eight of the festival was another sunny day for hikers who enjoyed Red Island Guide Hike today.  38 hikers explored the trail featuring Barachois River, Red Island & the ocean and MacDonald Pond.  Today’s hike featured three guides – Mary Ann Wilson, Bethsheila Kent and Marion Thompson and sweeps – Lisa Dixon,  Marie Stradeski and [...]

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Sunny & Hot Day (26 degrees) for North River Guided Hikes

Another great sunrise this morning at Ingonish Centre. North River Guided Walks on the Big Falls and Little Falls trails enjoyed sunny conditions with a high of 26 degrees on the seventh day of the Hike the Highlands Festival today (Sept. 20). 36 hikers enjoyed the protected areas of North River Provincial Park in Victoria [...]

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Skyline & Fishing Cove Guided Hikes

Another amazing day on the trails at Skyline and Fishing Cove located on the Cheticamp side of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Close to 50 hikers enjoyed the two guided walks on another beautiful sunny day. I notice I got a windburn on Skyline. Today the festival is now past the halfway mark of the [...]

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Salmon Pool and Acadien Guided Hikes

The weather man and our own meterologist, Bill Danielson,  gave us another great day for hiking. Today’s hikes included Salmon Pool and Acadien trails in Cape Breton National Park.  Thirty plus hikers enjoyed ideal hiking conditions with another great day for photos. Daniel Aucoin, guide and sweeper, Jean- Francois Bisallion led Salmon Pool guided hike [...]

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Sugarloaf Mountain

Ideal hiking conditions and great photo opportunities was the story on the 4th day of Hike the Highlands Festival. Sugarloaf Mountain trail was guided by local Mike Fitzgerald and Sandra Curtis with sweepers Rob MacDonald and Sheldon Lambert. Seventeen hikers enjoyed the guided hike today along with Wally Hayes, NS Tourism Deptartment photographer and multi [...]

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Horses & Wind – Cape St. Lawrence – Lowland Cove

Despite a few sore muscles from the day before, I ventured out to do Cape St. Lawrence-Lowland Cove. This is a new hike this year in the festival and it certainly lived up to its reputation. 36 hikers enjoyed this 11 km hike that started from Meat Cove down to Cape St. Lawrence, to Lowland [...]

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