Recently, my wife and I along with our nephew and his girlfriend hiked to Middle Head. Middle Head is one of Cape Breton Highlands National Park’s favorite hiking trails and is located just behind the Keltic Lodge on the Middle Head pensiula at Ingonish Beach, on the Cabot Trail. Despite an overcast day, I took [...]
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Middle Head Trail – Full of Surprises
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Hiking Trails in Cape Breton, Ingonish Beach Nova Scotia, Middle Head Hiking Trail, Nova Scotia Vacation, Tour the Cabot Trail, Victoria County Hiking Trails, Visit Cape Breton Island on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hot Weather Hiking Tips
Posted in CBHNP, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cape Breton Island, Hike the Highlands, Hiking, Hiking Cape Breton, Hiking Festival, Hiking Tips, Victoria County Hiking Trails, tagged Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, food, hat, hike with a friend or partner, hiking boots & socks, Hot weather hiking, insect repellent, sunglasses, sunscreen, take lots of breaks, Victoria County Hiking Trails, Visit Cape Breton Island, water, weather forecast on July 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It is rather fitting I write this article/post on one of the hottest days of the year – 28 degrees with high humidity (muggy) and a little wind. Here are a few tips for hot weather hiking -
1) Water – take two bottles of water and put them in the freezer the night before. Allow some [...]
Registration for Hike the Highlands Festival is now open
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Hike the Highlands Festival Digital Brochure, Nova Scotia Vacation, Registration Open for 2008 Hike the Highlands Festival, Tour the Cabot Trail, Victoria County Hiking Trails, Visit Cape Breton Island, Visit Victoria County on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The festival is now open for registration both online and offline. New in 2008 – Hikers will be able to :
1) purchase the combine pass - Hike the Highlands Festival pass and the Cape Breton Highlands National Park entry pass from the Hike the Highlands Festival
2) hikers can register online and pay online. This is a two step process – [...]
Hike the Highlands New Digitize 2008 Brochure
Posted in CBHNP, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cape Breton Island, Hike the Highlands, Hiking, Hiking Cape Breton, Hiking Festival, Hiking Tips, Victoria County Hiking Trails, tagged Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Dawson Communications, Hike the Highlands Digitize Brochure, Hike the Highlands Festival, Nova Scotia Provinicial Parks, NXTBook Media, Tour the Cabot Trail, Victoria County Cape Breton, Victoria County Hiking Trails, Visit Cape Breton Island, Visit Victoria County on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Brand new for 2008, Hike the Highlands Festival now has a digitize brochure. Developed by NXTBook and sold by Dawson Communications, this digitize brochure allows you to turn the pages of our brochure as well zoom in and to print one page at a time. Instructions on how to use this technology are on the left [...]
Franey Hiking Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Franey Hiking Trail, Hike the Highlands, Nova Scotia Hiking Trails, Nova Scotia Tourism, Tour the Cabot Trail, Victoria County Hiking Trails, Victoria County Nova Scotia, Visit Cape Breton Island on July 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today, I enjoyed one of the classics, the Franey Hiking Trail located in the Cape Breton Highlands Park, along the Cabot Trail. It was my first hike on Franey this year and it did not disappoint. The temperature forecast today was around 28 degrees Celius. So I left early around 8:30 am to beat the heat and it worked.
My [...]
Broad Cove Mountain
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Broad Cove Mountain, Cabot Trail, Cape Breton, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Hike the Highlands Festival, Ingonish Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Victoria County Hiking Trails on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, I had the opportunity to hike Broad Cove Mountain, one of the hikes featured in this year’s Hike the Highlands Festival. I managed to get a picture of a Lady Slipper (see above) on my way up the mountain. Broad Cove mountain is a hiking trail located in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park [...]
Trailpeak – A Wealth of Information on Trails
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cape North, Cape Smokey Hiking Trail, Clyburn Valley, Franey Hiking Trail, Freshwater Lake, Hike the Highlands Festival, Ingonish, Middle Head Hiking Trail, North River Falls, Skyline Hiking Trail, Sugarloaf Hiking Trail, Trailpeak, Uisge Ban Falls Hiking Trail, Victoria County Nova Scotia, White Point on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Trailpeak website provides a wealth of information on trails and divides itself into three sections – water (kayaking kite & surf, canoeing), earth (hiking, mtn. biking, climbing) and snow (cross country skiing, back country and snowshoeing). It has developed a database where their staff as well the trail users like yourself can enter information on various trails [...]
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