The hiking schedule for the 2009 Hike the Highlands Festival has been announced and it includes nine new hikes. They include White Point to Burnt Head, Coastal, Lone Sheiling, MacIntosh Brook, Robert’s Mountain, Red River to Black Brook, Red River to Otter Brook, Le Chemin du Buttereau, and Smokey Towers.
Backed by popular demand are Meat [...]
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Hike the Highlands 2009 Hiking Schedule Announced
Posted in CBHNP, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cape Breton Island, Cape St. Lawrence Hike, Hike the Highlands, Hike the Highlands Guides, Hiking, Hiking Boots, Hiking Cape Breton, Hiking Festival, Middlehead Hiking Trail, Nordic Walking, Nordic Walking Poles, North River Big Falls, North River Provinicial Park, Red ISland Hiking Trail, Red Island Guided Walk, Salmon Pool Hiking Trail, Skyline Hiking Trail, Sugarloaf Mountain Trail, Trekking, Victoria County Hiking Trails, tagged Red ISland Hiking Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, White Point, Sugarloaf Mountain Hiking Trail, Meat Cove Mountain, Coastal, Cape St. Lawrence/Lowland Cove, Salmon Pool, MacIntosh brook, Robert's Mountain, Le Chemin du Buttereau, Lone sheiling, red River to Black brook, red River to Otter Brook, Smokey Towers on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Where would you go on an International Trip in 2009 ?
Posted in International Trekking, Trekking, Trekking Trips, tagged Austria, Backpacker Magazine, Cape Wrath Trail Scotland, Cordilleria apolobamba Bolivia, France, Heaphy Track, March 2009 issue Backpacker Magazine, Nexw Zealand, Polar Route Greenland, Pverland Track Australia, Pyenees Traverse, Rolwaling and Khumbu Valleys Nepal, Sarek National Park sweden, Simien Mountains national Park Ethiopia, Tongario Northern Circuit, Travel like a Pro tips, World's Best Unknown Treks, Zillertal Alps on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Backpacker magazine asked its readers the same question and in the March 2009 Issue of Backpacker page 10, provided the results of their survey. a) Where would you go ? Top 3 – 45% said New Zealand would be the first choice, 16% Europe and 15% Australia. b) What international mountains top your life list ? Top [...]
Trail Shop Marathon – Cross Country Ski, March 8
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cape North, NHN Ski Trails, North Highlands Nordic Ski Club, Trail Shop, X-Country Ski Marathlon on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the great ways to stay in shape in the winter for hikers is to cross country ski. In the highlands, we have a number of events, but one that attracts alot of skiers is the the 2009 Trail Shop Marathon at North Highlands Nordic Ski Trails in Cape North. This event will take [...]
Wildlife & Birds in The Highlands
Posted in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Hike the Highlands, Uncategorized, tagged Cape Breton Island, Cape Breton Highlands, Great Auk, Common Murre, Great Cormorant, Jersey Cove, Winter in the Highlands, Wildlife & Birds in the Highlands on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With eight winter storms to date, it has been an interesting winter here on Cape Breton Island. The last couple of weeks have been great seeing birds and animals. Michelle Sears from Halifax started things off by saying she saw a Auk at Englishtown Ferry – see pic 2 below. Then after showing the picture around [...]
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