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 - [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 | No Comments »
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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Hike the Highlands Guides & Sweeps are getting ready for the September hiking festival with St. John Ambulance First aid training. Picture above is one course that took place recently in Indian Brook on the North Shore with instructor Lyle Donovan who is a paramedic as well a Fire Chief for a volunteer Fire Dept. More training will [...]
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Recently, I wrote an article on Hiking Boots including the new Scarpa Kailish GTX Hiking Boot -Editors Choice 2008 Award Winner, Backpacker Magazine.
Backpacker Magazine has a good video below on how to Fit your Boots Right. With less than 80 days before Hike the Highlands festival starts, now is the time to buy boots and have them [...]
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The board of directors of Hike the Highlands Festival is pleased to announce that in 2008 you can buy both the Hike the Highlands Festival Pass and Cape Breton Highlands National Park entry pass together from our festival. In past years, you had to go to different locations to buy each of them. In 2008, you [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Day long hikes, Daypacks, Deuter Futura 28 AC Daypack, Hike the Highlands Festival, Hiking, Hiking Cape Breton, Mountain Equipment Co-op, Nova Scotia Vacations, Tour the Cabot Trail, Victoria County Hiking Trails on June 14, 2008 | No Comments »
There are some great daypacks out there for hiking, one of them is the Deuter Futura 28 AC. It is available from Mountain Equipment Co-op but I sure you can purchase it from other outdoor stores. I was impressed by amount of space, the pockets and sections with this day pack. The bottom section of [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ABC of Hiking, Backpacker Magazine, Explore Magazine, Hiking Boots, Hiking Boots that Fit, How to buy Hiking Boots?, MEC, Outside Magazine, Potomac Appalachian Hiking Club, Scarpa Kailish GTX Boots on June 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Have you taken out your boots yet ? Tried them on and said Hmm… maybe I might need a new pair this year. The boot pictured above is the Scarpa Kailish GTX Hiking boot - Editors Choice 2008 Award Winner, Backpacker magazine.
There are some great resources out their to help you make the right decision about buying hiking [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cape Breton Island, Victoria County, Mountain Equipment Co-op, Money Point, Hike the Highlands, Hiking Trails, Daypacks, Bay St. Lawrence, St. Margaret's Village on June 8, 2008 | No Comments »
I got a sneak preview this week of one of the new hikes in this year’s Hike the Highlands Festival - Money Point. This will be one of those wow hikes with great ocean views and mountain scenery. David and Tamara Rasmussen guided me to one section of the trail that takes you to a spectacular [...]
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