2025 Ski photos

Dec 27 - Dave on Wolf

                           Jan 14 - Bill, Arndt, Dale, Dave & Peter - Beaver & Kawartha

                              Jan 7 - Dale, Peter, Dave & Arndt - Trillium & Wolf

Dec 27/24 - Barry & Pete on Wolf

 

Tuesday Jan 14 21 23 ski

Jan 23 - I skied Peanut, Trillium, Adam Scott, Fisher & Beaver on beautiful sunny morning with the overnight snowfall covering all the debris. The Adam Scott loop had not been groomed recently but the skiing was fine with no icy spots in the gullies.

.Jan 21 - Arndt, Dale,Bill, & Peter skied the Tanney loop & said it was a good ski, however when I skied Jan 22  Beaver & lower Trillium had a lot of debris in the tracks so hope that the overnight snowfall will cover them

Jan 14 -  Bill Hardwick joined us today for his 1st ski in many years. Everyone skied up Trillium to Wolf & across to Kawartha. Dale & Pete skied a little way up Kawartha before turning back to return to the chalet with Bill while Peter, Dave & Arndt skied the Tanney Loop. From Beaver Dave & Peter skied Sugar Shack, Olympic & Jam to the chalet where we all met for lunch. The skiing was superb with a covering of new snow from yesterday  

                                                      Dale's group photo with Pete Mac

Bill, Arndt, Dale, Dave & Peter

Thursday Dec 19 - Closing Event

We met at The 100 Acres Brewery on Ashburnham Dr for an informal get together to close out the cycling/hiking year, The brewery offered a selection of their tasty craft beers & wood fired pizzas baked in a large pizza oven. Dave Messervey gave an interesting talk about the restoration of the Hope Mill that we tour each year. Dave sold copies of the booklet The Hope Mill Challenge that he updated for the years from 2006-2023. 

Dec 19 - John Earle Chase Memorial Park hike

Pete Gardner, his brother Tim, George Post & Pete MacLoghlin met Thursday morning for a 3 km hike on the Red Trail in J E Chase Memorial Park a magnificent 400 acre KLT property at Gannon's Narrows. The trail was safe for walking with firm footing & the weather was ideal, -4 C, sunshine under clear blue skies.   

                                                   Pete Mac on the Red trail

                        view of Gannon's Narrows bridge between Buckhorn & Pigeon Lakes

Tim, George, & Pete facing Gannon Narrows

 

Thursday Dec 5 2024 - Warsaw Caves Hike

 After a 15 cm snowfall 5 intrepid hikers met at Warsaw caves for a 6 km slog in powder snow on  the Caves & Scenic Lookout trail to the Lookout over the Indian R gorge that we reach from Rock Rd on our Warsaw ride. From the entrance take the road on your left past the flagpole to the big parking lot, not the road to the boat launch & campsites. The trail starts in the SE corner of the parking & was a bit challenging with snow covering the uneven terrain, 1st photo, takes you down to the bridge where the river goes underground, 4th photo. From there we had difficulty finding the unmarked trail, head a bit right & follow a narrow path that widens as you approach Cooper Rd. After a 1 km walk you reach a side-trail, K, that takes you to a lower lookout. From there marked L it is another 2 km walk up to the Lookout where we took a break before retracing our steps.  

                                      Caves & Scenic Lookout trail - a winter wonderland!

                                                      Indian R gorge view from the Lookout

  Blake Frazer, Bill Ingram, Dave Messervey, Barry Diceman at the Lookout

Indian R from the bridge

Wed Nov 27 Hike

 On cold but sunny day we met at Harold Town Park for a 3 km hike up the Meade Creek drumlin. From the parking lot we walked east on a level path where we had to walk around a  muddy stretch before starting the climb where there was a difficult detour over wet rocks. From there the trails were dry as we walked up to the "summit" then taking a trail down the east side of the drumlin to the cars after an hours hike. We decided to do a 2nd hike of 4 km in the Robert Johnston Eco Forest Trails on the Douro 5th Line, off County Rd 8 between Hwy 28 & Douro, for an hours walk starting on the Lowland  Trail over a large wetland on a boardwalk to the Birdwatching Trail which takes you to the Wildlife Trail & a hike up to a lookout. This is a "hidden gem" that is well worth the effort to explore

Harold Town hike - from the left, Gordon Powell, Alan Ingram, Bill Robertson, Dave Meservey George Post, Garry Koteles, Frank Marret

                                                   Harold Town - view to the east

                                                     Robert Johnston lookout

                                                 Robert Johnston Wildlife Trail at the lookout

Wednesday Nov 6 - Jeffrey-Cowan hike

On another gorgeous fall day we met in the KLT parking lot on Fire Rd 10 off Northey's Bay Rd. During the walk Bill Hardwick noticed a bracket fungus which Garry Kotelse said was a Turkey Tail mushroom & as we continued Garry was able to identify several other types of mushrooms, plants & trees. This is a rolling walk thru the woods to a hilltop overlooking Stony Lake & the surrounding area including KNSC followed by a long walk down to the Stony Lk shoreline. After a break beside the lake we hiked on a bush road on the recently acquired Jeffrey-Cowan extension property which includes 300 feet of shoreline on Northey's Bay. After the hike we had lunch at Honey's 

                                                 Garry identifying a mushroom

                                         hilltop water pump used in the past for irrigation

                                               Garry & Dave - KLT shoreline

Bill & Gordon Boschink Narrows 

Jeffrey-Cowan dock with the KLT owned island behind