Hike 3 breathtaking summits in one day!
Saturday, June 14, 2025
The 15th Annual Cape Breton Highlands 3 Peaks Challenge will take place Saturday, June 14, 2025. Teams will hike 3 mountains in one day. Tentatively, they include 1) Franey – a newly designed trail 13 km ( previously 7.4 km) , 2) Broad Cove Mountain (2.3 km) and 3) Aspy (9.6 km) . Teams hike approximately 24.9 km plus with an elevation of approximately 3500. The above short video (5 minutes) is a look back at 2023 event. Enjoy.
The 3 Peaks challenge is a team event that requires teams to hike 3 mountains in one day. Each team consist of 4 members, one of which is a team captain. It is his/her responsibility to prepare the team for the event and make sure everyone on the team competes the event safely. Only 24 teams will be allowed to participate in this event. They can be all female, all male or mixed.
Team Registration fee for this event is $200.00 and includes a long sleeve t-shirt for each team member, cooling towels for each team member, one Cape Breton Highlands National Park park pass for one day, a map and other items.
Registration for the 2025 Cape Breton Highlands 3 Peaks Challenge will open in March 26, 2025. Registration is a two step process – 1) Register your team, and 2) Pay online.
The day will look approximately like this :
6:30am – Team registration at Franey Hiking Trail parking lot, Ingonish Centre, NS
6:55 am – Group Photo
7:00 am – The event begins – 1st Mountain – Franey
11:00 am – Teams leave and travel to second mountain – Broad Cove Mtn. (approx. 12-15 minutes drive)
11:15 am – Teams arrive and hike 2nd Mountain – Broad Cove Mountain
12:30 pm – Teams leave and travel to last mountain – Aspy ( approx. 43-45 minutes)
1:15 pm – Teams arrive and hike the last mountain – Aspy
5:30 pm – Teams complete the last mountain & event.