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A big thank-you goes out to all the hikers who participated in the 2020 Hike the Highlands Virtual Festival. It was a new concept for us and you supported us in this difficult year. Our team had to think outside the box and learn from other virtual events. A virtual festival can be held anywhere...Read more

Day 10 of our virtual festival and last day, signals the end of our festival. On a day we say our goodbyes and do our last hike. Some of the last hikes were Forest Hills (PEI),  Branch Pond Look-off,  Uisge Ban Falls, La Foret Blanche(Que). Where did the ten days go. It went by so...Read more

  Day 9 of the virtual festival has hikers doing High Lonesome Nature Reserve (ON), Hope Trail in Gatineau Park, White Point to Burnt Head Trail. The daily poll question today was – What brand of hiking boots do you wear ?  44.44% wear Merrell, 22.22% wear Scarpa, 22.22% other,...Read more

Day 8 of the 2020 Hike the Highlands Virtual Festival had hikers enjoying the Jack Pine Trail (ON) and Wild Bird Care Centre, Jack Pine (NS), Broad Cove Mtn., Jigging Cove Lake and the Bonshaw Trails (PEI).  Photo to the left is a bridge on Bonshaw Trails taken by Sherri Gallant. Today’s...Read more

Day 7 of the virtual festival had hikers enjoying the Dromore Trail (PEI), Money Point Gulch Trail, Little Grassy Trail, Crazy Horse Trail (ON) . Note – Some of the PEI hikers helped with the building of the boardwalk on Dromore Trail. Photos – Money Point Gulch from the end of the...Read more

Day 6 of the virtual festival has hikers enjoying the Mica Hill trail, Black Mountain, Morris Island and Roma. Photo credits – Fungi on Morris Island & Nancy & Monique on the Morris Island Trail. Photos taken by Juanita Sauve   The Hikers Trivia Quiz was introduced today and...Read more

Day 5 of the virtual festival featured a wide variety of hikes from Dundurn (RBG), Greenwich National Park and Mi’Kmaq Display (PEI), Skyline Trail (ON) and Franey Trail as reported by hikers.  Photo credits –  Mi’Kmaq displays by Sherri Gallant and photo of Nancy...Read more

Day 4 of the Virtual festival had hikers enjoying the new Cardigan trail (PEI), the Clyburn Valley trail, and trails at Gatineau Park.  Left photo – Gold Mine building on Clyburn Valley Trail – Photo Credit – Trish McCormick. Right photo – Fungi on a tree in Gatineau...Read more

Day 3 of the virtual festival had sunny and fall temperatures making it great hiking weather. Some of the Cape Breton hikers ventured to Humes Falls, Benjies Lake and Squirrel Mountain. Many of the PEI hikers hiked around Boughton Island. Some of the Ottawa Hikers did trails in Greenbelt at...Read more

  Hikers were busy the second day of the festival. The PEI gang hiked 17 km from East Point to North Lake and return along a great beach. Joyce from NL was hiking the Piping Trail overlooking the City of Cornerbrook. Dawn and her dog, Scooby, went to Otters Brook . The Highlands Gang were...Read more