A Fall Hiking Festival in the spectacular Cape Breton Highlands.
Hike the Highlands Festival
September 13-19, 2025
Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
A seven-day hiking festival on the Cabot Trail and Northern Cape Breton that features guided hikes, evening activities & presentations, the hiker distance award, opening & closing ceremonies and a photo contest.
Festival Updates & News – (March 31, 2025)
1) The 15th Annual Cape Breton Highlands 3 Peaks Challenge will take place Saturday, June 14, 2025. Teams of four will hike 3 mountains in one day. They include 1) Franey – the new hiking trail 13 km, 2) Broad Cove Mountain (2.3 km) and 3) Aspy (9.6 km). Registration is now open.
2) This year’s festival dates are September 13-19, 2025. Online registration for this year’s hiking festival is now open. Save money $$ by doing early bird registration.
3) Subscribe to our regular monthly newsletter and keep up with all the news. Our next newsletter will be coming out by March 31st, 2025 or earlier, 2025. Please note when you subscribe to our newsletter, you will get another e-mail a bit later asking you to confirm. The festival is following Canada’s Anti-Spam guidelines & regulations approved in 2014.
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A Great Line-up of Hikes
The daily schedule of hikes & daily program of activities for 2025 Hike the Highlands Festival is out now. It will be updated regularly.
3 Peaks Challenge
The 15th Annual Cape Breton Highlands 3 Peaks Challenge will take place on June 14th, 2025. Teams of 4 hikers, will hike 3 mountains in one day. They are tentatively Franey, Broad Cove Mountain, and Aspy. Check out this short video on 2023 3 Peaks event. More details on the event & registration coming out next month.
GROUP PHOTOS
A tradition started by our guide co-ordinator, Lisa Dixon, each hike we ask everybody to get together for a group photo. Here are 2019 Family Photos featured