| Activity | Hiking |
| Destination | Drew Creek and Harbour |
| Date | 26 Feb 2020, Wednesday |
| Trip Coordinator | Norris Weimer |
| Contact Info | norris.weimer@ualberta.ca or 3710. Please contact the coordinator in advance. |
| Description | A short easy walk. |
| Meeting Place | Heriot Bay Tru Value parking lot |
| Departure Time | 10:00 |
| Difficulty | Easy |
| Costs | None |
| Trip limits | None |
| Dogs? | Okay, if they do not run through the group. |
| Notes: |
| Activity | Hiking |
| Destination | Forested area east of Mine Lake |
| Date | 29 Jan 2020, Wednesday |
| Trip Coordinator | Norris Weimer |
| Contact Info | norris.weimer@ualberta.ca or 3710. Please contact the coordinator in advance. With the winter weather, stay in touch with the coordinator. |
| Description | We will leave from near the Mine Lake access and walk logging roads through a woodlot. The roads are relatively flat. There may be wet areas. |
| Meeting Place | Heriot Bay Tru Value parking lot |
| Departure Time | 10:00 |
| Difficulty | Easy |
| Costs | None |
| Trip limits | None |
| Dogs? | Okay, if they do not run through the group. This is wolf habitat. |
| Notes: | Bring lunch and gear for the weather. |
| Activity | Hiking |
| Destination | Morte Lake Loop |
| Date | 8 Jan 2020, Wednesday |
| Trip Coordinator | Debbie Quigg |
| Contact Info | debbie.quigg@ualberta.ca or 3710; please contact the coordinator in advance of the trip |
| Description | We will hike the official Morte Lake loop, which passes through a wonderful variety of forest and has great views along the lake. About 10 km and 4 hours. |
| Meeting Place | Heriot Bay Store for car pooling |
| Departure Time | 10:00 |
| Difficulty |
Easy to moderate. |
| Costs | none |
| Trip limits | none |
| Dogs? | okay |
| Notes: | Bring lunch and gear for the weather. This can be a wet trail in places. |
On a sunny, cold morning 13 hikers and 3 dogs set out on the very familiar (to most) Haskin’s Farm trail. After quickly arriving at the beach and enjoying the mid-fall sunshine it was decided that we would visit the big trees along the beach trail, ascend to the top of the bluff and then explore the new trails. We forest bathed under the big Douglas firs then back-tracked to the switchbacks, regrouped and headed along the new trail that skirts the bluff, checked out the man made pond that is part of the new Golf Club development, walked the new trail through the future subdivision and eventually sat down for lunch at the clubhouse picnic tables and basked in the sunshine. Several hikers headed back to their cars and several headed around the golf course, bushwacked for 10 minutes, regained the Haskin’s Farm logging road close to the Todd’s Trail sign, and finished off our 3 hour outing. The new trails are a welcome addition to this classic Quadra hike. 8.5 km, 3 hours.
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| Activity | Hiking |
| Destination | Deepwater & Seymour Shoulder Loop |
| Date | 18 Dec 2019, Wednesday |
| Trip Coordinator | Norris Weimer |
| Contact Info | norris.weimer@ualberta.ca. Please contact the trip coordinator by email prior to the trip. |
| Description | We will either walk or drive up Deepwater Main from the Granite Bay Rd. Then we will walk up a steep old logging road on the NW side of Mt Seymour. From there the road contours around the N side of Mt Seymour with views to the N, then it descends back down to Granite Bay Rd. About 10.4 km and 4 hours if we walk the whole loop. If we do a car shuffle, it will be a couple km shorter. |
| Meeting Place | Heriot Bay store parking lot, to arrange carpools. High clearance vehicles might be best |
| Departure Time | 10:00 |
| Difficulty |
Moderate, due to elevation gain and eroded logging roads in places |
| Costs | none |
| Trip limits | none |
| Dogs? | Okay if under control |
| Notes: | Bring lunch, gear for the weather and poles if you use them |
| Activity | Hiking |
| Destination | Reed Lake Loop |
| Date | 11 Mar 2020, Wednesday |
| Trip Coordinator | Janis McLean |
| Contact Info | 285-3614. Please contact the coordinator prior to the trip departure. |
| Description | We start at Reed Lake on Walcan Road, hike south on Straight-as-a-Dime, east on Backdoor Trail and north down Dick’s Ride to the large beaver-dammed lake (variously called Yellow Mud, Nighthawk, Hilda’s or Wood Duck Lake). Hiking along the lake, we follow Yellow Mud Trail northwest back to Reed Lake. If the weather is good and hikers are keen, we could expand this loop to include Silk Stockings and Little Black Dress. |
| Meeting Place | Heriot Bay store parking lot for car pooling |
| Departure Time | 10:00 |
| Difficulty |
Easy but trail on bluffs could be slippery. |
| Costs | None |
| Trip limits | 10 |
| Dogs? | Yes, under owner’s control |
| Notes: | Hiking stick(s) are useful on the rock bluffs, lunch and rain gear. Time – 3 hours. |
| Activity | Hiking |
| Destination | Open Bay and Crikey Creeks |
| Date | 12 Feb 2020, Wednesday |
| Trip Coordinator | Janis McLean |
| Contact Info | 285-3614. Please contact the coordinator prior to the trip departure. |
| Description | We plan to walk a figure-of-eight loop starting on the trail along the Open Bay Creek, then circling back on a logging road. After a short walk down Open Bay Main we will hike up the Rio mountain bike trail and down Crikey Creek. About 6km and two hours walking time. |
| Meeting Place | Heriot Bay store parking lot for car pooling |
| Departure Time | 10:00 |
| Difficulty |
Open Bay Creek is easy, but can be wet. Crikey Creek is steep, but easy ground to walk |
| Costs | None |
| Trip limits | 10 |
| Dogs? | Yes, under owner’s control |
| Notes: | Bring hiking stick(s), lunch/snack and rain gear. |
