Sat, Jan 31 2009 - Snowshoeing at Glen Major Forest (View Original Event Details)
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It was a nice cold day, at the Glen Major trailhead (marker #26, with temperatures around -12C. Off and on snow clouds provided a dusting of the white stuff. We headed out and our internal temperature quickly rose as we climbed northward into the Oak Ridges Moraine. The snow was deep, due to various snowstorms in the past 2 weeks. We followed some tracked trails and did a lot of breaking trail and bushwhacking. I think the group really liked the downhill runs. Various methods we're tried; running, surfing, the butt slide and the head plant. Some were more successful than others. We got to see some sunshine at our morning break and the views of the area were great. We carried on, in a NW direction, stopping for a quick lunch. The cold weather provided the motivation to get going again. We arrived at our goal of marker #37, our turn around point. Down hill, homeward bound, right! We headed back in a SE direction, generally following tracked trails, and the open part of Glen Major meadows. Well there were a few hills to come. Back at the cars slightly ahead of our 2 pm deadline, we took some "after" pictures to prove 11 people and 2 dogs started and finished, my first coordinated event. Have a look at the picture post. Gary Ataman Background; The Oak Ridges Moraine is one of the most distinct physiographic landforms of southern Ontario. It stretches as a ridge of hilly terrain for 160 kilometres from the Niagara Escarpment in the west to the headwaters of the Trent River in the east. The moraine was created as glaciers receded and deposited layers of sand and gravel that are separated by clay and till soils. Rain that is collected and stored in the moraine’s vast underground layers of sand and gravel, which are known as aquifers, eventually resurfaces as healthy, clean water that feeds the majority of river systems in the Greater Toronto Area.
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