Sat, Oct 14 2017 - McCrae Lake Trail - about 18 km (View Original Event Details)
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Arnie
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| Participants: | | Cathy MB, Mark H, Helena, Arnie, Bill B, Bev, Danila, Florin Chelaru, Hani J, Pauline, Wen Yong, César, Dali R | | Voluntary Donations: | | $10.00 |
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Write Up:
- I can't think of a better hike I have done in Ontario!
(with the possilbe exception of Maple Mountain in Lady Evelyn-
Smoothwater Provincial Park in the Temagami area)
- It rained on the drive to the hike
- It rained on the drive back to the city
- It was cloudy and sunny all thru the hike and warm enough at lunch
time for 1 brave hiker to take a quick swim in the "refreshing" waters
of McCrae Lake
- There were lots of slippery moss and lichen covered boulders to
negotiate
- There were many fallen logs and trees to hike over and around
- A few hikers slipped/tripped/fell, but there were no injuries
- There were no wasp stings or snake bites as I have heard happened
on other hikes in the area
- Many times along the trail the next blaze was hard to find and we
took a few wrong turns
- To get to our lunch spot on the outcropping of Canadian Shield in
the narrows (aka McCrae Rapids) we
had to scramble down a very challenging slope of boulders, grassy
ledges, and trees growing in the crevices of the boulders
- The "rapids" were less than 2 feet wide
- We just stepped over them
- I have heard that during spring and early summer the rapids can be
waist deep and 20 feet wide
- Bugs? There was 1 unsubstantiated claim of 1 mosquito seen flying
- We started hiking at about 10:15 am
- We got back to the cars at about 4:20 pm
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