Cape Breton Highlands - Hike the Highlands Festival - 2014
The Hike the Highlands Festival is a 10 day hiking festival in the Highlands of Cape Breton Island. Features of the festival include guided hikes, evening activities & presentations, the hiker distance award, opening and closing ceremonies and a photo contest.Schedule:
- Friday, Sept. 12
- 5:00 PM
- Broad Cove Mtn.
- 2.3 km
- 7:00 PM
- Opening Ceremonies, St. John’s Hall
- Saturday, Sept. 13
- 5:45 AM
- Sunrise at Coastal
- 1.2 km
- 10:00 AM
- Jack Pine/Coastal
- 4.5 km
- 1:00 PM
- Warren Lake (start from Broad Cove Campground)
- 11.7 km
- Sunday, Sept. 14
- 9:00 AM
- Middle Head
- 3.8 km
- 9:00 AM
- Warren Brook
- 22 km
- 1:00 PM
- Franey
- 7.4 km
- 7:00 PM
- Leatherback Turtles , St. John’s Hall
- Monday, Sept. 15
- 9:00 AM
- Money Point Light
- 14 km
- 9:00 AM
- Sugar Loaf
- 4 km
- 1:00 PM
- Cabot Landing
- 4 km
- 7:00 PM
- Hiking in Wales, St. John’s Hall
- Tuesday, Sept. 16
- 9:00 AM
- Cape St. Lawrence
- 11 km
- 10:00 AM
- Little Grassy & Boardwalk
- 5 km
- 2:00 PM
- Meat Cove Mountain
- 4 km
- 7:00 PM
- Fiddle Music at Doryman Pub & Grill, Cheticamp
- Wednesday, Sept. 17
- 10:00 AM
- Salmon Pools
- 12.2 km
- 10:00 AM
- Fishing Cove
- 12 km
- Thursday, Sept. 18
- 9:00 AM
- Acadien
- 8.4 km
- 2:00 PM
- Le Buttereau
- 1.5 km
- 5:30 PM
- Sunset on Skyline
- 7.4 km
- 7:00 PM
- Social Evening , Legion, Ingonish
- Friday, Sept. 19
- 9:00 AM
- Roberts Mountain
- 4 km
- 1:30 PM
- White Point to Burnt Head
- 6.4 km
- Saturday, Sept. 20
- 10:00AM
- Ski Cape Smokey
- 4 km
- 10:00 AM
- Aspy
- 9.2 km
- 2:00 PM
- Coastal to Neil’s Harbour Beach
- 2 km
- 5:30 PM
- Closing Supper & Ceremonies, St. John’s Hall
- Sunday, Sept. 22
- 10:00 AM
- Branch Pond Look-off
- 8.4 km
For more information or to register see the Hike the Highlands webiste
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