2026 Bruce Trail Day
Save the date for Bruce Trail Day, when celebrations will mark the 60th anniversary. October 4, 2026!
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Join us at our Annual Membership Meeting Saturday, April 11, 2026 1:30 pm to 3 pm A friendly reminder to join us in person to learn how your support made a difference in 2025. Afterwards, stay for refreshments and prizes. The meeting will be in person at: Collingwood Leisure Time … Read more
Blue Mountains 2026 End-to-End Hike
Join us May 23-25, 2026 for the Blue Mountains Bruce Trail Club End-to-End hike event winding through the beautiful and varied terrain of the Blue Mountains Club trails. Enjoy the early signs of nature awakening, the beautiful vistas and the rugged escarpment. Both the 2-day or 3-day hikes will cover … Read more
Loree Forest Flowerpot – 5.5km Loop
Loree Forest Flowerpot – 5.5 km loop(as of Winter 2026) Map 24 – Blue Mtns – Ed 31 Or the Bruce Trail App Description: Flowerpots are stacks of rock left behind as wave action erodes the shoreline; many along the Bruce Trail were formed in the past 12,000 years when lake … Read more
Avalon Meadow Seed Orchard Update
By: Nancy Harvey Avalon Meadow is, at first glance, an insignificant 3.66-acre triangle of land tucked south of County Road 124 just west of the parking lot for Devil’s Glen Provincial Park. The property consists of two vegetation communities: a gently sloping meadow (78%) and a deciduous forest (the remainder). … Read more
The Mountains of Patagonia were Calling,and I Just HAD to Go!
By Linda Murphy, aka “The Healthy Hiker” My first hiking love is, and will always be, the Bruce Trail, especially the Blue Mountains section – my home club. Since my first backpacking trek in 2019 – a 3,000km mostly solo trek of the Pacific Crest Trail, U.S.A., the Bruce Trail has been my … Read more
Welcoming Our Winter Hiking Season ❄️
Winter hiking can be magical — quiet forests, glittering snow, frozen waterfalls. As we head into the colder months, here are a few winter reminders to help keep our hikes safe and enjoyable: We hope you all safely enjoy the Escarpment in all its winter wonderland beauty.
Standing Rock 3.0km Loop
Standing Rock 3.0km Loop (as of Fall 2025) Map 23 – Pretty River – Ed 31 Or the Bruce Trail App Description: From the parking area, access the trail at the 42.4 mark. Here, the trail turns right and heads back to the edge of the Escarpment past a scenic viewpoint … Read more
Fern-tastic Hike Recap!
🌿On August 18, our summer Conservation Ambassadors, Kayla Jakobszen and Esme Campbell, led a group of enthusiastic hikers through the lush Fern Crevice in the Petun Conservation Area for a deep dive into the fascinating world of ferns. We didn’t have to saunter far before spotting our first leafy resident: … Read more
American Chestnut Planting Initiative
(Update Fall 2025) Over the summer, we completed the access trail to the plantation. By the end of August, we inspected our chestnut plantation and were astonished to find the meadow completely overgrown with goldenrod and milkweed. The vegetation was so dense that we could barely see the tops of … Read more
