Ontario is like a painted canvas in October – with strokes of orange, red, green, and yellow hues brushed across the landscape. Truly quite stunning. And there is no better place to take in all this beauty than on the Bruce Trail.
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For two weekends in October we tackled 122 KMS on the Iroquoia Bruce Trail end-to-end. Each day averaged 30 KMS. Here is a recap of Day 1.

With four days’ rest after completing the Caledon Hills end-to-end, my knee had sufficiently recovered. I had also purchased another knee support wrap so I was ready to hit the trail.

​As usual, we were arrived at the check in point before dawn, hopped on the bus and had a quick bite to eat while hoping that the sun rises before we hit the trail. Just a short 15 min drive and there we were stepping off the bus like a bunch of eager school kids.

“They’re called the Caledon ‘Hills’ for a reason,” said our end-to-end organizer as we sat on the bus ready to take on day 1 of 3 on the Fall Colours End-to-End.

It was Thanksgiving weekend – the Canadian one – and over the three days ahead we would hike the entire length of the Caledon Hills section of the Bruce trail, all 70.2 KMS in rain, fog and through the most spectacular forests glowing in yellow, red, and orange leaves.
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We were up before dawn and on the road while it was still night to drive to the first meeting point for Day 1 of our second official Bruce Trail end-to-end hike. As with all club organized end-to-end hikes, we parked the car at the spot where we will end the day. We got on the bus with all the other excited and eager hikers and drove to the starting point – the northern point of the Caledon Hills sections, just south of Mono Mills.