Exploring Winter and Unmarked Trails!

So, as you know, I have become an avid hiker over the past two years. I love being outdoors, in the fresh air, and walking in the hills. And it doesn't hurt that I live on the edge of Gatineau Park :)

I haven't been doing many group hikes this year, as Jivka has been leading on Saturdays, and I've become lazy about leading on Sundays.

But, fortunately, Jivka and Gord, another hiker, have been available and agreeable to weekday afternoon hikes. I know our time is limited because the days are getting so much shorter, but the past two Thursdays, we've had really good fun exploring some winter trails, and some unmarked trails to try to find our way around the park a bit and get off the beaten path.

Honestly, I really wish I'd brought a notebook and pencil to make notes of our explorations.... these maps. kindly recording by Gord, will have to do for now.

But, the basics are: We started from P7 both days. The first exploratory hike, on September 3rd, we took trail 34, and had to navigate around a large swamp/ lake. We luckily stumbled upon trail 22 at that point. And we discovered a gorgeous lookout at Camp Fortune!

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The next week , September 10th, we also started from p7, wandered an unmarked network of trails til we got to trail #1. Then we stayed on 1 and went right on trail #19. We wandered and explored, finally coming back along #22, veering off an unmarked trail to trail #6 (The Skyline Trail), and back to trail #1 and then the parking lot!
 

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