The Biggest Challenge

Tues. 4 October:  The Biggest Challenge:  Slide Lake Loop

Low sun climbs through the early morning mist:  Westport

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I’m not being lazy – believe me.  But after completing this all-day circuit of over twenty five kilometres through the most rugged sections of Frontenac Provincial Park, I just don’t have the energy for a witty narrative for the latest chapter of our Frontenac Challenge.  So instead, I’ll let the pictures do the talking. 

Our energetic group at the start of this 25+ kilometre hike

Setting out on the first leg of the Slide Lake loop

Few signs of Fall colors yet

We found our secret code early in this hike

Admiring the view from Mink Lake Lookout

Mink  Lake Lookout

Some steep drops

And hidden, watery valleys

Another grand viewpoint - above Slide Lake

A granite world

No danger of getting lost!

We followed the Rideau Trail along the southern portion of this long loop

A reluctance to cross the bridge?  No!  we're just idling away five minutes, while our leader
has gone back a short way to  recover her hiking poles

The magnificent Flagpole Hill

Colorful mushroom

Busy log

Shadows were lengthening

A few splashes of color

Some impressive board-walks, near Cedar Lake

Visiting trumpeter swans

Final weary kilometre as the sun drops

The successful challengers

The sun had set by the time we returned to Perth