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Exploring the Ro​ck By Foot

Eight Days on the East Coast Trail

9/3/2017

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In early August we enjoyed 8 days on the beautiful East Coast Trail (ECT), a 312 km coastal hiking trail on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland. It was a great combination of intense physical workout and beautiful nature scenes.

If you plan on thru hiking or section hiking the ECT, check out the website ECT Thru Hike, this website has a ton of information such as transportation to/from trail, individual path distances, road walk distances (I hated walking those), etc.  Also, the website has a really great Google Drive spreadsheet with a huge amount of data (i.e. water sources, campsites), I simply made it available offline to my phone and had access to it anytime.

Below I tried to select 1 photo/video from each day. It may not be the "best" photo for that particular day, but I would consider it the most important. Enjoy!! 

Southern Trailhead: ​46.861000, -52.944894
Spurwink Path on the East Coast Trail.
Classic ECT photo.

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Hike Butter Pot Hill

7/8/2017

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The  Avalon Peninsula  of Newfoundland has some great coastal scenery; the major area it is lacking in is summit views. This all changed last night when we visited some friends at Butter Pot provincial park.  
Butter Pot Hill Summit
The summit view
Located about 50 km east of St. John's, this provincial park is well used by RV'ers but not so much by tenters. We were invited by friends to hike the trail and I had low expectations;  was I ever wrong. It provided a good workout, the trail itself was in great shape, there were sections of bedrock to walk over, and it provided a great summit view of Conception Bay, and the central and Eastern parts of the Avalon. Check out the photos below, I am also including the trailhead coordinates because it is a bit difficult to find. 

Trailhead: 
47.39438, -53.06306

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Enjoy a Sunrise at Flamber Head

6/26/2017

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The weather was great, the weekend was long, and our legs were itching for an overnight backpacking trip. The path of choice was Flamber Head Path on the East Coast Trail; which was only a 1 hr drive from St. John's (see map below).  We decided to keep things tame and do ~10 km (20 km return), which allowed us to see a superb sunrise at Flamber Head. Check out the pics below. 
Sunrise at Flamber Head along the East Coast Trail
Sunrise at Flamber Head on the East Coast Trail.

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Hike the Witless Bay - Mobile - Road Loop

6/19/2017

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Summer has arrived and the Gout in my foot has finally subsided; time to get out and enjoy the East Coast Trail.  Last weekend we were in the usual predicament of only having one vehicle, so we decided to do a "loop" walk. The path of choice for us was from Witless Bay to Mobile (also known as Beaches path) and returning on the pavement back to our vehicle. In total, it was a great 11.4 km of walking, and the views along the many rocky beaches were fantastic. Check out the pics, elevation profile, and interactive map below. 
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Near the start of the hike, with a beautiful iceberg in the distance and the rugged Ragged beach.

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Enjoying Life at Wonderful Witless Bay

8/28/2016

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Realizing that the end of summer is very near  :(  led us to take a drive to Witless Bay for a short hike along the Beaches Path section of the East Coast Trail.  Check out the photos below of this short, but wonderful hike. 

Witless Bay.
Beautiful times at Witless Bay.

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Suspension Bridge at La Manche

8/14/2016

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Stumbling across this article in the Downhome Magazine lead to a 1 hour drive and 30 minute hike to relive some memories of walking across the La Manche Suspension bridge.  Check out the pics below of this short but very enjoyable hike. 

La Manche Suspension Bridge
Newfoundland's only suspension bridge?

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Sunny Times at Flatrock

8/14/2016

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Flatrock Newfoundland
Checked out flatrock yesterday, beautiful as always. Yay for sunshine and nice views.
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    Sheldon Huelin

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    Sheldon Huelin is a proud Newfoundlander and enjoys all things outside. 

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