Celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday this summer, 15 of my fellow sistas and I will hike Gros Morne National Park, on the west coast of Newfoundland, Canada, for five days, with a half day of kayaking Bonne Bay (8 km) for good measure. Hopefully, we’ll see our share of minke whales, eagles, terns, mink, mergansers and kingfishers.
We’ll also take a boat ride up Western Brook Pond fjord.
In total, we’ll hike and kayak 68 km (42.5 miles).
Gros Morne is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Raves Parks Canada, “Gros Morne’s soaring fjords and moody mountains tower above a diverse panorama of beaches and bogs, forest and barren cliffs. [It is] shaped by colliding continents and grinding glaciers.”
We are using www.grosmorneadventurers.com as our outfitters/guides. I’m happy that I’ll be able to use my West Coast Trail gear again soon. We’ll be sleeping in cabins each night at our home base of Norris Point, so this will be an easier trip as compared to last summer and we’ll be assured no gastrointestinal parasites from drinking river water. Argh…that’s one way to lose weight!
On the itinerary are:
The Tablelands (14 km) which look like a moonscape
Gros Morne Mountain (16 km), the most challenging day
Green Gardens (15 km), so verdant…
and the sheer beauty of Lookout Hills (15 km)
Remember, this year you can use all of Canada’s national parks for free! Explore this physically and culturally diverse and amazing country. Get your free permit at www.parkscanada.ca
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