on July 2nd, 2010

Round-trip: 1.5 km Difficulty: Moderate Location: Pass Lake, ON Click here for Google Map This trail provides great views of Grassy Lake and Lake Superior before it heads steeply down to the shore of Ravine Lake.  The return route travels through a cedar forest back to the starting point.

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on June 11th, 2010

Roundtrip: 1.6 Difficulty: Easy Location:  Pass Lake, ON Click here for Google Map The Sleeping Giant Provincial Park is a known hiking destination.  There are a few very popular hikes in the park that always make everyone’s tick list.   But there are also several shorter trails, like this one, that seem to see very little [...]

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on April 9th, 2010

Round-trip: 22 km Difficulty: Difficult Location: Thunder Bay, ON Click Here for Google Map Sleeping Giant Provincial Park definitely has some of the best hiking in Ontario and the view from the Top of the Giant is spectacular.  The Top of the Giant trail is the trail that replaced The Chimney trail when it was [...]

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on May 29th, 2009

Roundtrip: 12 km Difficulty: Difficult Location: Pass Lake, ON Click here for Google Map This trail follows an abandoned logging road travelling up and down several medium sized hills through stands of poplar, fir and spruce ending on the sheltered cobblestone beach of Sawyer Bay at the base of the Sleeping Giant.  There are hike-in [...]

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on May 15th, 2009

Roundtrip:  2 km Difficulty: Easy Location:  Pass Lake, ON Click here for Google Map. The Sea Lion is a classic spot to bring tourists.    The Sea Lion itself  is a rock formation that juts out 15 metres into Lake Superior at Perry Bay just northwest of Silver Islet. The wave action of Lake Superior has [...]

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