Hiking Nordic Walking – Sherwood Forest Park

HIKE TITLE

Nordic Walking – Sherwood Forest Park

DATE

Tuesday September 26, 2023

HIKE LEADER(S)

Sue and Frank Elias

EMAIL AND CELL NUMBER

fselias@cogeco.ca   416-556-2638

GENERAL LOCATION

Sherwood Forest Park

MEETING AND START TIME

7:00 p.m.

SPECIFIC MEETING PLACE OR PARKING LOCATION

Sherwood Forest Park – east entrance

Turn west off Burloak, onto Prince William Drive, turn right (north) onto Fothergill Rd. There are two parking lots, meet on the trail where it crosses Fothergill Rd.

43.387300, -79.750243

DISTANCE

Approx. 6 km.

PACE:

Moderate: 3-4 km per hour

DURATION APPROX

1.5 - 2 hours

TERRAIN:

Moderate, some hills, sidewalks/asphalt trail

TYPE OF HIKE:

There & back

HIKE GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Point of interests

From the park, we head west and will turn around at Nelson Park.

Start your winter training with a full body work-out.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Yes. A Must.  Leaders appreciate early registration and at least 24 hours before the event.

CANCELLATION

•  If your plans change, please self-cancel as soon as possible so that other HOC members may take your spot.

•  The club may cancel due to bad weather that may impact the safety of participants or due to low attendance.

ONLINE REGISTRATION &

HIKER GROUP SIZE 

Registration opens 2 weeks before the hike.
Up to 15 Hikers are welcome to participate in this event.

WHAT TO BRING

This is a Nordic walk so bring your telescoping hiking/walking poles with rubber booties as we will be on asphalt and concrete. 
At the start, Sue will review the Urban Poling technique for Nordic walking for anyone interested. 
Sue is a certified Urban Poling Instructor.
Check out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-fuF1pUaws

We will have demonstration poles and booties available.

Other Specifics to Your Hike

The washrooms at the baseball diamonds are open till October.

There are washrooms at Tim Horton’s on Burloak Drive.

Optional social at Tim Horton’s afterwards.