The Lewis Hills Trek
The route across the Lewis Hills is a series of hills and deep valleys with a mix of low shrubs (tuckamore), bog, rock outcrops, streams and lakes. Only a small portion of the “route” is marked (IATNL), there is no trail per...
31km - Marked/ Unmarked
This unmarked route connects two marked trails, the Starlite Trail in Codroy Valley (5km), on the northern most end, and a rough road/trail Tableland Mountain (4km) near Port Aux Basque.
http://www.iatnl.com/index.php/Trails-2/Grand-Codroy-Way-2/
The Starlite trail, named after the former Starlite bar which burned down at...
Over the year's I've done quite a bit of running around in and around the Lewis Hills, Blow-Me-Downs and Serpentine Valley. To me its on the same level of Gros Morne National Park in terms of beauty, and when you add in the inaccessibility, lack...
28 km - Unmarked.
[caption id="attachment_788" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Note, map is an approximation and should not be used for navigational purposes. Following the purple line from Benoit's Cove to Red Gulch - 28km Total[/caption]
Another day another adventure. I was still training with an eye towards the...
If you have ever driven to Fox Island River/ Point Au Maul you know its a stunning drive with the Port Au Port Bay on the left and a group of jagged hills on your right, know collectively as “Pine Tree” – an off shoot of...
24 km Unmarked.
I didnt get any photos on this trip, having forgot my memory card in another camera. No worries as I've recycled a few...
22km - Semi-marked
First off, I'm not sure the proper name on the gulch which you ascend through into the Lewis Hills. I used the name Appalachian because the trail has been marked by the International Appalachian Trail Network in Newfoundland...
16 km - Unmarked
To start you have to get to the head of the serpentine like, the easiest way through a logging road (formerly loggers school road, now from the Bay of Islands.)
It's a fun 8 km trip out, especially if you include Wheeler's peak,...
22 km
This route is a combination of marked and unmarked trails covering 22 km. The marked sections include both the IATNLs Copper Mine Brook Trail, which I then leave, and traverse east, south east across the open expanse of the Blow-Me-Down range, and then descend...