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Blue to Alpine: Winter Loop

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A 10 km loop with multiple climbs up the escarpment.
6.2
mi
Distance
1,215
ft
Gain
strenuous
Difficulty
Winter Only
Access Issues
This is a winter-only route. Stay on marked snowshoe trails in winter.

Route Details

Flatter
Steeper
6.22mi
Distance
1,215ft
Elevation Gain
1,215ft
Elevation Loss
25%
Max Grade
1,472ft
High Point
751ft
Low Point
Path Type
Loop
Description
Park in the Toronto Ski Club or Alpine Ski Club parking lots depending on whether you want to start the hike with a flat, street hike or end the hike with the flat street hike. The route as it is mapped here is shown parking at Alpine and starting with the flat street hike.Climb the escarpment on the South Ascent Trail, a steep hike that goes pretty much directly from base to top of the escarpment in a single push. Hike across the top on the relatively flat Bruce Trail to reach the rest of the Alpine snowshoe trails. Connect with The Switchback to take a gentler hike down, and at the ski run, take Lovers Loop back up the escarpment. This is, again, a steeper, direct hike back up. From here you can use Enchanted Forest to connect to Robins Run and finally the River Route to weave a route back to the base.

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Contributors
Nicholas Keast