Scott said:
EITS,
Moose River Gorge, while a nice waterfall, is not a demanding hike, just FYI. It does require some intuition for nav, if you're directionally challenged and easily turned around.
I've read a few posts/descriptions from ppl who've done it online, including 1 guy who just went basically straight up the river itself. Hard to gauge how 'hard' it is from their comments not knowing their fitness/experience levels. Nice photo op one to do though. I don't know, it doesn't seem too bad at all from my Google Earth/Topo recce's. Safety bearing = hitting the road at some point if you get geographically handicapped. The 62s makes stuff like this too easy and I'm happy I went ahead and got it.
And if you haven't discovered it already, the trailhead for Kenomee and Economy Falls are one and the same, but doing the Kenomee Trail does NOT take you to the falls. The Kenomee trail proper veers off where the Devil's Bend trail meets the staircase down to the falls. I know several people who have gotten confused with that. And the maps they were using were piss poor. Hopefully the extensions will be impetus for new mapping.
Actually I was alittle confused with that, mostly because of the trail info in the Hiking NS 8th edition wording (pre-bridge over the falls) which has you heading back down the DB trail, fording, etc. Got myself sorted out with more recent info though. Trying to decide if its going to be an overnight (likely solo) combined DB - Kenomee Canyon, or 2 day trips, which more depends on Mrs EITS I guess. Looking forward to the fall either way, which hopefully is going to include (1) Refugee Cove (2) North/South Granite (3) Bluff Wilderness complete (4) DB/Kenomee and (5) Mount Carleton/Head/Sagaamook.
The planning is coming together for a trek around Cape Chignecto.
I'm in the process of booking rooms for the night before and will likely just cram a bunch of us into Driftwood Chalets in Advocate because of its proximity to the park. We'll have to bring something to cook for breakfast but meh. The folks at Driftwood are very accommodating and this will be about the sixth or seventh time I have stayed there - for those that aren't into sleeping on the ground this is a fabulous getaway.
We're going to try and set out early the Friday of Labour Day weekend to avoid any logjams on the trail and hope that 2 nights out will suffice. We have a pretty eclectic group going, all outdoorsy but only three out of six of us with backcountry/long distance experience.
Now to convince myself my wife that a new stove is required for this trek and finally get my hands on a Dragonfly!
Sounds like an awesome Labour Day Weekend. Definitely seems like a good enough reason for the Dragonfly purchase. 8)
Latest shipment from MEC arrived earlier this week,
Frontiersman 325g. Never carried one before except on BSERE, but why not. 1 for me, 1 for Mrs EITS. Anyone who gets these though, do some research on them, and bear behaviour, so you don't get a false sense of security. They are a last line of defence, not a 100% solution. Smart woodslore/bush knowledge, understanding difference between bear being defensive or predatory and proper 'actions on', etc are the best defence IMO. :2c: