Halifax Trails

1) Open fires & chopping trees in any of our parks & protected areas are big no-no's. This includes just about everywhere I have listed on HalifaxTrails.ca. 2) Leave No Trace campfire guidelines: https://lnt.org/why/7-principles/minimize-campfire-impacts/ 3) Buy a stove and/or fire dish: https://shop.halifaxtrails.ca/product-tag/stove/ 4) Burn Safe, check local conditions: https://novascotia.ca/burnsafe/

Just finished another #VirtualTour. This is one of the most scenic of all. High Head Trail in Prospect, #NovaScotia. Click the header photo to go on a virtual hike! https://www.halifaxtrails.ca/high-head-hiking-trail/

I get daily paid offers to host guest blog posts, which I'll never do. But I do want to offer YOU this platform to have your voice heard. Got something to say about our great outdoors? I'd love to hear and share it: https://www.halifaxtrails.ca/blog/guest-post-submissions/

Survey regarding possible new trailhead for Hobson's Lake (https://www.halifaxtrails.ca/hobsons-lake-hiking-trail/) in Halifax's Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area. Deadline is March 5th: https://survey123.arcgis.com//529b8a4c69d94cab91e260376529

Shoutout to Lois Larson for her ongoing support of this project Thank you! https://www.halifaxtrails.ca/blog/support/

360 virtual tour of the Atlantic View Trail: https://kuula.co/post/7gG0g

Another big weekend of outdoor adventures in HRM. With over 10, 000 page views this weekend, the HalifaxTrails website was put to good use. I'd love to be able to keep adding, updating & maintaining it as a FREE resource for everyone regardless of socioeconomics. If you want to help me introduce more people like yourself to Nova Scotia's great outdoors, while spotlighting and promoting local volunteer groups and causes; become a supporter: https://www.halifaxtrails.ca/blog/support/

Thank you Mr. Soudek https://www.cbc.ca//nova-scotia-man-land-donation-eastern-

Pomquet Beach, one of the most beautiful places in Nova Scotia:

Happy #Valentine's Day To Friends & Fam Around The . Hope To See You Soon! Sending & from #Halifax's Hemlock Ravine Park (https://www.halifaxtrails.ca/hemlock-ravine-park/) -Music: "Leaning On Myself" by Anna Of The North.

My first-ever fat bike ride in the snow a few weeks ago. Highly recommended! 360 Virtual Ride: The St. Margaret's Bay rails-to-trails: https://youtu.be/_TEsLeqLyxA

Check out my new 360 virtual tour of Chebucto Head - Halifax, NS: https://kuula.co/post/7979f

Shoutout to new top supporter Wendy Drake. Thank you! https://www.halifaxtrails.ca/blog/support/

Tomorrow is the cutoff date to become a Nova Scotia Liberal Party member (then Jan 12th to become a voting delegate). Register to be eligible to vote for #NovaScotia's next premier. A simple 1-minute process that requires $20 via credit card: https://liberal.ns.ca/

My top nine of 2020 on Instagram. Wishing everyone a happy, healthy 2021! Top left to bottom right: #MusquodoboitTrailway, #HemlockRavine, #NineMileRiverTrails, #SusieslLke, #PennantrRver , #BLTtrail, #BluffwWldernessTrail, #SaltmarshTrail, #CharliesLakeTrail. Thank you for supporting my work. Each , comment & follow has resulted in a big year of growth that's helped catapult this project to the top of many a Google search results page. I'll continue advocating for what I... believe in, and I thank you for helping me build a platform to do so. At its core, this halifaxtrails.ca project is to get more people outdoors, appreciating Nova Scotia's greatest assets and all of nature's benefits. With that, I am succeeding in numbers that used to be a distant wish. This past year's forced re-alignment of our priorities has shown that people realize the importance of nature now more than ever. With my supportive audience, I've been able to help guide HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, of visitors in 2020. Incredible numbers, thanks to a core audience who has been behind this project for a long time, and plenty of new supporters who have helped bring it to a new level. THANK YOU ALL! Happy Trails! https://www.instagram.com/p/CJhoHyOH5BL/ See more

Did you know this about orange peels? I didn't. Basically nothing eats them and they take a long time to naturally biodegrade. Similar story with banana peels. It's good to know, but it doesn't change any of my habits. I pack out EVERYTHING I bring in. I also pack an extra plastic bag for whatever else I see laying around and can safely bring out with me. If all of us responsible hikers do this, we will outnumber the jerks and keep our favourite trails clean.

Labi Kousoulis, Iain Rankin, Randy Delorey These issues, including #SaveTheMainlandMoose & #SaveOwlsHead are top of mind for many of us who have registered (https://liberal.ns.ca/?delegate-registration) to vote for the next premier of #NovaScotia. http://nsforestnotes.ca//a-question-to-the-nova-scotia-li/

I like their Hemlock Ravine link! https://www.cbc.ca//trails-across-canada-for-city-dwellers

HAPPY NEW YEAR! If polar bear dips aren't your ideal post-celebration activity, take a hike! Top 5 best Halifax trails to start off the new year: https://www.halifaxtrails.ca//5-best-new-years-day-hikes-/

Exciting new purchase! Anyone else going to try fat biking for the first time this winter? Looking forward to some !

Autumn glory in a park beloved by generations of Haligonians. Eternal natural beauty, spanning centuries of surrounding change. https://www.halifaxtrails.ca/hemlock-ravine-park/

If you're not down the with unsustainable, clearcut decimation forestry and helping to wipe out Nova Scotia's few remaining mainland moose: Sign the petition: http://chng.it/v8CS7v7xMf

Books: art, nature, and local guides curated by & for outdoor enthusiasts. With price history tracking & custom price-drop alerts to your inbox. Great gift ideas for #NovaScotia nature lovers. https://shop.halifaxtrails.ca/product-category/books/

The best mountain biking trail system in Halifax, Nova Scotia: the McIntosh Run Singletrack Mountain Bike Trail System. Crafted with by a community of supporters and volunteers with the McIntosh Run Watershed Association. Detailed Map & guide: https://www.halifaxtrails.ca/mcintosh-run-singletrack-trai/

The Salt Marsh Trail, now featuring a 360 virtual tour! Click the 360 header photo to begin. https://www.halifaxtrails.ca/salt-marsh-trail/

Coming from someone who has planted close to 1 million trees here in Nova Scotia (https://www.instagram.com/p/B25QTrxHj6j/), I can attest that this documentary is a very accurate insight into this deceptively complex socioeconomic experience. At the root of why I created HalifaxTrails.ca and why I'm still dismayed at the devastation of our forests. #Treeplanting has taught me a lot about myself, others, nature & society. It has been at the core of everything I have done since. https://www.cbc.ca//one-million-trees-documentary-tree-pla

360 Virtual Tour: Sir Sandford Fleming Park - #Halifax, Nova Scotia. https://kuula.co/post/79DDh

360 Virtual Hike: Autumn in Hemlock Ravine Park - Halifax, NS https://youtu.be/rSE2W5TD4ys

Historic Hikes: Parks, trails & wilderness areas with stories to tell near #Halifax, #NovaScotia: https://www.halifaxtrails.ca/tag/historic-site/

Not for even less public access to coastal land? Not big on further decimation of biodiversity amidst a climate emergency/mass extinction? Don't approve of our provincial parks quietly being de-listed and gifted to American billionaires?. This news just gets shadier by the day. If you're not aware of this situation, I highly recommend joining this group. Especially important to consider with Ian Rankin now running for NS Liberal Party leadership: Save Little Harbour/Owls Head Nova Scotia From Becoming Golf Courses

Shoutout to new #2 top supporter of http://HalifaxTrails.ca, Brenda Beagan. Thank you! I've been creating new 360 virtual tours (check them out at the top of each guide). All possible thanks to people like Brenda supporting my work https://halifaxtrails.ca/blog/support/

Have you entered your pumpkin into this contest? Enter before 10pm tonight! A great initiative by a local high school student to raise money for Plover conservation. Donations welcome also! Check them out on Instagram for the deets (@PumpkinsForPlovers) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG_D1XFH1gt/

Buy these people a hot coffee, or 50. Simply email an Interac e-transfer to [email protected] . It's quick and easy. It's setup for auto-deposit so there's no need for security question rigmarole . What else can you do? Call and email the Department of Lands & Forestry and the new Minister, Derek Mombourquette to enforce the provisions under the Endangered Species Act at [email protected] and (902) 424-5935. https://www.facebook.com/groups/annapolis.royal.area.environment.ecology/permalink/1568430456688634/

Can your trails app do this? Thanks to a recent contribution from John Spears, and supporters like you (https://www.halifaxtrails.ca/blog/support/), I've been able to add this great new 'virtual tour' feature! Click the 360 header photo and then click on any of the targets to have a look around in full 360! #SupportLocal so I can keep adding, updating & improving this free resource.

I recently ran a series of polls on Twitter asking "which is your favourite rails-to-trails bike ride?". Trails stretching from Lunenburg to Musquodoboit were considered. Here's the one that came out on top (I am not surprised). Thanks to volunteers with the Cole Harbour Parks and Trails Association for making this trail the gem that it is! https://www.halifaxtrails.ca/salt-marsh-trail/

Like me, are you the best at carving pumpkins? Here's a contest to prove it! Win prizes plus bragging rights A great initiative by a local #NovaScotia highschool student to raise money for #pipingplover #conservation! Follow @pumpkinsforplovers on Instagram for more info. Repost: "Here are the official rules. You don’t want to miss out on this!!" @pumpkinsforplovers https://www.instagram.com/p/CGsQW7jpXEv/

This needs to stop. Please contact NS Minister of Lands & Forestry right now to let him know that this decimation will not continue with your approval. I spent years in Nova Scotia's endless clearcuts planting monoculture tree farms, which have likely all been clearcut again by now. It's absurdly unsustainable, and flies in the face of the biodiversity emergency we have arrived at as a result. We should not allow these extinctions to happen on our watch, in our own backyard. We need bold, uncompromised leadership, a new direction toward sustainable, future-proof green industries, and a liveable future for our children. Demand it.

5 local go-to's for frameable #AutumnVibes.

Where to this weekend? https://www.halifaxtrails.ca/poll-best-fall-hikes-near-hal/