Longest winter yet: No April Fools
Sunday morning
Rideau Trail kilometres 101.8-103.6
North Crosby township
Tenth concession road allowance
With the significant base of snow (46cm), this was my latest winter-outing on the Rideau Trail.
Sunday afternoon
Rideau Trail kilometres 95.7-99.6
Bedford township
Pay close attention to the trail flashes. This is not a stroll along a road allowance. A couple of minutes south of McAndrews Road, the owners of the private lands have posted a blue-flashed alternate, closing the main trail through the winter. Because I disturbed so many deer, heron and geese, I suspect that the owners closed the trail so that they could hunt on their land through the winter. The blue alternate trail adds 6 to 7 minutes to the adventure but avoids a large beaver dam.
Nearing the Perth Road, the Kingston-bound ascent is too steep. On the return journey, I chose my own routing, correctly assuming that the pond ice would hold my weight (backpack included).
The road through Bedford Mills forced me on to the road-side grass and gravel. The adventure included an additional un-logged sixteen minutes for carrying snowshoes back along Perth Road and for exploring Benjamin Tett's Bedford Mills. In recent family-history research, I've been investigating the life of Benjamin Tett in 1840s North Crosby.
Tuesday evening
Rideau Trail kilometres 281.9-283.7
NCC trail #20 between Timm Drive and ditch to Stillwater Creek
12°
With the warm temperature, the snow is too soft and too deep (44cm). Even if I had worn the gaiters, my feet would still be soaked. However, I would have had fewer snow grains in my running shoes.
The highway 417 overpass is under construction and the trail is closed there. The official detour of the Rideau Trail is along Timm and Moodie.
In this short section, I pass three TCTrail plaques (red maple, iron wood and sugar maple) and two NCC plaques.
Rideau Trail snowshoe mission in review
01 Apr 2008: 281.9-283.7 NCC trail #20
30 Mar 2008: 95.7-99.6 McAndrews Road
30 Mar 2008: 101.8-103.6 North Crosby Tenth concession
20 Jan 2008: 14.0-21.3 Kingston township & K&P Railway
19 Jan 2008: 63.5-66.6 Hidden Valley Road
19 Jan 2008: 21.3-25.2 Murvale station
18 Jan 2008: 125.8-132.8 Narrows Lock
08 Dec 2007: 106.6-113.0 Old Mountain to Salem roads
08 Dec 2007: 47.8-50.6 west of Frontenac Park
19 Mar 2007: 41.7-47.8 Gould Lake - Bedford Road
18 Mar 2007: 63.5-58.9 Perth Road - Caldwell Creek, Frontenac Park
17 Mar 2007: 67.4-76.1 Opinicon - Maple Leaf Road
17 Mar 2007: 144.9-153.0 Murphys Point - Narrows Lock Road
07 Mar 2007: 279.2-279.7 Stony Swamp Score-O map
18 Feb 2007: 277.2-279.2 Stony Swamp w/ my darling
17 Feb 2007: 166.7-164.9 Frizell Road - Tay Canal
17 Feb 2007: 179.9-176.3 Wildlife & Ferrier Roads
24 Jan 2007: 183.9-185.4 Port Elmsley Drive-In - Beveridge Lock
12 Mar 2006: 76.1-81.5 Upper Rock Lake - Wagon Loop
11 Mar 2006: 114.0-125.8 Narrows Lock Road - Perth Road
15 Jan 2006: 113.0-114.0 Perth Road - Mountain Road
08 Jan 2006: 32.0-41.7 Sydenham - Gould Lake Conservation Area
07 Jan 2006: 191.5-195.1 Hillcrest Cemetery - Poonamalie Road
27 Dec 2005: 261.0-262.7 Richmond Lagoon
24 Dec 2005: 200.1-207.3 & 208.8-210.0 Wood Road, Matheson Drive & Smiths Falls
11 Dec 2005: 87.1-95.7 Chaffeys Locks - Massassauga Road
12 Mar 2005: 280.9-281.9 Robertson Rd
19 Feb 2005: 81.5-87.1 Chaffeys Locks - Wagon Loop
05 Feb 2005: 256.8-258.3 Richmond
date? 283.1-284.1 Corkstown Rd w/ my love
16 Jan 2005: 265.0-262.7 & 208.9-207.3, from Twin Elm rugby park then drove to cover side of Rosedale Rd S
10 Jan 2005: 290.6-291.8 former CPR Carleton Place subdivision
08 Jan 2005: 279.7-280.9 Stoney Swamp w/ my love
21 Mar 2004: 225.7-230.1 Dwyer Hill Rd to Flood Rd
07 Mar 2004: 66.6-67.4 Maple Leaf Rd & CNR Smiths Falls sub, too many dogs & too little snow
06 Mar 2004: 132.8-140.7 Murphy's Pt Prov Pk to Big Rideau North Shore Rd, too wet to continue to Cooper Dr
04 Mar 2004: 9.4-14.0 14.2-14.4 15.3-16.3 Kingston Twp avoiding open water in fields
29 Feb 2004: 163.1-164.9 166.7-168.9 191.5-190.9 Ferrier Rd & Wild Life Rd to Scotch Line then to Poonamalie Rd but too many dogs
28 Feb 2004: 172.0-176.3 Tay River
25 Feb 2004: 186.8-190.9 from Port Elmsley
22 Feb 2004: 183.9-179.9 Tay Canal
13 Feb 2004: 297.8-301.1 Ottawa River
11 Feb 2004: 274.4-277.2 Lime Kiln trail
10 Feb 2004: 297.8-295.5 Ottawa River
08 Feb 2004: 140.7-144.9 Murphy's Pt
07 Feb 2004: 158.4-153.0 car stuck in snow off Narrows Lock Rd
01 Feb 2004: 163.1-158.4 from Ferrier Rd
22 Jan 2004: 267.5-265.0 old Richmond Rd @ night
15 Jan 2004: 257.4-261.0 Richmond village
12 Jan 2004: 293.6-295.5 ex CPR Carleton Place sub
11 Jan 2004: 292.7-293.6 Britannia
10 Jan 2004: 210.0-213.8 Long Bush
09 Jan 2004: 213.8-218.0 McConnell Rd
08 Jan 2004: 230.0-234.7 mile trek to trail off Flood Rd, lots of rocks
07 Jan 2004: 234.7-238.0 Marlborough Forest by head lamp, too many branches
04 Jan 2004: 218.0-221.9 Gilroy Rd
03 Jan 2004: 221.9-225.7 Dwyer Hill Rd
02 Jan 2004: 284.1-288.1
21 Dec 2003: 291.4-292.7 Britannia
20 Dec 2003: 251.2-256.8 245.1-248.0 Franktown Rd, lost glove back thru Ottawa St swamp then drove to Kettles Rd
06 Dec 2003: 238.0-245.1 Ruffed Grouse Trail
05 Dec 2003: 267.5-272.3
30 Nov 2003: 304.0-304.3 trail head Richmond Landing
29 Nov 2003: 256.8-257.4 251.2-248.0 244.7-244.3 Jock Trail & Munster Rd, very little snow cover
15 Jan 2003: 301.1-303.2 Remic Rapids
kilometres completed = 259.7 85%
[Kingston] 9.4-25.2 [Sydenham south] 32.0-50.6 [Frontenac Park] 58.9-99.6 [McAndrews Road] 101.8-103.6 [Salem Road south] 106.6-168.9 [Perth] 172.0-185.4 [Port Elmsley] 186.8-195.1 [Smiths Falls] 200.1-272.3 [Fallowfield] 274.4-288.1 [Bayshore west] 290.6-303.2 [LeBreton Flats] 304.0-304.3
Rideau Trail kilometres 101.8-103.6
North Crosby township
Tenth concession road allowance
With the significant base of snow (46cm), this was my latest winter-outing on the Rideau Trail.
Sunday afternoon
Rideau Trail kilometres 95.7-99.6
Bedford township
Pay close attention to the trail flashes. This is not a stroll along a road allowance. A couple of minutes south of McAndrews Road, the owners of the private lands have posted a blue-flashed alternate, closing the main trail through the winter. Because I disturbed so many deer, heron and geese, I suspect that the owners closed the trail so that they could hunt on their land through the winter. The blue alternate trail adds 6 to 7 minutes to the adventure but avoids a large beaver dam.
Nearing the Perth Road, the Kingston-bound ascent is too steep. On the return journey, I chose my own routing, correctly assuming that the pond ice would hold my weight (backpack included).
The road through Bedford Mills forced me on to the road-side grass and gravel. The adventure included an additional un-logged sixteen minutes for carrying snowshoes back along Perth Road and for exploring Benjamin Tett's Bedford Mills. In recent family-history research, I've been investigating the life of Benjamin Tett in 1840s North Crosby.
Tuesday evening
Rideau Trail kilometres 281.9-283.7
NCC trail #20 between Timm Drive and ditch to Stillwater Creek
12°
With the warm temperature, the snow is too soft and too deep (44cm). Even if I had worn the gaiters, my feet would still be soaked. However, I would have had fewer snow grains in my running shoes.
The highway 417 overpass is under construction and the trail is closed there. The official detour of the Rideau Trail is along Timm and Moodie.
In this short section, I pass three TCTrail plaques (red maple, iron wood and sugar maple) and two NCC plaques.
Rideau Trail snowshoe mission in review
01 Apr 2008: 281.9-283.7 NCC trail #20
30 Mar 2008: 95.7-99.6 McAndrews Road
30 Mar 2008: 101.8-103.6 North Crosby Tenth concession
20 Jan 2008: 14.0-21.3 Kingston township & K&P Railway
19 Jan 2008: 63.5-66.6 Hidden Valley Road
19 Jan 2008: 21.3-25.2 Murvale station
18 Jan 2008: 125.8-132.8 Narrows Lock
08 Dec 2007: 106.6-113.0 Old Mountain to Salem roads
08 Dec 2007: 47.8-50.6 west of Frontenac Park
19 Mar 2007: 41.7-47.8 Gould Lake - Bedford Road
18 Mar 2007: 63.5-58.9 Perth Road - Caldwell Creek, Frontenac Park
17 Mar 2007: 67.4-76.1 Opinicon - Maple Leaf Road
17 Mar 2007: 144.9-153.0 Murphys Point - Narrows Lock Road
07 Mar 2007: 279.2-279.7 Stony Swamp Score-O map
18 Feb 2007: 277.2-279.2 Stony Swamp w/ my darling
17 Feb 2007: 166.7-164.9 Frizell Road - Tay Canal
17 Feb 2007: 179.9-176.3 Wildlife & Ferrier Roads
24 Jan 2007: 183.9-185.4 Port Elmsley Drive-In - Beveridge Lock
12 Mar 2006: 76.1-81.5 Upper Rock Lake - Wagon Loop
11 Mar 2006: 114.0-125.8 Narrows Lock Road - Perth Road
15 Jan 2006: 113.0-114.0 Perth Road - Mountain Road
08 Jan 2006: 32.0-41.7 Sydenham - Gould Lake Conservation Area
07 Jan 2006: 191.5-195.1 Hillcrest Cemetery - Poonamalie Road
27 Dec 2005: 261.0-262.7 Richmond Lagoon
24 Dec 2005: 200.1-207.3 & 208.8-210.0 Wood Road, Matheson Drive & Smiths Falls
11 Dec 2005: 87.1-95.7 Chaffeys Locks - Massassauga Road
12 Mar 2005: 280.9-281.9 Robertson Rd
19 Feb 2005: 81.5-87.1 Chaffeys Locks - Wagon Loop
05 Feb 2005: 256.8-258.3 Richmond
date? 283.1-284.1 Corkstown Rd w/ my love
16 Jan 2005: 265.0-262.7 & 208.9-207.3, from Twin Elm rugby park then drove to cover side of Rosedale Rd S
10 Jan 2005: 290.6-291.8 former CPR Carleton Place subdivision
08 Jan 2005: 279.7-280.9 Stoney Swamp w/ my love
21 Mar 2004: 225.7-230.1 Dwyer Hill Rd to Flood Rd
07 Mar 2004: 66.6-67.4 Maple Leaf Rd & CNR Smiths Falls sub, too many dogs & too little snow
06 Mar 2004: 132.8-140.7 Murphy's Pt Prov Pk to Big Rideau North Shore Rd, too wet to continue to Cooper Dr
04 Mar 2004: 9.4-14.0 14.2-14.4 15.3-16.3 Kingston Twp avoiding open water in fields
29 Feb 2004: 163.1-164.9 166.7-168.9 191.5-190.9 Ferrier Rd & Wild Life Rd to Scotch Line then to Poonamalie Rd but too many dogs
28 Feb 2004: 172.0-176.3 Tay River
25 Feb 2004: 186.8-190.9 from Port Elmsley
22 Feb 2004: 183.9-179.9 Tay Canal
13 Feb 2004: 297.8-301.1 Ottawa River
11 Feb 2004: 274.4-277.2 Lime Kiln trail
10 Feb 2004: 297.8-295.5 Ottawa River
08 Feb 2004: 140.7-144.9 Murphy's Pt
07 Feb 2004: 158.4-153.0 car stuck in snow off Narrows Lock Rd
01 Feb 2004: 163.1-158.4 from Ferrier Rd
22 Jan 2004: 267.5-265.0 old Richmond Rd @ night
15 Jan 2004: 257.4-261.0 Richmond village
12 Jan 2004: 293.6-295.5 ex CPR Carleton Place sub
11 Jan 2004: 292.7-293.6 Britannia
10 Jan 2004: 210.0-213.8 Long Bush
09 Jan 2004: 213.8-218.0 McConnell Rd
08 Jan 2004: 230.0-234.7 mile trek to trail off Flood Rd, lots of rocks
07 Jan 2004: 234.7-238.0 Marlborough Forest by head lamp, too many branches
04 Jan 2004: 218.0-221.9 Gilroy Rd
03 Jan 2004: 221.9-225.7 Dwyer Hill Rd
02 Jan 2004: 284.1-288.1
21 Dec 2003: 291.4-292.7 Britannia
20 Dec 2003: 251.2-256.8 245.1-248.0 Franktown Rd, lost glove back thru Ottawa St swamp then drove to Kettles Rd
06 Dec 2003: 238.0-245.1 Ruffed Grouse Trail
05 Dec 2003: 267.5-272.3
30 Nov 2003: 304.0-304.3 trail head Richmond Landing
29 Nov 2003: 256.8-257.4 251.2-248.0 244.7-244.3 Jock Trail & Munster Rd, very little snow cover
15 Jan 2003: 301.1-303.2 Remic Rapids
kilometres completed = 259.7 85%
[Kingston] 9.4-25.2 [Sydenham south] 32.0-50.6 [Frontenac Park] 58.9-99.6 [McAndrews Road] 101.8-103.6 [Salem Road south] 106.6-168.9 [Perth] 172.0-185.4 [Port Elmsley] 186.8-195.1 [Smiths Falls] 200.1-272.3 [Fallowfield] 274.4-288.1 [Bayshore west] 290.6-303.2 [LeBreton Flats] 304.0-304.3
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