I had some basic tools (read: a multi-tool) and we examined the motor. About 1.7 km from Scarecrow Lake, the trail passes through a lowland marsh near a second lake along the trail.

i am a cyclist and have good mt bike and a fat bike is it possible to park the car at Take RR-85 for 18.4 km to Hanmer, and after it jogs across the train tracks follow RR-84 to Capreol which is 6.5 km ahead.

The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. It is reachable via a trail from Scarecrow Lake. We had left the summit at 12:50 PM and reached Apex Lake at 4:45, almost 4 hours later. Now I had to find someone keen enough to join me on this crazy adventure. Lat/Lon: N47 19.977, W80 44.014

This was the point at which we would diverge from the trail and bushwhack west to the South Peak of Ishpatina. It was 2:45 PM. Height: 2228 feet / 679 m and bike to the summit, would most of the journey be ok on bike, or would i end up hiking later on. It was a surreal moment, 6 of us hanging out in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of the night. The main route is red while the alternative route is blue, both with the directions described in the route planner.To find out about fuel costs use the form for Calculation of the cost of the Ishpatina Ridge, ON to Sellwood, ON trip. Directions to the Ishpatina Ridge via the overland route is as follows: From the Sudbury area, make your way to Garson either via the Falconbridge Highway (RR-86) or the Garson/Coniston Road (RR-90). Trail can almost be broken down into 3 different parts, the first part from the sturgeon river crossing to the trail head is a 6km gravel/atv path with lots of puddles.

Elevation measurements were taken from the 1:20,000-scale Ontario Base Maps (OBM) series produced by Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources. However if you have a jeep and or truck you can continue to drive right up to the waypoint where the true trail starts. The Ellis Fire Tower, a lonely sentry and reminder of days of old, sits on the tallest of the bumps and looks out across the vast expanse of Canadian Shield wilderness. 06.7 km – Turn onto overgrown bush road jQuery("#peaklist tr").mouseout(function(){ $(this).removeClass("over"); }); is over nite camp recommended

After the Sturgeon River, it’s still 15 km to the summit. After exchanging emails with Brian Back of ottertooth.com and Ralph Schuessele who organized a Geocacher event to Ishpatina in October of 2008, I had enough information to plan my trip. Even the fire tower was visible through the haze. ), just wondering is the Ishpatina Tower still standing, hello again . 5:26. If you would like to add more info to my thread, please go ahead. Completed the round trip in 12 hours at a decent pace. The plan was to meet up in Barrie and drive up together to Sudbury and gas up.

Following a bearing of 73 true / 84 mag degrees, we descended along the edge of some steep hills until leveling out at the bottom.