Snow, Bridges And Falls

in voilk •  yesterday

    Going for winter walks and hikes are one of my favorite things to do and I was beyond happy to be able to hit the Chedoke trail in the west end of Hamilton Ont. to take in some winter beauty!
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    Within minutes of being on the trail, you reach Upper Princess falls. A small 10 foot tall waterfall that sits above Princess falls (only view available of that 130 foot tall waterfall is with a drone and my post of that is here: https://hive.blog/hive-194913/@terrywayne/frozen-princess-waterfall).

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    Shortly after the waterfall you will come across the rifle range wall. Made of stone, it was constructed to protect passing trains (the trail was a train track in the early 1900s) from the chance of stray bullets from the military rifle range that was at the bottom of of the escarpment.

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    There are 9 waterfalls along this trail, but I was not prepared for hiking to them. So I stuck to the ones right at the trail, including Mountview Falls. A 33 foot tall Complex Classic Cascade waterfall.

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    You can see why I frequent this trail regularly and this relaxed trip doesn't show the half of it!

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