Lanark Highlands/Outer Limits/Fall Equinox Ramble – 86 km

When:
19 September 2017 @ 10:30 am
2017-09-19T10:30:00-07:00
2017-09-19T11:00:00-07:00
Contact:
Sam Ludmer
  • Leader: Peter Haggerty, fw599@ncf.ca
  • Start time: 10:30 a.m.: all day trip
  • Starting point: Lanark village: Ball Park/Clarence Street  Distance: 86 km
  • Shortest route out is probably via Hwy 7 west until ~ 15 km past Carleton Place, then take the right turn towards Ferguson Falls, and take Co. Rds 15 and 12 to Lanark.
  • Terrain: all pavement: Hills, Hills, and then more Hills: (If you are able to ride to Champlain Lookout and back you are strong enough to do this loop)
  • Bring 2 water bottles and food as there are NO amenities for most of the ride (but lots of swimming options).
  • Route: Lanark/Hopetown/Poland/Lavant/Snow Rd./Elphin/Mcdonalds Corners/Lanark
  • Side note: The Lavant colonization road dates from the mid 1800s: Most of the settlers, drawn by the prospect of free farmland and “fertile soil”, packed it in quickly, lynched the sweet-talking land agent, timbered off their tracts and moved on,..