| Driving Directions: Leaving Collingwood, travel
south on Hurontario St/County Road 124 through Nottawa. Turn right
at Nottawasaga 33/34 Sideroad and follow this road west.
Approximately 400 meters past the Blue Mountains-Clearview Townline,
you will notice a parking lot on your left. Leave your car in the
parking lot and follow the road west for approximately 400 m. As you
come around the second bend in the road you will notice a small
clearing on your right as well as a white blaze and a Bruce Trail
sign. Your hike begins here. On the main trail you cross a stile and
skirt a field, heading west. You climb steeply through scrubby
growth with views to the south over the Pretty River Valley. The
trail enters a transition forest and descends a steep hill. A piece
further on the Pretty River Side Trail exits to the right. Follow
the blue blazes north through mixed bush to Sundown Lake, a suitable
place for a picnic. Shortly after leaving the lake, the trail turns
right onto an old logging road. It leaves and crosses the track
several times, crosses a streambed and heads through overgrown
fields. The trail heads uphill into the bush and ends at the Main
Trail. When you reach the Main Trail turn left and head southeast
down hill. You will cross the stream several times on your way down.
As you near the bottom of the valley the Trail makes a "U" turn and
heads north through the cedars back to were you entered the Pretty
River Side Trail. Continue east on the Mail Trail (white blazes) to
the starting point of the hike. |
| |
|
