Special Events & Challenge Hikes

Special Events & Challenge Hikes

All hikers are welcome to join our Special Events & Challenge Hikes.

If you are not already a Bruce Trail Conservancy (BTC) member, we encourage you to consider becoming a member. Your membership would support the mission of the BTC: Preserving a ribbon of wilderness, for everyone, forever.


Dufferin Hi-Lands Boyne Valley 25K Challenge Hike

UPDATE FOR THE HIKE! 

The Boyne Valley 25K Challenge Hike will be held next October 2025. More information to follow next fall.

This is a loop hike, hiking south beginning and ending at km 28.3. A detailed map will be handed out at the start. There will be one checkpoint along the route where snacks and water will be available. Please bring your own refillable water bottle. There will be hotdogs and snacks at the finish line along with photos taken with your new accomplishment!

Registration is required. (Children under the age of 12 may not register due to the strenuous nature of this challenge.)

Participants will earn the Boyne Valley 25 K badge.

Dufferin Hi-Lands Stained Glass Badge (in 4 hikes)

Join Helen and Susan for this fundraiser series of 4 hikes for the Dufferin Hi-Land Club.

Registered hikers must complete all 4 hikes and will receive the Stained Glass Badge upon completion of the final hike.

Registration applies to all 4 days Dec 18, Dec 19, Jan 15 and Jan 16. All participants will take part in the car shuttle. Further information will be made available to participants. Please arrive 15 minutes early (9:15am) and bring icers, 1L water and a snack/lunch.

Helen likes Kit-Kat bars best.

For more information and to register: Dufferin Hi-Lands Stained Glass Badge in 4 hikes

Dufferin Hi-Land 1 Day End-to-End

Dufferin Hi-Land End to End Badge

UPDATE FOR THE HIKE!

The White Trillium badge is now available to hikers who complete their own 1 Day E2E of the section. You will need to submit an electronic log that shows your hike (start and finish on the same day) and purchase the badge following the procedure described on the badge page (see link below).

  • Information on DHBTC badges at https://dufferinbrucetrailclub.org/dufferin-bruce-trail-club-badges/
  • The section now begins at Mono Centre and ends at Lavender at the intersection of Centre Rd and Mulmur/Nottawasaga Townline.
  • Mono Centre: Park at Mono Community Centre – follow Mono Centre Rd from Hwy 10 or from Airport Rd.  (Google maps link for Mono Community Centre)
  • Lavender: Take County Rd 124, north from Hwy 89, take 30 Sideroad east to Centre Rd, then north to the Townline Rd. The section ends at this intersection, but you will need to park at Lavender Cemetery, about 0.5 km east of the intersection. (Google Maps link for  Lavender Cemetery)

Dufferin Hi-Land Two-Day End-to-End

This hike will be held again next May so visit back in the new year for more information and registration. Join us for two days of hiking the rolling hills of Dufferin County. Enjoy the spring flowers while earning your Red Trillium Badge. Hike distances are approximately 29km on Day 1 and 26km on Day 2.