Killarney Provincial Park, Ontario - Backpacking La Cloche Silhouette Trail
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2020
- This is a video log of our trip on the Cloche Silhouette trail through Killarney Provincial Park in August 2020. The trail is approx. 80 kms long through the Cloche mountain range. We spent 5 nights and 5 days on the trail and travelled in the counter-clockwise direction. We stayed at the following campsites: 54 (AY Jackson lake), 47 (Heaven lake), 34 (David lake), 22 (Moose pass), 16 (Three Narrows Lake).
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Nice overview of the trail. Thx!
Great Video Laura. It was great to meet you guys at the Dacre. I’m the sweep that crashed!!lol Doing this loop as well as participating in Dacre is part of the plan for 2022!!
Hey, it was great to meet you too! How's the shoulder? Sounds like an ambitious 2022! Good for you!
Walked that trail so many times it was great to see it documented!! Thank you. Seeing spots so familiar. Our last trip there was counter clockwise as well, completed quickly in two nights. But slower trips have been had. Three Narrows off the ridge to H16 is the most challenging part. 😬
Glad you enjoyed it! It is one of the best spots in Ontario
Thank you for creating this! I am blown away by your ability to camp and hike for so long! You have just inspired me!
Thanks Richard! This is our 3rd year backpacking. Our first couple of times did not go so smoothly! LOL I encourage you to get out there and try it if you're able. It's changed our lives.
Thank you for sharing!
My buddy and I were planning to hike this clockwise back in Late May, 2020 until the US-Canada border closed to non-essential travel. Talk about being bummed out when we received the news from Parks Canada that the trail was closed and then hearing the border too was closed. Watched the weather that whole week, it was perfect.
Seeing this video renews my spirit to plan a 2021 hike!
Thanks again for fanning the flame!
Hi Glen, so sorry your hike had to be postponed. The wait will be worth it! Thanks for your wonderful comment. :)
Awesome video great job
Thanks for the great video! Very helpful, as I will be doing the Silhouette loop with 2 friends next week! Just a wee correction...the Crack elevation is approximately 1000 feet, not metres - that would be a LOT higher, and take a LOT longer to climb (over 3000feet)!
LOL Oops, definitely a misspeak in the heat of the moment. Thanks for the correction!
Great video! My wife and I are approaching 60 and have never done this kind of multi-day hike / camp thing. This might help us to consider doing this. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful! If you have any questions, I'm here :)
Enjoyed your video and I have only done a U shape on the trail a few times since I waited too long in the past to get booked reasonable distance sites for the complete trail. I now have May of 2023 fully booked for all the sites I want for 5 days of hiking and I figure from past experience I was averaging 3-4 KM per hour. Was this approximately your pace as well or did you do much better? I am also curious if you think one direction is more difficult than the other? I thought clockwise towards the crack was more challenging than counter clockwise for the distances I got to but curious what your thoughts are? Thanks and your video is making me look forward to doing the complete loop in May.
Hey Cliff! I’m excited for you! Difficulty in direction depends on your preference. Clockwise means you have your heavier pack in the easier stuff and you finish at the crack, which a nice climactic ending. The other direction means you finish the hard stuff faster and kinda of cruise to the end. Either way mostly depends on what campsites are available and their distances. I’m partial to clockwise, but that’s just my personal opinion. We averaged 3-4 kms an hour in the easier stuff and 2 in the harder stuff. If ur doing the loop in May, bugs might be more of a challenge and it will also be chillier so be aware of that. But it’s so beautiful there, you can’t help but love it. Hope that helps!
@@laurahikes This does help. My base weight in May is around 20 lbs but 5-6 days of food and water gets me to 30lbs and even dehydrated meals start to add up in terms of weight. I was thinking that when my pack is the heaviest in the beginning doing it clockwise made most sense, but the way I booked the sites I could do it either way since they are all around 15-20 KM in length. I appreciate you getting back to me.
@@cliffspicer6555 Have a great time! if you have any more questions, let me know :)
Hi Laura, I have never attempted this trail, and a few of us were hoping to use hammocks. Is this feasible? ie. Enough mature trees at most of the sites? I just wasn't sure in the Canadian shield if hammocks are a good idea...
Hi Ryan, I'm not familiar with hammock camping, but I've seen other campers with them on this trail. I think it would be doable for most, if not all, of the campsites. Hopefully someone who has done it with a hammock before will see this and chime in. Sorry I couldn't be of more help!
Is it true if you do the trail in less than seven days, the Park labels you as 'high-risk' and you'd have to pay for your own rescue if required?
Hi Gerry, the park will label you "high-risk" if you attempt the trail in under 5 days. In that case, if you were to get into trouble and require rescue, you would be responsible for the expense.
What you could do, is book your fifth night close enough to the end that, if you wanted to, you could finish in 4 nights or you could stay the 5th night.
Hope that helps!
@@laurahikes Very helpful. Thank you and thanks for sharing your trip with us. Beautifully shot.
Thanks @@Capnbuknutz! If you have any more questions, just let me know. If you end up going, I'd love to hear how your trip went!
So in your opinion, what is the ideal time of year for this?
Hi Christoph, Whenever we’ve gone in August the flies and mosquitos haven’t been too bad, but it’s been hot. September is probably better and October would be nice too, if you have warm enough gear. Hope that helps!
Hey Laura, I'm doing this hike, leaving this Thursday. Unfortunately, my hiking parner had to bail. Do you know of anyone who might want to join me on short notice?
Hey Wilf! How many days are you going for? I can ask around.
@@laurahikes: 6 days and 5 nights. I plan to leave early on May 5 and have a short-ish hike on the first day. Night 1: H7 (Topaz Lake). Night 2: H20 (Threenarrows Lake). Night 3: H33 (Little Mountain Lake). Night 4: H37 (Silver Lake) Night 5: H48 (Proulx Lake). Day 6: Back to George Lake, and drive home.
@@laurahikes I went solo, and I'm just back. Great weather, great hike. Message for Jeremy: "Can confirm. It's really easy. There's never any roots or rocks."
@@wilfn HAHA Awesome! I'll pass along the message. I'm glad you had a great time. It's such a beautiful place!