Rouge Park Intro to Hiking

Rouge Park Intro to Hiking

Free Hike Clinic & Guided Trip

This route is currently unavailable - all seats are sold out, or no more buses are scheduled for this year.





Come join us for a self-guided hike at Rouge Urban National Park on Saturday, September 22. We’ll have a learn to hike seminar at the MEC North York store, free Parkbus shuttle service with pickups from Downtown Toronto and North York, and free snacks at MEC store afterwards.

35 km From toronto
30 minutes
school bus

Ticket Prices

  • Regular rate$0
  • Students / Seniors $0
  • Children$0
  • Regular rate$0
  • Students / Seniors$0
  • Children$0

$10 per seat deposit is required and will be withheld for no-shows



Important: For this trip, we will share your information (name & email) with MEC, who is helping us co-host the event.


Hike at Rouge Urban National Park this Saturday, September 22. We’ll have a learn to hike seminar at the MEC North York store, free Parkbus shuttle service with pickups from Downtown Toronto and North York, and self-guided hike in the park.


Rouge National Urban Park is home to amazing biodiversity, some of the last remaining working farms in the Greater Toronto Area, Carolinian ecosystems, Toronto’s only campground, one of the region’s largest marshes, unspoiled beaches, amazing hiking opportunities, and human history dating back over 10,000 years, including some of Canada's oldest known Indigenous sites.



ITINERARY


8:30am
Shuttle Bus leaves Downtown (30 Carlton Street, Toronto, ON, M5B 2E9)

9:00am
Arrive at MEC North York (784 Sheppard Ave. East, North York, ON, M2K 1C3)

9:10–9:30am
Hiking Clinic

10:00am
Depart MEC North York for Rouge Park

10:30am
Arrive at Rouge Park

10:30am–1:00pm
Self-guided hike

1:30pm
Depart Rouge Park for MEC North York

2:00pm
Arrive at MEC North York

The North Face is now at MEC. Get off at the MEC North York stop to celebrate with a climbing wall, free food & prizes


2:30pm
Arrive at Downtown location


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