North along the Humber, then east to circle a pond, south through city streets and High Park to the lakeshore, then west back to the Humber. Two short unpaved sections.
Start: 10:30 a.m. Etienne Brulé parking lot (down the hill behind Old Mill subway station)
Dist: 24 km
Remember to bring your membership card and helmet. Non-members are welcome for a $5.00 fee payable in advance on-line
However, if you are technically challenged, you may pay $5.00 and sign the waiver at the start of the ride.
Leader: Mary
RWGPS:ridewithgps.com
Cuesheet: Humber High PkCuesheet2015.pdf
Map: Humber and High Park Map 2015 .pdf
Driving directions: click here RWGPS links: click here Weather forecast: click here Caution note: the medium and long routes cross Highway 9 at kilometre 33.2. Highway 9 can be busy, including with trucks. Cross carefully. Gravel stretch: the long route has a 1.5 km stretch of unsealed road lined with wonderful stately trees shortly after passing Upper Canada Camp and turning west towards Orangeville. A 67, 80 or 97 km ride from Schomberg, with lunch at The Hockley General Store and Restaurant in Hockley (review). Meet for a 10 am departure at the Arena parking lot in Schomberg. The Arena is on the west side of Main Street in Schomberg, just south of Hwy 9. Need pre-ride facilities or a coffee? Tims is nearby (map).
Hockley Valley in the Fall photo by Nadia Prigoda-Lee/ CC BY 2.0
Wednesday Oct. 23...Celebrate the end of the Ravine Ride year! Meet at Grazie Restorante, 2373 Yonge St., N of Eglinton, E side of Yonge for a delicious à la carte dinner at 7:00 pm.
For menus, see: http://www.grazie.ca/menus/
Registration is required.
Please register by Monday October 21
Boardwalk Place, Lakeshore to Sunnybrook Park
(Last Saturday Morning ride of the 2019 season)
New this year: Guest riders (non-members) will need to register and pay the $5 fee online before the ride. Just follow this link to the non-member registration form. Please bring the confirmation email to the start to show to the leader, either in printed form or on your phone.
Meet at the parking lot of the Boardwalk Tim Hortons at 9:15 AM for a prompt 9:30 AM departure.
Distance: 36 km Ride Classification: Urban Roller Ride Program: Saturday Morning Ride Starting Point: Ashbridges Bay, Lakeshore & Coxwell Start Time: 9:30 am Online Map: Ride With GPS Map:
Remember to bring your TBN membership card and helmet.
New this Year: Guest riders (non-members) will need to register and pay the $5 fee online before the ride. Just follow this link to the registration page. Please bring the confirmation email to the start to show to the leader, either in printed form or on your phone.
A round trip of beautiful Etobicoke for the last official Urban Roller ride of the year. Lunch near Sherway Gardens at the newer Tims with outdoor seating, if it's still warm enough to use it.
Non-members are welcome to join the ride with a payment of five dollars and signing of the waiver form. All participants are required to wear a helmet.
Meet at 10:00 AM at the Tim Hortons (4986 Yonge St) near North York Centre subway station on the west side of Yonge St .
Mike will lead us on a walk around North York, visiting some historic locations. The walk will be about 12 Km. There will be two coffee/bathroom breaks, and some early drop-out points to the bus on Yonge St.
The route is available on Ride with GPS at: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28861361
The walk will be entirely on city streets, so street shoes or boots suitable for the weather conditions would be appropriate. The walk will end at Finch station.
Note there are currently no scheduled subway closures this weekend, but please check https://www.ttc.ca/Service_Advisories/Subway_closures/index.jsp for any changes, in case it affects your travel plans.
Non-members are welcome. They will be asked to sign the waiver form and will be charged the $5 non-member fee, either on-line in advance (Register here) or via paper form at the walk start.
If you have trouble finding us at the start, please call my cell at 416-917-8866. If I don't answer, try again, as I may miss the first call.
If you have any questions about the City Walk program, email me at citywalks@tbn.ca.
John Burdett - City Walk Coordinator
Meet north of Finch Subway Station at "Finch" west parking lot on the north side of Hendon Ave, just west of Yonge St.
N.B. If you are travelling north on Yonge St, keep going past Finch Ave and turn left onto Hendon Ave. The parking lot is on the right near 18 Hendon Ave, North York.
A ride through suburban side streets and country roads to Schomberg for a lunch stop at Grackle Coffee before heading back.
This is a Tourist-A ride. Regroup after traffic lights on the way out of the city. Once clear of the city, smaller groups will form at faster or slower paces. Be prepared to be self-sufficient.
If you start with the A-ride and it's too hard, you can join the Tourist-B riders when they come along anywhere during the first 21 km (where the two routes overlap).
Sign up to receive a weekly Tourist reminder email - Click here.
Guest riders - Register here.
Ride leader: Neale Hunt
Distance: 102 km
Online map and cue sheet: RWGPS route
PLEASE PRINT THE CUE SHEETS & MAPS, OR DOWNLOAD THE GPS FILES BEFORE ATTENDING THE RIDE. (The ride leader does not provide maps or cue sheets).
Helmets are required.
Members please bring your membership cards.
Will be cancelled if raining at the start of the ride or major weather warning issued for part of the route.
Check this page the night before the ride for the latest information. For more information about Sunday Tourist Rides, please click here.
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A ride through suburban side streets and country roads to Kettleby, then heading back via King City (lunch at Roost Cafe pictured above).
This is a Tourist-B ride. Please cooperate with the ride leader to keep the group together with frequent regrouping.
Ride leader: Danny Harvey
Distance: 83 km
Visit two cemeteries for Hallowe'en. A lovely downtown ride with a few hills and some unpaved paths and a visit to a former prime minister who communed with spirits...
And...Jean will be hosting a pot-luck again this year!
Start: : 10:30 a.m. in Taddle Creek Park one block north of the Bedford exit of the St. George subway station.
Remember to bring your membership card and helmet. Non-members are welcome for a $5.00 fee payable in advance on-line However, if you are technically challenged, you may pay $5.00 and sign the waiver at the start of the ride.
Leader: Sandra
Dist: 28 km
RWGPS: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/26408741
Map and Cuesheet:Hallowe-en_Spirit_version_1-1-4.pdf
Driving directions: click here RWGPS and PDF links: click here Weather forecast: click here A 62, 78 or 96 km ride from Mt. Albert to Uxbridge for lunch at the Tin Cup Caffe (reviews). Meet for a 10 am departure at the Community Centre on the south side of Main St in Mt. Albert.
Pace: Moderate (~4.5 km/hr)
Terrain: Moderate - some hills and/or poor footing
Directions: Take QEW west and ON-403 W to ON-6 N. Take exit 74 for ON-6 N toward Guelph Continue on ON-6 N (2.6) Use the left two lanes to turn left on to ON-5 (signs for Paris) (1.9) Turn left on to Rock Chapel Road (1.6) The Rock Chapel parking lot will be on your left.
Google map: https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.2906982,-79.9374317,19.67z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!7m1!2e1?hl=en
Pay parking is $1 per hour, try to Carpool, if possible.
Hike Leader: Jennie
*** Please remember that the times change this weekend, and if you forget to change your clock, you will be an hour late for the start. ***
Meet at 10 AM in the Food Court in the new lower retail level of Union Station. Terry will lead us on a walk, partly along the Martin Goodman Trail, visiting the Distillery District and Corktown Common, then north on Coxwell Ave and Craven Rd to Danforth and Coxwell, where we will be able to find a resaurant or pub for lunch.
Distance will be about 11 Km, with the walk ending at Coxwell Station.
Rest stops and/or washroom breaks can occur at:
Driving directions: click here RWGPS and PDF links: click here Weather forecast: click here A 69, 85 or 102 km ride starting from Caledon East. Lunch for the short route will be at the Higher Ground Coffee Co in Belfountain. The medium route and long routes will stop at the Tin Cup Café in Erin. Meet for a 10 am departure from the Caledon East Community Complex. When you arrive, please park along the perimeter of the parking lot away from the building. There are washrooms in the building.
Forks of the Credit photo by Michael Gil / CC BY 2.0
Please login to register. You can register as many guests as you wish. If you register a non member it is $10 extra. You will receive an email on the meal you chose and if you enter the email of your guest, then they will receive an email for the meal you chose for them.
Google link: https://goo.gl/maps/73mjb1NiaQ92
This is our longest walk of the year, but there are many early drop-out points. For the sixth year in a row, David G. will lead us on a walk from St Clair Station (Yonge Line) through the Vale of Avoca, to the Brickworks, up Moore Park Ravine, through Mount Pleasant Cemetery, along the Belt Line, through Cedarvale and Nordheimer Ravines, and down the Casa Loma stairs to Dupont Subway station. Light hiking shoes or boots, suitable for gravel multi-use paths would be appropriate.
Meet at 10 AM at St Clair Subway Station (Yonge Line), at the exit on the south side of St Clair East, at street level. (This is just east of the south-east corner of Yonge & St. Clair). Total distance to Dupont Station is approximately 16 Km, but there are alternate drop out points with access to transit at:
Several bathroom breaks are planned, as well as one coffee stop. At the end we usually go to The Pour House on Dupont.
Driving directions: click here RWGPS and PDF links: click here Weather forecast: click here A 37, 59, 80, or 99 km ride east and north from Stouffville with lunch at Annina’s Bakeshop in Goodwood (reviews). Meet for a 10 am departure at the Free Parking Lot on Park Drive just south of Main Street in Stouffville. To get to the start, drive north on Hwy 404 to Stouffville Rd, and then go east into Stouffville. Facilities are available at many of the chain restaurants and gas stations as you come into Stouffville.
Terrain: Moderate - some hills and/or poor footing Directions: xxxxx Hockley Valley Rd
Hike Leader: Wayne
Meet at 10:00 AM at the Tim Hortons on the southeast corner of Sheppard and Don Mills, just west of the Don Mills subway station. (Note that this is not the Tim Hortons at the gas station on the north-west corner of Sheppard and Don Mills).
Julie will lead us on a 14 Km walk that will loop back to the Don Mills subway station. This walk will be on mostly city streets and paved paths with a few unpaved path sections, so please wear footwear suitable for the expected weather condition.
The planned route is be available on Ride with GPS at: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31149003
Early exit and break locations are:
There are currently no scheduled subway closures for this weekend, but please check https://www.ttc.ca/Service_Advisories/Subway_closures/index.jsp for any changes.
Driving directions: click here RWGPS and PDF links: click here Weather forecast: click here
A 63, 89 or 102 km ride north from King City up into the Holland Marsh (Wikipedia article) to Bradford, Schomberg or Tottenham. The 63 km ride will lunch in Bradford at either Tim Hortons or Coffee Culture Cafe & Eatery . The medium ride will lunch at the Grackle Coffee in Schomberg. The long ride will lunch at the Foodland in Tottenham.
Meet for a 10 am departure at the Municipal Parking Lot located at the northwest corner of King Road and Keele Street.
Decaying Bridge photo by Adrian Smith / CC BY-NC 2.0
RWGPS link: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28639190
Note: Need pre-ride facilities or a coffee? Nearby is a Tim's on Main St. West on your way to the start.
Google Link: https://goo.gl/maps/w5boPJmQei62
Hike Leader: Tom
Meet at 10 AM at Broadview Station, at street level near the ticket booth.
Tony will lead us on a walk to Woodbine Beach and then back up to Danforth and Main. Distance will be about 10.5 Km, with an optional extension to Victoria Park Station (12 Km). Because the Tim Hortons on Danforth/Logan is permanently closed, the washroom/coffee break will be at McDonald's (5 Km) on Eastern/Woodward. An additional washroom break will be made near the Kew Beach Lawn Bowling Club (7 Km). At Danforth and Main we will stop for lunch at Smiley's Restaurant. There will be early drop out points to streetcars at Gerrard, Queen and Kingston, both before and after Woodbine Beach at about 3.5 Km, 5 Km, 8 Km, and 9 Km
The walk will be entirely on city streets, so street shoes or boots suitable for the weather conditions would be appropriate.
The planned route is on Ride with GPS at: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28523224
Driving directions: click here RWGPS and PDF links: click here Weather forecast: click here Caution notes: please ride single file on the paved shoulder on Aurora Rd between McCowan Rd and Highway 48. Please also take extra care as you go south on Highway 48, and then turn left/east across Highway 48 onto Lakeshore Rd. Time to get ready for winter. This will be the last official ride of the season. The rides of 61, 80 or 97 km will start at 10 am from the Victoria Square Community Centre, just east of the 404 on Elgin Mills Road. The maps and cue sheets indicate that the designated lunch stops for the rides are at two golf clubs. However, the golf clubs are unlikely to be open at this time of year. Thus, we suggest you stop in either the Musselman Lake area (the short route) or Mt. Albert (the medium and long routes), or you can bring a lunch or snack with you.
Season's End photo by Hailey E. Herrera / CC BY 2.0
*** We will hold our annual Bonfire Pot Luck lunch on this date, if we are able to obtain the required permit from the city. ***
Meet at 10 AM in front of the Public Library (on the south-east corner of Yonge & Lawrence), or at the Starbuck's on the south-west corner, just across the street from The Lawrence Subway Station (Yonge Line).
If we are able to successfully obtain a Firepit permit this year, we will walk an 11 km circular route that will take us deep into the Sunnybrook/Don Valley Park System. Mid-way on the walk, we will stop at a roaring bonfire to enjoy hot apple cider and some light snacks. Participants should bring some food to share with the other hikers. At the start we will load the food into Bob's truck and carry it to the Bonfire location, so that you will not have to carry the food for the entire hike.
Walkers should consider wearing "light hiking shoes" because of the terrain.
There is currently no a scheduled TTC subway outage for this date, but be sure to check the TTC outages on the website below, as it may change again, before the walk:
https://www.ttc.ca/Service_Advisories/Subway_closures/index.jsp
This is an official TBN event, so non-members will be required to sign the waiver form and pay the $5 non-member fee.
This will be our last get together before the long coffee break of the Canadian winter. We'll at the “Marché Restaurant” in Brookfield Place (formerly BCE Place) on Yonge Street just north of Front at 9:30 AM. Please register at your earliest convenience. We need to get a reasonable fix on numbers in order for the restaurant to set aside the appropriately sized room for us. Please also feel free to register your partner for the event. We are again structuring the event as a brunch. The idea is to get in and out of the restaurant before the crush and chaos of the lunch hour. Socializing and coffee drinking will start at 9:30 AM. As we feel hungry we will head off to the various stations to pick up food. Because we will be in and out of the restaurant before the lunch hour, the restaurant will be able to give us a private room. To register, simply click on the "Register" box in the blue area to the left and follow the instructions. Problem with online registration? Send an e-mail to wedwheelie@tbn.ca and say you are coming. Need to cancel for whatever reason? No problem. Again, just email us at wedwheelie@tbn.ca.
There will be a walk starting at 10:00 AM, start location and route to be available shortly.
This Sunday, we will hold our annual walk in memory of Marc Brousseau who, along with Howard Chan, started the TBN City Walk program.
As usual, the walk will start at 10:00 AM at a location at or very near a subway station. The start point and route will be provided later.
Meet at 5:00 PM, Saturday evening, at Yonge and Lawrence (near Lawrence Subway Station) outside of Locke Library on the South East corner at 5 pm for a walk of about 12 km. We will walk through local neighbourhood streets specially selected for their beautiful Christmas light displays. There will be lots of opportunities to stop and take pictures along the way!
Around the half way point we will take a break at Sunnybrook Hospital in their main entrance cafeteria (washrooms, Second Cup). After we will continue walking and enjoying the Christmas lights as we make our way to the end at Sorn Thai Restaurant (www.sornthai.com), the optional dinner stop. The restaurant is located at Yonge Street and Briar Hill Avenue about 500 metres North of Eglinton Station.
There are some streets on this walk without sidewalks so please wear something that will make you easily visible to drivers and walk facing traffic. This will be in the evening after dark so warmer clothes will be necessary and you may want to wear winter boots if there is snow on the ground. Season’s Greetings Everyone!
Sunday, November 3, 2019 (midnight Saturday)
also see: TBN Wolf Den webpage
Please register online for this outing. You can pay by Credit Card, PayPal, or by cheque. If you are paying by cheque, download the sign up sheet from the link below. Include a cheque made payable to "The Toronto Bicycling Network, Inc.".
For more information (new cancellation policy):
Information PDF: InformationWolfDen2020.pdf
Sign Up Sheet PDF: SignUpSheetWolfDen2020.pdf
When you register and complete payment, you will receive an automated email with a linik to download a Confirmation document providing directions to the Hostel, an itinerary, and some extra information. Please book before Sunday, 19 January 2020.
Plates, cups, cutlery, pillows, bedding, linens, and towels are all provided. Showers and washrooms are in the main lodge. You only need to bring clothing, winter gear, and something for the potluck dinner Saturday.
While we will not directly organize car pooling, we will help in the process. See the information document for more details.
The hostel is about a three hour drive North from Toronto on Highways 400, 11, and 60.
paul price & Brenda Sweet 905-567-1035 (home, no voicemail)
Email: pbtrips@tbn.ca
