High Park Hiking Club

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About us

🏔️ The High Park Hiking Club
Who We Are
Welcome to the sweet spot of hiking. We are an intermediate hiking group based in the Greater Toronto Area, designed for people who think a "walk in the park" is a missed opportunity to sweat, but who also aren’t quite ready to scaling Mount Everest before breakfast.
If your idea of a good weekend involves escaping the concrete jungle, questioning your cardio choices halfway up a steep ridge, and rewarding yourself with a cold brew (or a massive pastry) afterward—you’ve found your people.

Before we get into the nitty gritty of hikes, trails, and fresh air, we need you to complete our all-important waiver. Apparently, the people who charge $900 an hour and collect degrees like Pokémon (J.D., LL.B… you know the type) insist on it. Here’s the link: https://forms.gle/9b2VfxgTi5T8Bdu96. Please fill it out and hit the submit button at the bottom.

The Vibe & Age Bracket
Yes, young people are absolutely permitted along with some old farts. In fact, we encourage anyone with functioning knees (or at least a good attitude about joint pain) to join. Whether you're in your mid teens, 20s, 30s, or just young at heart with a solid pace, you won't be left behind. We move fast enough to keep your heart rate up, but slow enough that we can still gossip about Toronto rent prices without gasping for air.

The Trails
We regularly hit up the best intermediate spots the GTA and its surrounding areas have to offer:

The Dundas Peak & Spencer Gorge (for the views and the inevitable staircase of doom)
Kelso & Rattlesnake Point (where we pretend, we're rock climbers)
The Bruce Trail (various sections, mostly the ones with rocks that try to twist your ankles)
Seaton Trail (local, muddy, and surprisingly intense)

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🐾 The Four-Legged Rule
Our four-legged furry friends are welcome sometimes! To keep things safe and fun, we operate on a "Dog-Friendly By Event" basis.

Look for the 🐶 icon in the event title. If it’s there, bring your pup!
If it’s not there, it’s probably because the trail is too rocky, has steep ladders, or the conservation area explicitly bans them.
Note: Your dog must be cool with crowds, other dogs, and the fact that they are much better at hiking than we are.

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Ground Rules (The Serious-ish Stuff)
1.     No Flip-Flops: This isn't Woodbine Beach. Proper hiking boots or trail runners, icers in the winter months are required unless you want to slide down a ravine on your butt (not as fun as it sounds).
2.     Show Up: If you RSVP 'Yes', we expect to see your smiling face at the trailhead or at least a courteous decline if circumstances change. Ghosting is for dating apps, not hiking groups.
3.     Water & Snacks: Bring them. Sharing is caring, but hiding your premium trail mix is also respected.
Hit that join button, pack your backpack, and let's go get lost (metaphorically, hopefully) in the woods!

Featured event

Liability Waiver Required to Become and Remain a Member

Thu, Dec 31 · 7:00 PM EST

Online

📢 Friendly Club Reminder: A Little Admin Goes a Long Way
Hello High Park Hiking Club Members and Prospective Members,
As our club continues to grow, we'd like to remind everyone to make sure their membership requirements are up to date—including the liability waiver.
If you've already completed it, thank you! You are a shining example of administrative excellence, and we appreciate you.
If you haven't completed it yet, now is a great time to do so:
👉 https://forms.gle/9b2VfxgTi5T8Bdu96
The form only takes a minute or two, and completing it helps ensure that everyone can continue participating in our hikes and activities without any hiccups.
A couple of important things to note:

This is a one-time requirement. Once you've submitted the waiver, you're done. No annual renewals, no monthly reminders, no surprise pop quizzes on legal terminology.
This requirement also applies to prospective and new members joining the club. Whether you've been hiking with us for years or just discovered us yesterday, everyone needs to complete the same waiver.

We've sent a few reminders already, and while we admire everyone's commitment to avoiding paperwork, we're reaching the point where we'll need to tidy up our membership list. We'd much rather keep you on the trails than accidentally lose you to the mysterious wilderness known as Incomplete Forms.
At some point, members who have not completed the waiver will be removed from the group. We'd hate to see anyone's hiking journey with us come to an end because of a battle with a Google Form. That's not the heroic outdoor legacy any of us want.
We have lots of great hikes, social events, and adventures planned, so don't let a tiny bit of admin stand between you and the fun.
Take a minute, fill out the waiver, hit Submit, and you're done forever.
Stay in the club. Keep hiking. Enjoy the adventure.