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Algonquin Students Complete Winter Trek

From April 20-24 four students from Algonquin College in the Ottawa Valley completed a 5 day/4 night winter trek of the Indian Lookout Trail. The students were fulfilling an important requirement of their 2-year outdoor adventure program. The expedition was sponsored in part by the IATNL, who provided logistical support and accommodations.

Algonquin Students Make IATNL Expedition

From April 19 to 27, four students from Algonquin College in the Ottawa Valley’s Outdoor Adventure Leadership Program will be in the mountains of Western Newfoundland completing their Final Expedition. The group will spend 7 days and 6 nights winter backpacking on the Devil’s Bite and Indian Lookout Trails between Parsons Pond and Portland Creek on the Great Northern Peninsula.

2009 Greenland Trek

On April 22 at the Annual IAT Council Meeting in Halifax-Dartmouth, IAT Greenland Director Rene Kristensen and IAT Greenland member Hans Gundel gave a slideshow presentation of their 2009 two-week trail blazing trek of what would become the new IAT Greenland route. They were accommpanied by 4 other hikers and the ever-present “midnight” sun.

Greenland Joins IAT

On April 22-23 at the Annual IAT Council Meeting in Halifax-Dartmouth, Greenland joined the International Appalachian Trail as the 7th official chapter. In attendance from Greenland were IAT Greenland Director Rene Kristensen and his Greenlander hiking friend Hans Gundel. The two-day event started with cocktails (i.e. beers) and fine dining (i.e. pub grub), and a slideshowÂ from Rene and Hans.

Greenland Joins IAT

On April 22-23 at the Annual IAT Council Meeting in Halifax-Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Greenland joined the International Appalachian Trail as the 7th official chapter. In attendance from Greenland were IAT Greenland Director René Kristensen and his Greenlander hiking friend Hans Gundel. The two-day event started with cocktails (i.e. beers) and fine dining (i.e. pub grub) at the Celtic Corner steak house (i.e. local pub) in Dartmouth, followed by an awe-inspiring slideshow from René and Hans showing highlights of their 2009 two-week trek of the Nuussuaq Peninsula in Western Greenland, location of the new IAT Greenland. See more of the two-week Nuussuaq Peninsula trek Read more about the 2010 Council Meeting

Snowmobiling into Special Management Areas

On March 22 IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and Signage Director Delano Pittman made a one-day snowmobile trip into the Long Range Mountains of the Northern Peninsula to scout out the recently created CBPPL-IATNL Special Management Areas at Brian’s Pond Inner Pond and Western Blue Inner Pond, before returning to Zinc Mine Road just north of Daniel’s Harbour.

IAT Presents at Binational Tourism Summit

On March 25-26, IAT President Paul Wylezol gave a slide show presentation of the IAT at the Binational Tourism Summit in Niagara Falls, New York. The host Binational Tourism Alliance is a not-for-profit tourism industry trade organization created to support tourism development in cross border regions shared by Canada and the United States.

IATNL Attends Boston Travel Show

From February 19 to 21, IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol, Communications Director Greg Wood, and Treasurer Kevin Noseworthy attended the Boston Globe Travel Show. The IATNL was an exhibitor with its own booth to promote the International Appalachian Trail. On February 19 they were joined by IAT Maine members Richard Anderson, Will Richard and Walter Anderson.

February 21, 2010

CBPPL and IATNL Create Protected Areas

Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited and the International Appalachian Trail Newfoundland and Labrador have entered into an agreement to protect five areas of western Newfoundland where the trail network plans to expand. The Special Management Areas, to which the paper company holds the timber rights, will have an indefinite moratorium on operations and development.

February 17, 2010

Southwest Coast Meeting

On January 25, IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and Treasurer Kevin Noseworthy had the good luck of driving to Port aux Basques on a beautiful winter day to attend an IATNL information session. The meeting was well attended by stakeholders from Newfoundland’s southwest coast, and the drive provided good views of the IATNL’s planned trail along theÂ Codroy Valley’s Long Range Mountains.

January 28, 2010

First Devil’s Bite Trail Hike

The IATNL recently received news and photos from the first complete non-stop Devil’s Bite Trail hike. Though the entire route was bushwacked by IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol over three separate occasions, French adventurers Matthieu Currat and Simen Andersen made the first non-stop 4-day trek in July 2009, before much of the trail was completed.

December 26, 2009

Autumn On The Hummock

On a sunny October afternoon IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol made a trail blazing trek to the top of the Hummock, located 2kms southwest of Frenchman’s Cove in the beautiful Bay Of Islands. This 1,000ft hill provides fantastic views of the Blow Me Down Mountains, Bay of Islands, North Arm Hills, and Humber Arm.

December 7, 2009

Work Progressing On Devil’s Bite Trail

With 3 inches of snow on the ground and more falling, IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and trail workers Caroline Swan, Katie Broadhurst, Curtis Payne, Tyler Grant, David Simms and Trent Foster set out late one October afternoon across Parsons Pond for a week of trail work inside Western Brook Gulch and Parsons Pond Inner Pond.

November 26, 2009

Blazing Trail Through Western Brook Gulch

In late August local outfitter Randy Parsons gave IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and trail workers Curtis Payne and Trent Foster a boat ride across Parsons Pond to the Devil’s Bite Trail southern trailhead. From there the three hiked deep into scenic Western Brook Gulch while flagging the trail’s southern access route. It was a beautiful day, with great views of mountain and moose.

November 25, 2009

Along The Humber Valley Trail

Read the account of Keith and Heather Nicol’s recent hike along the IATNL’s Humber Valley Trail, as reported in the Evening Telegram, November 14.

November 24, 2009

Official Naming of French Shore Trail

On October 13 IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and Trail Director Arne Helgeland attended a meeting in Conche to discuss the development of the Conche to Croque section of trail, and to officially rename it the French Shore Trail. Also in attendance were community leaders from the historic French Shore, as well as representatives from the French Shore Historical Society and the Nordic Economic Development Corporation.

November 12, 2009

IAT Annual General Meeting

On Halloween weekend IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol, Treasurer Kevin Noseworthy and Trail Director Arne Helgeland attended the 2009 IAT Annual General Meeting at Stanley Bridge, Prince Edward Island. Also present were chapter representatives from Maine, New Brunswick, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and PEI. Guest speakers included PEI Tourism Minister Valerie Docherty and Binational Tourism Alliance Executive Director Arlene White.

November 9, 2009

Blazing The Trail From Conche To Croque

In September, College Of The North Atlantic Adventure Tourism Instructor Eugene Flynn accompanied IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol on a 2-day trail blazing trek of the Conche to Croque section of the IATNL along the eastern coast of the Great Northern Peninsula. The trek began with a 5km boat ride from Southwest Crouse into Northeast Arm, and a one-hour hike to the end of completed trail.

November 1, 2009

Blazing The Blow Me Down Mountain Trail

In September IATNL Treasurer Kevin Noseworthy and German volunteer Lenny Engelke journeyed into Simms Gulch on their way to trail blazing the barren mountaintop plateau of Blow Me Down Mountain Trail. Accompanying them into the gulch was filmaker Mark Flagler, who was in Newfoundland filming an IATNL promotional video.

October 18, 2009

Flagler Films First Inner Pond Trek

Adventure filmmaker Mark Flagler recently joined IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol on the first Inner Pond to Inner Pond Trek. It began with an early 45 minute boat ride across Portland Creek Outer and Inner Ponds, and ended 3 days/2 nights later with a boat ride across Parsons Pond. Flagler was in Newfoundland filming a promotional video for the IATNL.

September 30, 2009