Hikers Herald: October 2025 | | |
Celebrate the season with a fall hike, get inspired by local leaders, fuel your adventures with a cozy recipe, explore upcoming events and training, and
wear your hunter orange.
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NS Walks with Moms
Join an NS Walks new Mom Walking Group - a fun way to connect with other moms, get some fresh air and exercise, and let the kids burn off energy. It's a chance to build friendships, share laughs, and enjoy the support of a community that gets it. Come as you are - strollers, toddlers, and tired moms are all welcome!
Sign up to join a group here.
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Call for Winter Guided Events
Deadline: December 14
Hike Nova Scotia invites groups across NS to partner with it on delivering guided hike, walk or snowshoe events in winter 2026. Hike NS will help promote events and provide a how-to guide and trail prizes to give away. If your municipality, First Nation or organization can organize a hike, walk or snowshoe event (or already plan to host one), please register your event by December 14, 2025 for events between January 16 and March 15, 2026.

Register your events here.
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Walkabout - Hidden Avonport
This month’s episode highlight is Walkabout - Hidden Avonport, where viewers join Andrew as he hikes the other Oak Island in NS. This one is in the Annapolis Valley. Here you will find the history of the Acadians and more! He also visits Blue Beach, which contains fossils from millions of years ago. Walkabout is a show featured on Eastlink and hosted by Andrew Younger, now available online for viewing. It’s all about exploring Nova Scotia’s trails (sponsored content).
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Fuel Your Hikes
Fuel your hiking fun with Pumpkin Granola Muffins from our sponsor, the Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia. These moist and fluffy Pumpkin Granola Muffins are topped with crunchy oats, pumpkin seeds, and dried fruit for a cozy, wholesome treat. 
Find the recipe here (sponsored post).
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Walking Toward Wellness
By: Norah Adams
In Parrsboro, retired agrologist Colin Hergert has found new purpose as an NS Walks leader. Inspired by his wife Anna, he now leads a group for slower walkers, many recovering from health challenges. For Colin, it’s about more than exercise—it’s about consistency, connection, and community pride. “When it comes to health, if you don’t use it, you lose it!”
Read Colin’s full story on our blog.
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Trail Builders Network News
2026-27 Trail Infrastructure Funding Expression of Interest
The Province’s call for an Expression of Interest (EOI) for Trail Infrastructure Funding is due November 1, 2025. Find guides and the application form for both the Recreational Trail Expansion grant and Off-Highway Vehicle Infrastructure funding. Download the guide and the EOI application before you apply. For questions about applying, please email NS CCTH at CCTHtrailgrants@novascotia.ca.
Webinars
The Province is offering a Fall Virtual Webinar Series, which is open to everyone in the trail community or those curious to learn more. The latest one is on October 8: Trail Grant Forms Q&A.
Built Environment Standards Information Sessions
The Built Environment Accessibility Standard is now law in NS, meaning that organizations have new requirements for designing, constructing, and managing infrastructure beginning April 1, 2026. The Accessibility Directorate is offering some online information sessions this fall to explore what the Standard entails and its implications for your organization.
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Backpacking the East Coast Trail: Oct. 16, Halifax
Interested in hiking Newfoundland’s East Coast Trail, a 337 km coastal journey around the Avalon Peninsula? Join Deborah Peddle-Hann at MEC Halifax on October 16 at 7 pm to talk logistics. This includes trail sections, access points, maps, resupply options, camping, highlights, and everything you need to know before you set foot on this unforgettable route.
Register here.
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Humes River Falls Hike with Baffin: Oct. 26
Baffin along with Escape Outdoors, Hike NS and Cape Breton Waterfall Explorers will host a community hike on October 26 at 11 am at Humes River Falls in Wagmatcook, Cape Breton (approx. 10 km – 3 hours, moderate to difficult, 300 m elevation). Learn more and register here.
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Hunting Season Changes:
Wear Orange
As of October 1, the Province changed regulations under the Wildlife Act to lengthen the season for deer hunting, adding 11 more Sundays per year when hunting is permitted and adding one week to the end of general deer hunting season annually. So be sure to wear your hunter orange this fall.
Learn more here.
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Age-Friendly Walking School Bus Program
Are you an older adult or a senior in Halifax looking for a unique opportunity to volunteer and connect with young families in your neighborhood? If so, take the lead and join the Age-Friendly Walking School Bus Program —a formal and innovative intergenerational school- and community-based walking program or students who live within 1.6 km from
school that was successfully piloted in Halifax last spring by Walk’ n Roll Halifax with funding from HRM and the Province of Nova Scotia. The program will run for 4 weeks again this fall at two Halifax schools: Sir Charles Tupper School (in the south end) and
| | | Joseph Howe School (in the north end). To learn more about this program or volunteer, please follow the two links above, check out this 4-minute video, and/or contact Natalia Diaz-Insense, the project lead, at ndiazinsense@gmail.com. | | Quick Hiking/Trail News Hits | | | | |
