40 Days & 40 Hikes

Loving the Bruce Trail One Loop at a Time

By: Nicola Ross

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Paperback | 9 April 2024

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384 Pages

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Winner of Bronze Medal in Canada-East, Best Regional Non-Fiction at the IPPY Awards, 2025

Travel the Bruce Trail in day hikes with Loops & Lattes author Nicola Ross

Best known for her detailed Loops & Lattes hiking guides, Nicola Ross has inspired tens of thousands of people to lace up their boots and explore Ontario’s trails. In 40 Days & 40 Hikes, this adventurer, author, and environmentalist sets herself a new challenge: to hike the Bruce Trail from Niagara to Tobermory in her own creative way. In 40 cleverly crafted day-loops, Ross covers over 900 kilometers mostly following Canada’s longest marked trail, taking you with her on an insightful journey to the Niagara Escarpment’s remarkable sights.

As Ross walks, she reveals stories of the trail’s flora and fauna, geology and history. The Bruce Trail becomes the central character as she ponders her role in protecting the fragile corner of the planet that, she contends, is entwined in her DNA. Despite long days on the trail, encounters with bears, ticks, and a deadly derecho, her passion for her beloved Niagara Escarpment mounts as she explores Ontario’s “ribbon of wilderness.”

Perfect for hikers, non-hikers, and anyone who loves an adventure, 40 Days & 40 Hikes is both a captivating travelogue and a useful companion for those who Ross will undoubtedly inspire to follow in her footsteps.

Industry Reviews

“Throughout 40 Days & 40 Hikes, Ross wears her affection for the trail and the rich Niagara Escarpment ecosystem on her merino wool sleeve.... She tackles the Bruce Trail in a new way, so that readers don’t have to.” — Literary Review of Canada

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