Toronto Outdoor School Activities Ontario

Open 7 days a week . Year Round . Reservations Required

Welcome to Our Hiking Classroom

Only 60-90 minutes west of Toronto ... a year round outdoor learning adventure.

Our Prices: $175 plus tax per guided group of 15 students based... on a 4-5 hr guided hiking adventure.

Our hiking classroom journeys along the Grand Valley Hiking Trail combining imaginative learning experiences and laughter. 

 

  • Wilderness survival & shelter building skills
  • How to make fire without matches
  • Drink from fresh water springs.
  • Visit a rare elevated fen
  • See a spring that disappears into the ground
  • Hear about the prairie grassland project in the county
  • Learn about the comeback of wildlife in the valley.
  • Taste wild edible plants.
  • Identify poison ivy and stinging nettle.
  • Learn about medicinal plants & trees.
  • Winter tree identification courses
  • Learn easy ways to identify summer time trees.
  • Challenges of our Joe Bushman Competitions.
  • Hear about the aboriginal wars & culture in the valley.
  • Hike to lookouts.
  • Learn your bugs

This hike is designed for groups that cannot do our floating classroom but would like a similar learning experience.

Hikes can be customized from 2-5 hrs to fit your time window.

Our goal is not maximum distance but maximum experiences!

We offer four different hiking areas in the Grand Valley.

Our longest hike is about 6 kms... it starts out on a section of the Rail Trail and switches over to the Grand Valley Hiking Trail and then back to the Rail Trail.

We can do a complimentary cookout if you supply the hotdogs & food.

Below is an overhead view of the terrain we hike... students and chaperons must be able bodied to do this.

 

Groups are responsible for providing their own transportation for drop off and pickup.

Please make use of our Teachers Aid for planning curriculumn based field trips.

Waivers . Risk Management Plans . Consent Forms

We hosted the TFO "Survival Show for Kids"

Our Hiker's Classroom was used as a training tool by the Waterloo Collegiate’s Envirothon Team... Winners of the 2007 Provincial Envirothon Competition.

 

“If you would like a school year-end trip that students won’t forget… please knock on our door… because we do it well!"