The trail is a little hard to find at first because the B.T. blazes are mixed in with all the ski-run trails. In addition there are some cross-country ski trails in the area which have their own set of trails. After a kilometer, all is clear and the only markings are the B.T. white blazes.
Much mature maple and beech along here. Some of the trees had strange burls on them:
The trail winds along the top of the escarpment through an area called Wodehouse Karst (i.e. limestone riddled with sinkholes). The actual karst area is above (west) of the trail. There's a newish sidetrail through the karst to 7th Line. We didn't do that today but it looks like an interesting walk for the future: the creek disappears into the ground only to reappear below the escarpment edge as Bill's Creek. We ate lunch by the side of this creek, then continued on to the top of the former Talisman Ski area where there is yet another great view:
After Talisman the trail starts to descend partway down the escarpment by means of a ladder. It's quite steep and would be slippery in wet weather! Now that we are below it, the scale of the cliff becomes evident:
We were surprised not to see any evidence of climbers here. Unlike the cliffs on the other side of the valley such as Metcalfe and McCluskey's, this one is not easy to see from the bottom of the valley so perhaps it is not as well known.
By late afternoon we reached Sideroad 13A and found the bike stashed there. It was getting noticeably cooler and windier by then so Steve had a chilly ride back to Windy Lane via the hamlet of Wodehouse (population still 88).
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