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Hiking?
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04/19/2015 04:38 PM
04/19/2015 04:38 PM
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Hi. Long time lurker here, but with our upcoming inaugural trip to the BVIs in May, I figured it was time to come out of the woodwork.
With that said, I have some questions for the forum regarding hiking in the area. We have some avid strong hikers in the group and we would like to know if there are worthwhile hikes. We will be chartering a mono and our stops include Cooper, North Sound, The Dogs, Marina Cay, CGB, JVD, and Norman. Would be nice to go ashore to check out different scenery. I've done some minor research and came up with Virgin Gorda Peak, Biras Creek Trail, and Majohnny Hill as potential hikes. Would appreciate thoughts or recommendations from anyone! TIA
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Re: Hiking?
[Re: chatfieldcruiser]
#51010
04/21/2015 02:59 PM
04/21/2015 02:59 PM
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Norman is pretty much a single track. I can't quite figure out how someone could get lost on that. We hiked up to the helicopter pad, and a little past that, then retraced our steps back. It looked from where we stopped almost like the trail continued on all the way 'round the island. I think including stops to admire the view and take some photos, we may have taken 40 minutes round trip. You can pretty much make it what you want. Now that I think of it, you can pretty much make out the trails on the satellite image. Hopefully this link works: google mapIt is quite the view looking down from the cliffs over the bay on the south side of the island.
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Re: Hiking?
[Re: warren460]
#51014
04/22/2015 12:39 PM
04/22/2015 12:39 PM
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CanadianGirrrl
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you can climb the road at peter from deadmans bay to white bay, on cooper you can find the trail behind the bar/new hotel and go up an over, on norman you go up to the heli pad then left or right, timing was about as noted above, allow 1 hour because you'll stop a lot to enjoy the views, you can wander around scrub island, you can do an easy climb to the top of marina cay, there's lots of hiking on VG and JVD including the walk between white bay and great harbour on Jost.
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Re: Hiking?
[Re: chatfieldcruiser]
#51016
04/27/2015 09:42 AM
04/27/2015 09:42 AM
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There's a trail up to an observation tower on Gorda Peak. On a clear day there is a great view from there. Also, I recall a shorter hike starting from the beach at Biras Creek to the top of the hill - nice view of the North Sound from there.
BEYC used to have a small network of trails - I seem to recall they had a map of them available.
I recall a nice "hike" (more of a walk) from Great Harbor to White Bay on Jost.
Last edited by ecm56; 04/27/2015 09:44 AM.
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