the loop back leads through a more rugged landscape
moose are not supposed to know how to open a gate
and yes, we understand this is Moose-country, bring them in!!!
Google's Street View promises this panorama
after the 2009 attack coyote warnings have been placed
an interpretive panel provides explanation of why the fence
The best known hike in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park is the 8 km loop of the
Skyline Trail.
This easy trail runs parallel
to the Cabot Trail through a boreal forest. A large
spruce budworm investation in the 1970's killed most of the fir trees and an over-population
of hungry
moose has effectively prevented a healthy regrowth of the forest.
In 2007 a part of the terrain was fenced to
keep those pesky moose out, but the effect sofar is not spectacular.
Apart from bulky moose you risk to encounter bald
eagles, black bear and even coyotes.
The
trail leads via a boardwalk over a headland to a cliff where viewing decks provide for fantastic panoramas
over the ocean and the the rugged coastline. That is of course if the weather cooperates.
But when we hiked the Skyline
Trail in September 2017 it was so foggy that we could not see the coastline, let alone eagles, moose or coyotes.
the Skyline hike parallels the Cabot Trail
the start of the access road to the trail. It's foggy
on the trail
the boardwalk over the headland leads to a viewing platform
but this is what we got to see
