A covered wagon shuttles weary hikers along the trail to Sundance Canyon. Other than being passed by this wagon, much of the trail felt a lot like the Don Valley: a wide paved path surrounded by a young forest. Nice enough, but relatively unspectacular. As we continued walking, one woman coming back from the other end told us that the view was very disappointing and that we shouldn’t waste our time or energy going the rest of the way. We reached what looked like the end of the trail a few minutes later and I had to agree, it was pretty underwhelming.
But we quickly discovered something that the woman had obviously missed. This wasn’t the end of the Sundance Canyon trail, it was the end of the trail leading to the Sundance Canyon trail. The canyon lay ahead of us, rising 150 metres from our feet to the top. We continued, our hour-long walk along the mosquito-infested trail suddenly worth it.