Hiking at Keppoch
Year round Hiking
Keppoch features more than 30 trails, with great views of Antigonish, Beaver Meadow, and Cameron’s Lakes. The Keppoch is also prime hiking & snowshoeing territory! Common sightings of wildlife and geocache locations make this a hikers dream. Check out our Gallery or hit up the trails to see for yourself.
Eppoch Views
Eppoch Adventures
Eppoch Geocaching Hunts
Eppoch Geocaching Hunts
Hiker Challenge Keppoch Mountain Badge
We offer hikers a chance to earn the Keppoch Mountain (in partnership with Hike Nova Scotia) badge by exploring its best hiking trails, approximately 23 km total distance to complete. All offer a variety of difficulty levels as well as terrain. Below are the following Keppoch trails that are to be completed within one year:
Summit Loop: 5 km; moderately challenging hike, 152 m elevation gain
White Rock Way: 8.9 km; moderately challenging hike, 149 m elevation gain
Game Changer: 1.3 km; easy hike
Shindig Hollow: 1.6 km; easy hike
East of Awesome Loop: 1.8 km; easy to moderately challenging, 36 m elevation gain
Little Peak: 417 m; easy hike, 4 m elevation gain
Big Allan via Widow Joe and Summit West: 4.3 km; moderately challenging hike, 122 m elevation gain
After you’ve finished your challenge, apply to receive your badge here.
Geocaching
There are over 40 geocaches hidden all over our trails at Keppoch! Challenge yourself, friends, and family to see if you can discover them all. They are typically located just off to the side of a marked trail. Please exercise caution during your exploration and refrain from venturing off marked trails and into unmarked areas.
Geocaching
Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world.
Geocaching can be considered a location-based game. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and sometimes a pen or pencil. The geocacher signs the log with their established code name and dates it, in order to prove that they found the cache. After signing the log, the cache must be placed back exactly where the person found it.